Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:30:56 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: David Banning <david+dated+1156619598.aca41f@skytracker.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question on SPF for spam control Message-ID: <238F8CE1-DA68-46DC-9CC3-8F22697B7872@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20060821191316.GA46867@skytracker.ca> References: <20060821191316.GA46867@skytracker.ca>
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On Aug 21, 2006, at 12:13 PM, David Banning wrote: > I have just been looking over the SPF Website to list my site as a > non-spam > site. My understanding is that increasingly mail servers will be > listed > as spam if they are -not- listed with some credible source. > > So I thought I would list my site with; > > http://www.openspf.org > > I have two questions. > > 1. Is this a good idea? The primary utility for this is that it reduces the amount of forged traffic involving domains which publish an SPF record; note that this is useful regardless of whether you actually list your site at www.openspf.org. > 2. The site says that I must update my "zone file" with the > following string; > > 3s1.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 a mx ptr mx:banning.ca mx:mail.banning.ca > mx:skytracker.ca mx:mail.skytracker.ca mx:skytrackercanada.com > mx:mail.optexstaging.com mx:optexstaging.com mx:smartstage.com > mx:vondette.net ?all" > > but I am at odds as to which zone file this would go in. Is there a > resource for this, or could someone just let me know what needs to be > done with this. > > The FreeBSD site and makes reference to "zone files", not -one- > zone file. > Even if I know which file, I would need some guidance to where in > the file. Well, you need to understand a bit about DNS: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network- dns.html Basically, you would add that TXT record to the zone file for 3s1.com, or have whoever is doing your DNS handle it (xname.org?)... -- -Chuck
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