I generated an SPF Record for windfalls.com and this is what it returned:
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If you run BIND
Paste this into your zone file:
windfalls.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 a mx ~all"
When a mail server sends a bounce message, it uses a null MAIL FROM: <>, and a HELO address that's supposed to be its own name. SPF will still operate, but in "degraded mode" by using the HELO domain name instead. Because this wizard can't tell which name your mail server uses in its HELO command, it lists all possible names, so there may be multiple lines shown below. If you know which hostname your mail server uses in its HELO command, you should pick out the appropriate entries and ignore the rest.
So this should also appear in DNS. You may or may not be in charge of the DNS for these entries; if you are, add them:
server65.dedicatedusa.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 a -all"
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So then I passed this to my hosting service, asking for BOTH recommended record entries above to be inserted, and this is how it now reads:
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You have an SPF record. This is very good, as it will help prevent spammers from abusing your domain. Your SPF record is:
"v=spf1 a mx ~all" "server65.dedicatedusa.com." "IN" "TXT" "v=spf1 a -all" [TTL=14400]
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but I'm unsure that they have correctly entered the record as per your instructions; it certainly doesn't look the same at all.
Will someone please compare the SPF Record setup response with what my SPF Record now says above and tell me if my DNS Zones were correctly edited.
R.S.V.P: Max Parker
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If you run BIND
Paste this into your zone file:
windfalls.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 a mx ~all"
When a mail server sends a bounce message, it uses a null MAIL FROM: <>, and a HELO address that's supposed to be its own name. SPF will still operate, but in "degraded mode" by using the HELO domain name instead. Because this wizard can't tell which name your mail server uses in its HELO command, it lists all possible names, so there may be multiple lines shown below. If you know which hostname your mail server uses in its HELO command, you should pick out the appropriate entries and ignore the rest.
So this should also appear in DNS. You may or may not be in charge of the DNS for these entries; if you are, add them:
server65.dedicatedusa.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 a -all"
*************************************************
So then I passed this to my hosting service, asking for BOTH recommended record entries above to be inserted, and this is how it now reads:
**********************
You have an SPF record. This is very good, as it will help prevent spammers from abusing your domain. Your SPF record is:
"v=spf1 a mx ~all" "server65.dedicatedusa.com." "IN" "TXT" "v=spf1 a -all" [TTL=14400]
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but I'm unsure that they have correctly entered the record as per your instructions; it certainly doesn't look the same at all.
Will someone please compare the SPF Record setup response with what my SPF Record now says above and tell me if my DNS Zones were correctly edited.
R.S.V.P: Max Parker