exactly what i tried and it didn't work...

david

On 7/30/2014 8:20 PM, Paul M. Beck wrote:
> David,
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> If your 2 IP addresses are static then omit the DNS lookups (extra overhead)
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> I think a SPF record like this should work for you:
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> IN TXT = "v=spf1 ipv4:x.x.x.x ipv4:x.x.x.x -all"
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> Paul
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> 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.
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>> postfix now requires that the server hostname be an fqdn (fully qualified domain name), so i've made it newmain.advwebsys.com
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>> in my zone file for advwebsys.com i have an spf record like so:
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>>                IN TXT  "v=spf1 a mx ipv4:x.x.x.x  -all"
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>> when i try to send mail to myself from the new server, i get:
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>> 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=;
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>> newmain has an A record in the zone file.
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>> can i add:
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>> newmain   IN TXT "v=spf1 a -all"
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>> 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
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