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You seem to be missing the IP address.
SPF verifies that the sending domain is allowed to send mail through a
certain IP.
If you do not provide the IP then dnsstuff will not know what you are
looking for...

Looking at your SPF records it looks messed up.
beachcomp.com. 1H IN TXT "\"v=spf1 ip4:66.221.63.83
ip4:66.221.63.84 ip4:66.221.63.85 ip4:66.221.63.86 ip4:66.221.63.87
ip4:66.221.63.88 ip4:66.221.63.89 ip4:66.221.63.90 ip4:66.221.63.91 a mx
ptr ~all\""


> spfquery 66.221.63.91 beachcomp.com sam@beachcomp.com
result=none
Received-SPF: none (localhost: domain at beachcomp.com does not
designate permitted sender hosts)
>


I am not sure what kind of DNS server you are using but you probably
want a txt record that looks more like this...
IN TXT "v=spf1 ip4:66.221.63.83 ip4:66.221.63.84
ip4:66.221.63.85 ip4:66.221.63.86 ip4:66.221.63.87 ip4:66.221.63.88
ip4:66.221.63.89 ip4:66.221.63.90 ip4:66.221.63.91 a mx ptr ~all"



Sam


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com
[mailto:owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com] On Behalf Of isp-lists [at]
beachcomp dot com
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:57 PM
To: spf-help@v2.listbox.com
Subject: [spf-help] Testing it



Hi all,

I'm new to SPF.
I have created a txt record for a single domain.
How do I test it?
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/spf.ch?server=beachcomp.com&ip= comes back
with an unknown result.


Dave

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Hi Dave,

A quick lookup of your txt record shows:

;; ANSWER SECTION:
beachcomp.com. 3357 IN TXT "\"v=spf1
ip4:66.221.63.83 ip4:66.221.63.84 ip4:66.221.63.85 ip4:66.221.63.86
ip4:66.221.63.87 ip4:66.221.63.88 ip4:66.221.63.89 ip4:66.221.63.90
ip4:66.221.63.91 a mx ptr ~all\""


There;s a \" in front and at the end of it. I guess you have entered the
spf record through some web interface? If so, I think it doesn't expect
quotation marks around the record, but rather places them there itself.

Koen

On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 03:57:14PM -0400, isp-lists [at] beachcomp dot com wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to SPF.
> I have created a txt record for a single domain.
> How do I test it?
> http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/spf.ch?server=beachcomp.com&ip= comes back
> with an unknown result.
>
>
> Dave
>
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Sam,

I'm using MSDNS for this.
The record as it shows in the DNS follows is:
@ TXT ( "v=spf1 ip4:66.221.63.83 ip4:66.221.63.84
ip4:66.221.63.85 ip4:66.221.63.86 ip4:66.221.63.87 ip4:66.221.63.88
ip4:66.221.63.89 ip4:66.221.63.90 ip4:66.221.63.91 a mx ptr ~all" )

Any Idea what Im doing wrong with that?

Also, is there a way to do the spfquery in Windows like you did?
The test site I used now has the record cached, so I cant test. :(

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com [mailto:owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com]
On Behalf Of Sam
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 4:18 PM
To: spf-help@v2.listbox.com
Subject: RE: [spf-help] Testing it

You seem to be missing the IP address.
SPF verifies that the sending domain is allowed to send mail through a
certain IP.
If you do not provide the IP then dnsstuff will not know what you are
looking for...

Looking at your SPF records it looks messed up.
beachcomp.com. 1H IN TXT "\"v=spf1 ip4:66.221.63.83
ip4:66.221.63.84 ip4:66.221.63.85 ip4:66.221.63.86 ip4:66.221.63.87
ip4:66.221.63.88 ip4:66.221.63.89 ip4:66.221.63.90 ip4:66.221.63.91 a mx ptr
~all\""


> spfquery 66.221.63.91 beachcomp.com sam@beachcomp.com
result=none
Received-SPF: none (localhost: domain at beachcomp.com does not designate
permitted sender hosts)
>


I am not sure what kind of DNS server you are using but you probably want a
txt record that looks more like this...
IN TXT "v=spf1 ip4:66.221.63.83 ip4:66.221.63.84
ip4:66.221.63.85 ip4:66.221.63.86 ip4:66.221.63.87 ip4:66.221.63.88
ip4:66.221.63.89 ip4:66.221.63.90 ip4:66.221.63.91 a mx ptr ~all"



Sam


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com
[mailto:owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com] On Behalf Of isp-lists [at] beachcomp
dot com
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:57 PM
To: spf-help@v2.listbox.com
Subject: [spf-help] Testing it



Hi all,

I'm new to SPF.
I have created a txt record for a single domain.
How do I test it?
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/spf.ch?server=beachcomp.com&ip= comes back
with an unknown result.


Dave

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|http://www.beachcomp.com |
===================================
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Speaking of the best way to enter the TXT data, do
you need to supply the IP address if it is the same
as the server address? One of my entries looks like:

pirk.com. 86400 IN TXT "v=spf1 a +all"

Should it be "v=spf1 ip4:66.58.75.122 mx a ptr ~all"
UUnet does provide reverse lookup of the IP:
orion@orion:/etc/mail$ host 66.58.75.122
122.75.58.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer
node-423a4b7a.sna.onnet.us.uu.net.

