In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Ralf)
wrote:

> Hmm... I think there are some misunderstandings here.

Possibly. My understanding was that SPF stopped emails coming from what
was apparently the wrong server for the domain.

e.g. my email address is [email protected]. If I send any email it has
that 'From' address, no matter which server I send it through.

If I send this via the server where my domain is registered - in my case
my own server, but previously the server belonging to my ISP - then it is
accepted.

However if I send an email with my 'From' address ([email protected]) via
my cellphone company's server then it will be rejected by the recipient
as that server is not in my domain's DNS record. Note that I have to use
their server if I send an email via my phone (at least that's true unless
I use my own webmail).

>From the OpenSPF website:

>When an AOL user sends mail to you, an email server that belongs to AOL >
connects to an email server that belongs to you. AOL uses SPF to >publish
the addresses of its email servers. When the message comes in, >your
email servers can tell if the server on the other end of the >connection
belongs to AOL or not.

Have I misunderstood?
        
        Gary.

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