According to my understanding of the way SPF works the following message should not be failing. Can anyone tell me why this failed?
Here's the pertinent parts of the log: -------------------------------------- Apr 11 15:00:18 maildrop postgrey[2407]: request: client_address=66.179.38.26 client_name=hamhock-outbound.hoovers.com etrn_domain= helo_name=hamhock.hoovers.com instance=7dbd.461d3042.a4146.0 protocol_name=ESMTP protocol_state=RCPT queue_id= [EMAIL PROTECTED] recipient_count=0 request=smtpd_access_policy reverse_client_name=hamhock-outbound.hoovers.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] size=18654 action=PREPEND X-Greylist: delayed 1063 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at maildrop.domain.com; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:00:18 EDT Apr 11 15:00:18 maildrop amavisd[32198]: (32198-06) ESMTP< MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=18654\r\n Apr 11 15:00:18 maildrop amavisd[32198]: (32198-06) lookup (debug_sender) => undef, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" does not match Apr 11 15:00:18 maildrop amavisd[32198]: (32198-06) ESMTP> 250 2.1.0 Sender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OK Apr 11 15:00:18 maildrop amavisd[32198]: (32198-06) ESMTP::10024 /var/amavisd/tmp/amavis-20070411T141549-32198: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=18654 Received: from maildrop.domain.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (maildrop.domain.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:00:18 -0400 (EDT) Apr 11 15:00:19 maildrop amavisd[32198]: (32198-06) Checking: pOlR15g8xTwO [66.179.38.26] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Apr 11 15:00:33 maildrop amavisd[32198]: (32198-06) SPAM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Yes, score=9.243 tag=3 tag2=6.31 kill=6.31 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, EXTRA_MPART_TYPE=1.091, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, SARE_GIF_ATTACH=0.75, SPF_HELO_FAIL=10], autolearn=no, quarantine pOlR15g8xTwO (spam-quarantine) Apr 11 15:00:33 maildrop amavisd[32198]: (32198-06) one_response_for_all <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: REJECTs, '554 5.7.0 Reject, id=32198-06 - SPAM' Here's the SPF record for hoovers.com: -------------------------------------- hoovers.com text = "v=spf1 ip4:66.179.38.0/23 ip4:66.45.81.128/27 ip4:66.45.81.160/27 ip4:66.179.85.192/27 ip4:216.234.248.64/26 ip4:216.234.248.78 ip4:216.234.248.82 ip4:66.162.217.59 mx ptr a:exchange.hoovers.com a:mail.eca.com include:dartmail.net ~all" The sending server is hamhock-outbound.hoovers.com [66.179.38.26] and that IP address is within the range listed in the first SPF entry. Why did this fail? Thanks! Ken Morley JM Technology Group Ken -AT- jmtg.com