Re: SPF record question

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From: Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] (admin_at_nospam.WFTX.US)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:39:01 -0500

In news:%23zFBMcamEHA.3060@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Sharad Naik <sharadnaik@nospam-vsnl.net> wrote their comments
Then Kevin replied below:
> OK, I got my own public DNS server up and have set SPF
> record. (domain names are pfeiffer-vacuum.co.in and
> pvin.net)
>
> I want some information / guidence from SPF gurus.
>
> My mail server sends mail for domains
> pfeiffer-vacuum.co.in and pvin.net (there are also some
> other domains.)
>
> However, our main e-mail traffice is from an e-mail
> address which is on one of the biggest ISP's in my
> country . vsnl.net
>
> So 90% of us send mail through my mail server, using from
> address 'user@vsnl.net'. (there are total 4-5 different
> usernames @vsnl.net.
>
> I tried in SPF record include:vsnl.net
> however the tests shows that if from address is
> user@vsnl.net, the SPF checking gives test failed.
>
> Is there any field in SPF record by which one can define
> that their mail server which is for x domain can also
> send mails using from address of y domain?

You have no control over this, for your mail server to send mail for any
address @vsnl.net you would have to have the DNS admin for vsnl.net add your
mail server or your mail server's IP to vsnl.net SPF TXT record. If you are
going to send mail from user@vsnl.net then you will need to use the vsnl.net
SMTP server, or take the chance of having it rejected as a spoofed email
address. 

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