Try to imagine how the spf process works:
you send mail with a mail from: someone@sub.domain.com. Spf checks will
look up the txt record for sub.domain.com, and then check that against
the clients ip.
So, you should publish appropriate spf records for sub.domain.com..
Koen
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 04:35:55PM -0700, Steve Pirk wrote:
> Speaking of separate A records, how does one enter a TXT
> record for a sub-domain? The sub-domain is defined in the
> same zone file as the top level domain.
>
> Do you add the sub-domain to the existing TXT record, like
> with an a:sub.domain.com ?
>
> --
> Steve
>
> On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Koen Martens wrote:
>
> > What do you mean with an 'alias'. Are these CNAME records? If so, the
> > spf record of the domain the CNAME points to is used.
> >
> > If these are A records, you'll have to publish spf for these domains
> > too.
> >
> > Koen
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 11:11:01AM -0700, A. Clausen wrote:
> > > We have a number of domains that we host and provide email services for
> > > that have aliases (ie. xzy.com with alias mail.xzy.com). Is there
> > > anything specific that has to be done in SPF for this?
> > >
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