David,

If your 2 IP addresses are static then omit the DNS lookups (extra overhead)

I think a SPF record like this should work for you:

IN TXT = "v=spf1 ipv4:x.x.x.x ipv4:x.x.x.x -all"

Paul

On Jul 30, 2014, at 3:59 PM, David Camm HIDDEN@advwebsys.com> wrote:

> i'm in the process of bringing a new web server online. os is ubuntu 14.04.1 lts and the installed mta is postfix.
> 
> postfix now requires that the server hostname be an fqdn (fully qualified domain name), so i've made it newmain.advwebsys.com
> 
> in my zone file for advwebsys.com i have an spf record like so:
> 
>               IN TXT  "v=spf1 a mx ipv4:x.x.x.x  -all"
> 
> when i try to send mail to myself from the new server, i get:
> 
> Received-SPF: none (No spf1 record for (newmain.advwebsys.com) ) client-ip=72.249.173.30; envelope-from=HIDDEN@ewmain.advwebsys.com>; x-ip-name=
> X-Default-Received-SPF: fail (Last token {-all} (res=FAIL)) client-ip=72.249.173.30; envelope-from=HIDDEN@ewmain.advwebsys.com>; x-ip-name=;
> 
> newmain has an A record in the zone file.
> 
> can i add:
> 
> newmain   IN TXT "v=spf1 a -all"
> 
> in order to make this work?
> 
> btw, newmain's ip address is defined in g_relay_allow_ip.
> 
> david camm
> president
> advanced web systems
> keller, tx
> 
> 
>