Mail Server question?

[Newc]

What is an "SPF policy" in regards to email servers? Spam Filter? As in, blocked senders or keywords?
I tried to email EastonGuitars and it bounced back saying "554 refused mailfrom because of SPF policy"
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[hippietim]

Re: Mail Server question?

Sender Policy Framework - read all about it:

http://spf.commerco.net/

[Guest]

Re: Mail Server question?

Here's another one...

http://spf.pobox.com/

Pat

[Newc]

Re: Mail Server question?

Interesting. Doesn't really explain why it hit my email, but interesting anyway [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Guess I gotta do it the old-fashioned way - by phone [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[metallicarocks]

Re: Mail Server question?

Could this paragraph somehow explain your problem?

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Simply explained, eMail servers and services that support the SPF standard will automatically look up a domain record via a DNS server to find out if the domain sends email and if so, what possible email server addresses it might send from. If the address of the spammer does not match the email address, the server should immediately drop the message. This means that the spam should not get through and will not be bounced back to the victimized domain holder.

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[Newc]

Re: Mail Server question?

Not really, unless he's been getting a lot of spam from my ISP, or if my ISP is now using some sort of cloaking device [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[metallicarocks]

Re: Mail Server question?

It sounds like that's the only way your service could be kicked out like that. If it's feasible, perhaps get ahold of the webmaster of your service and tell him what's up. I'm sure he'd be glad to help you out, especially to where that's damaging to an email service.