From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 21 19:31:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D37E16A4E5 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:31:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.175]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC03D43D5A for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:31:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin03-en2 [10.13.10.148]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout05/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k7LJV4EO009454; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:31:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [17.214.14.142] (a17-214-14-142.apple.com [17.214.14.142]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin03/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k7LJUvtN008891; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:31:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20060821191316.GA46867@skytracker.ca> References: <20060821191316.GA46867@skytracker.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <238F8CE1-DA68-46DC-9CC3-8F22697B7872@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:30:56 -0700 To: David Banning X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+k= X-Language-Identified: TRUE Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question on SPF for spam control X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:31:06 -0000 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