Date:  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:24:37 -0800
From:  "Doug Harvey" <ohgoodiee (at mark) gmail.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:12130] Re: SPF records for CentOS machines
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <cfc6b7240802231224h123b1f5fob917cc5eec7d151f (at mark) mail.gmail.com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martyn Bailey [mailto:martyn (at mark) solis.co.uk]
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 4:30 AM
> To: John Gorena; coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> Subject: [coba-e:12125] Re: SPF records for CentOS machines
>
> On 22 Feb 2008, at 20:54, JMG Support wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if someone could tell me something that I am not
> > seeing about SPF records.
> >
> > Are there records written for each domain on the server?  If hosting
> > 200 names, then are there 200 records?
> >
> > What exactly is the record - An example for a domain called
> > example.com?
>
> The SPF is a simple text statement in the DNS information given to the
> rest of the world.  In very much the same way as you'll have a DNS 'A'
> record telling the world where to go to get the website, the SPF tells
> the world that mail for the domain is sent via 'named' mail server -
> mail sent via other servers not listed, may therefore be spam.
>
> When (some) remote MTAs see an email from 'domain', they'll check the
> route it took, check the SPF record and if all seems fine, they'll
> allow the email through.
>
> Not sure if this is actually what you were asking, hope it helps
> anyway :-)
>

That does tell me what it is (which I already knew the purpose) but I would
like a Step-By-Step of how others add these records to their CentOS systems.
Is it a command line process or is this somehow done in the GUI?  I did not
see an SPF record in the DNS section in the GUI.  Is an SPF record created
for each site or is it Server wide?

Thanks,

John
-------

I'm not sure if you are referring to just the BQ system or not, but if so,
here is my two cents, for what it's worth.

From what I can see, you would have to enter an SPF record for each of the
vsites on your server(s). I'm sure there are a whole slew of folks here that
could offer up a script that would do it for you. I just don't know the BQ
well enough to offer up that kind of advice.

None the less, if you go into one of the visites (in the GUI) on your
server, in the DNS section, you can add a TXT record and that is where you
would add the SPF.

Doug

	
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