On Wed, 5 May 2010, Michael Scheidell wrote: [snip..] > and/or, your spf records are borked. > > host -t txt ukgrid.net > ukgrid.net descriptive text "v=spf1 +mx +a:alpha.ukgrid.net -all" > > <http://www.kitterman.com/spf/validate.html> > > > what is a +mx record? what is a +a:alpha.ukgrid.net record? > > (I don't know if the + is breaking things, looks optional to me. I > guess I have never seen them formatted like that before)
'+' syntax is valid SPF, but redundant in his instance. See: http://www.openspf.org/SPF_Record_Syntax In their examples the following two lines are functionally equivalent: "v=spf1 a mx -all" "v=spf1 +a +mx -all" -- Dave Funk University of Iowa <dbfunk (at) engineering.uiowa.edu> College of Engineering 319/335-5751 FAX: 319/384-0549 1256 Seamans Center Sys_admin/Postmaster/cell_admin Iowa City, IA 52242-1527 #include <std_disclaimer.h> Better is not better, 'standard' is better. B{