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Steve

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Sam wrote:

> You seem to be missing the IP address.
> SPF verifies that the sending domain is allowed to send mail through a
> certain IP.
> If you do not provide the IP then dnsstuff will not know what you are
> looking for...
>
> Looking at your SPF records it looks messed up.
> beachcomp.com. 1H IN TXT "\"v=spf1 ip4:66.221.63.83
> ip4:66.221.63.84 ip4:66.221.63.85 ip4:66.221.63.86 ip4:66.221.63.87
> ip4:66.221.63.88 ip4:66.221.63.89 ip4:66.221.63.90 ip4:66.221.63.91 a mx
> ptr ~all\""
>
>
> > spfquery 66.221.63.91 beachcomp.com sam@beachcomp.com
> result=none
> Received-SPF: none (localhost: domain at beachcomp.com does not
> designate permitted sender hosts)
> >
>
>
> I am not sure what kind of DNS server you are using but you probably
> want a txt record that looks more like this...
> IN TXT "v=spf1 ip4:66.221.63.83 ip4:66.221.63.84
> ip4:66.221.63.85 ip4:66.221.63.86 ip4:66.221.63.87 ip4:66.221.63.88
> ip4:66.221.63.89 ip4:66.221.63.90 ip4:66.221.63.91 a mx ptr ~all"
>
>
>
> Sam
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com
> [mailto:owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com] On Behalf Of isp-lists [at]
> beachcomp dot com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:57 PM
> To: spf-help@v2.listbox.com
> Subject: [spf-help] Testing it
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to SPF.
> I have created a txt record for a single domain.
> How do I test it?
> http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/spf.ch?server=beachcomp.com&ip= comes back
> with an unknown result.
>
>
> Dave
>
> -----------------------------------
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> |Affordable Online Solutions |
> |http://www.beachcomp.com |
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>
>
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Ok.. Got one last error:

Testing '~all' on IP=10.0.0.1, target domain beachcomp.com, CIDR 32,
default=PASS. ERROR: unrecognized mechanism '~all'. Returning UNKNOWN per
section 3.6.


Doesn't the ~all mean allow *.domain.com?




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That may be better expressed as:
@ TXT "v=spf1 ip4:66.221.63.83 ip4:66.221.63.84/30 ip4:66.221.63.88/30 a mx ptr ~all"

Marc
>
> From: "isp-lists [at] beachcomp dot com" <isp-lists@beachcomp.com>
> Date: 2004/07/13 Tue PM 05:11:48 EDT
> To: <spf-help@v2.listbox.com>
> Subject: RE: [spf-help] Testing it
>
> Sam,
>
> I'm using MSDNS for this.
> The record as it shows in the DNS follows is:
> @ TXT ( "v=spf1 ip4:66.221.63.83 ip4:66.221.63.84
> ip4:66.221.63.85 ip4:66.221.63.86 ip4:66.221.63.87 ip4:66.221.63.88
> ip4:66.221.63.89 ip4:66.221.63.90 ip4:66.221.63.91 a mx ptr ~all" )
>
> Any Idea what Im doing wrong with that?
>
> Also, is there a way to do the spfquery in Windows like you did?
> The test site I used now has the record cached, so I cant test. :(
>
> Thanks!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com [mailto:owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com]
> On Behalf Of Sam
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 4:18 PM
> To: spf-help@v2.listbox.com
> Subject: RE: [spf-help] Testing it
>
> You seem to be missing the IP address.
> SPF verifies that the sending domain is allowed to send mail through a
> certain IP.
> If you do not provide the IP then dnsstuff will not know what you are
> looking for...
>
> Looking at your SPF records it looks messed up.
> beachcomp.com. 1H IN TXT "\"v=spf1 ip4:66.221.63.83
> ip4:66.221.63.84 ip4:66.221.63.85 ip4:66.221.63.86 ip4:66.221.63.87
> ip4:66.221.63.88 ip4:66.221.63.89 ip4:66.221.63.90 ip4:66.221.63.91 a mx ptr
> ~all\""
>
>
> > spfquery 66.221.63.91 beachcomp.com sam@beachcomp.com
> result=none
> Received-SPF: none (localhost: domain at beachcomp.com does not designate
> permitted sender hosts)
> >
>
>
> I am not sure what kind of DNS server you are using but you probably want a
> txt record that looks more like this...
> IN TXT "v=spf1 ip4:66.221.63.83 ip4:66.221.63.84
> ip4:66.221.63.85 ip4:66.221.63.86 ip4:66.221.63.87 ip4:66.221.63.88
> ip4:66.221.63.89 ip4:66.221.63.90 ip4:66.221.63.91 a mx ptr ~all"
>
>
>
> Sam
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com
> [mailto:owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com] On Behalf Of isp-lists [at] beachcomp
> dot com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:57 PM
> To: spf-help@v2.listbox.com
> Subject: [spf-help] Testing it
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to SPF.
> I have created a txt record for a single domain.
> How do I test it?
> http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/spf.ch?server=beachcomp.com&ip= comes back
> with an unknown result.
>
>
> Dave
>
> -----------------------------------
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> |Affordable Online Solutions |
> |http://www.beachcomp.com |
> ===================================
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> |Get Your Own Dot! |
> |http://www.cheapdomainwarehouse.com|
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>
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~all means anything else is nuetral.
So even if the SPF fails the spfcheck would still resolve to neutral.

A better default would be -all

Sam



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com
[mailto:owner-spf-help@v2.listbox.com] On Behalf Of isp-lists [at]
beachcomp dot com
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 5:45 PM
To: spf-help@v2.listbox.com
Subject: RE: [spf-help] Testing it - Progress


Ok.. Got one last error:

Testing '~all' on IP=10.0.0.1, target domain beachcomp.com, CIDR 32,
default=PASS. ERROR: unrecognized mechanism '~all'. Returning UNKNOWN
per section 3.6.


Doesn't the ~all mean allow *.domain.com?




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