Ipswitch Forums / Ipswitch Products / IMail Server / which is the better spf record format? / Latest PostsInstantForum.NET v4.1.4Ipswitch Forumshttp://forums.ipswitch.com/forums@ipswitch.comMon, 13 Oct 2008 12:46:27 GMT20RE: which is the better spf record format?http://forums.ipswitch.com/Topic42812-10-1.aspxthanks!Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:18:40 GMTjergerRE: which is the better spf record format?http://forums.ipswitch.com/Topic42812-10-1.aspxAlways better to be most specific, but the first one says any A record is OK, which typiccly is either let me send from anything or poorly configured.Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:59:16 GMTJohn TRE: which is the better spf record format?http://forums.ipswitch.com/Topic42812-10-1.aspxwell which is a better example lol. the more specific ip... or the generic range ip? which format do you use for a domain that is only used locally to send email...Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:05:28 GMTjergerRE: which is the better spf record format?http://forums.ipswitch.com/Topic42812-10-1.aspx[quote][b]jerger (4/14/2008)[/b][hr]we recently discovered an spf error on some of our emails. we have spf records (txt file type)... but they are a little out of date. we used microsoft's website to generate new ones, but are they valid? (I made up the ip's and domain name)<BR><BR>Microsoft's reccomendation:<BR>v=spf1 a mx ptr ip4:207.250.223.50 mx:etp.cleanhound.com -all<BR><BR>ours:<BR>v=spf1 mx ptr ip4:207.250.223.0/32 -all<BR><BR><BR>notes: ours has .0/32 rather than the exact ip like .15 ... is a range (our version) needed for domains that have users from around the country... with external IPs?<BR><BR>ETP: is the name of our mail server... so all of our mail domains reference this server.[/quote]</P><P>Its valid if that is what you want to use. If the information is not correct or does not reflect your policy, then it is not valid. We have no idea of what your intended policy is.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:19:36 GMTJohn Twhich is the better spf record format?http://forums.ipswitch.com/Topic42812-10-1.aspxwe recently discovered an spf error on some of our emails. we have spf records (txt file type)... but they are a little out of date. we used microsoft's website to generate new ones, but are they valid? (I made up the ip's and domain name)<br><br>Microsoft's reccomendation:<br>v=spf1 a mx ptr ip4:207.250.223.50 mx:etp.cleanhound.com -all<br><br>ours:<br>v=spf1 mx ptr ip4:207.250.223.0/32 -all<br><br><br>notes: ours has .0/32 rather than the exact ip like .15 ... is a range (our version) needed for domains that have users from around the country... with external IPs?<br><br>ETP: is the name of our mail server... so all of our mail domains reference this server.Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:23:44 GMTjerger