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zac123
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ArGoNuke Apprentice
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| 06-20-2008 3:04 PM |
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Ok, some of my mail sent from my argo server is blocked and returned to my server. my server then deletes is to avoid looping. ive done some research and i think it becuase i dont have an SPF record.
i have no idea what an SPF record is apart from that its a text file stored in a certain place.
Is there anyone here who can give me step by step instructions? if so please give me very basic instructions please dont asum i know absolutly anything about thsi subject  thanks
zac
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mcorrow
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| 06-20-2008 3:11 PM |
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Zac: There are many utilities on the net for helping you create an SPF record... That needs to be added by the folks who manage your DNS entry for the IP address that you have. What concerns me more is the "looping"... Any email that is returned to your server should not be causing a loop... Can you post the part of the log that shows the looping?
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zac123
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| 08-24-2008 4:40 PM |
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sorry about not replying, i hadnt subscribed so i wasnt aware of the reply. anyway.... it doesnt actually cause a loop it just mentions it.(see below)
24/08/2008 21:28:17 - [ 5] Delivering to zac@allied-xxx.com
24/08/2008 21:28:17 - [ 5] Attempting to deliver to the domain allied-xxx.com
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] Retrieved 1 MX records for domain allied-xxx.com
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] Trying the server mail.allied-xxx.com: xx.xx.xx.xx
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 220 ALLIED-EXCHANGE.allied.local Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 6.0.3790.3959 ready at Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:28:23 +0100
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] EHLO allied-web-01
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-ALLIED-EXCHANGE.allied.local Hello [xx.xx.xx.xx]
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-TURN
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-SIZE
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-ETRN
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-PIPELINING
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-DSN
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-8bitmime
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-BINARYMIME
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-CHUNKING
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-VRFY
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-X-EXPS GSSAPI NTLM LOGIN
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-X-EXPS=LOGIN
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-AUTH GSSAPI NTLM LOGIN
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-AUTH=LOGIN
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-X-LINK2STATE
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250-XEXCH50
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250 OK
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] MAIL FROM:<>
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250 2.1.0 <>....Sender OK
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] RCPT TO:
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 250 2.1.5 zac@allied-xxx.com
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] DATA
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5] 354 Start mail input; end with .
24/08/2008 21:28:18 - [ 5]
24/08/2008 21:28:19 - [ 5] .
24/08/2008 21:28:19 - [ 5] 554 5.1.0 Sender Denied
24/08/2008 21:28:19 - [ 5] QUIT
24/08/2008 21:28:19 - [ 5]
24/08/2008 21:28:19 - [ 5] Fatal SMTP error relaying the message to server mail.allied-facilities.com: 195.112.48.250: 554 5.1.0 Sender Denied
24/08/2008 21:28:19 - [ 5] Fatal SMTP Error: 554 5.1.0 Sender Denied. Will bounce back
24/08/2008 21:28:19 - [ 6] Delivering to
24/08/2008 21:28:19 - [ 6] User does not exist. Will bounce back
24/08/2008 21:28:19 - [ 6] This appears to be a bounced message. Will delete to avoid loops
24/08/2008 21:29:16 - Error: Operation has been canceled
24/08/2008 21:29:16 - SMTP connection with xx.xx.xx.xx.xxended. ID=3
my main problem is that i have a dedicated server from my hosts and so i hostme own domains therefore i need to create my spf record and add it to the DNS.
i just tried this a few minutes ago and failed, the argo mail server stopped sending mails at all! so i have undone what i have done and need to start again.
really need to get this sorted as most of my emails are not getting through to people becuse of it. |
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SteveT
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| 08-28-2008 10:43 PM |
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| Check our Links section, you can search on the word SPF and it will return several links to assist in the creation of an SPF record. As Matt stated, it has to be applied to the DNS server that resolves your name and MX record. I also recommend that your IP address has a reverse PTR record, some domains will reject email without one, including the domains I manage, including ArGoStuff. And finally, in Argo, make sure that he HOST property resolves to a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name), for example, mydomain.com. By Default if this field is left blank it will use the computer name, and that will not resolve to your domain. |
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