Problems With SPF and GMAIL
Hi All
I am getting the following in GMAIL
Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: xx.xx.xx.xx.18 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of me@news.mydomain.com) client-ip=xx.xx.xx.xx.18;
My SPF record is:
"v=spf1 ip4:xx.xx.xx.0/24 a mx a:news.mydomain.com a:mydomain.com mx:news.mydomain.com mx:mydomain.com  ~all"
Any clues ?
Thanks
I am getting the following in GMAIL
Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: xx.xx.xx.xx.18 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of me@news.mydomain.com) client-ip=xx.xx.xx.xx.18;
My SPF record is:
"v=spf1 ip4:xx.xx.xx.0/24 a mx a:news.mydomain.com a:mydomain.com mx:news.mydomain.com mx:mydomain.com  ~all"
Any clues ?
Thanks
Looks ok, maybe google had trouble resolving it. That is a TXT record for your domain in public dns? Have you queried all authoritative servers to see if they all give the same answer?
ASKER
Can you present a sample dig to try ? Please
dig @1.2.3.4 -t txt news.mydomain.com
Do this for each nameserver (changing the 1.2.3.4 to the ip or hostname of the dns server.
Do this for each nameserver (changing the 1.2.3.4 to the ip or hostname of the dns server.
ASKER
Strange I got
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 53051
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
I.e. SERVFAIL
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 53051
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
I.e. SERVFAIL
ASKER
OK fixed that now I am getting back the correct authorative answer on both servers.
That was most likely your problem. Try sending email again and see if gmail sees the record now.
ASKER
Still same issue.
I am testing with http://www.kitterman.com/spf/validate.html
I get
Results - record processed without error.
The result of the test (this should be the default result of your record) was, ambiguous . The explanation returned was, SPF Ambiguity Warning: No MX records found for mx mechanism: news.mydomain.com
However a dig @x.y.z.c -t MX news.mydomain.com
Does correctly retrieve the MX record.
I am testing with http://www.kitterman.com/spf/validate.html
I get
Results - record processed without error.
The result of the test (this should be the default result of your record) was, ambiguous . The explanation returned was, SPF Ambiguity Warning: No MX records found for mx mechanism: news.mydomain.com
However a dig @x.y.z.c -t MX news.mydomain.com
Does correctly retrieve the MX record.
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER
Yeah I do have two I tried the dig on both
The MX record is being returned correctly for mydomian.com but not for news.mydomain.com
The MX record is being returned correctly for mydomian.com but not for news.mydomain.com
SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER
I have one zone called mydomain.com and the subdomain is simply an A record in the same zone file and the MX record for the subdomain is also within the zone of the parent.
At current time if I do a spf check it works for the parent domain but not for the subdomain.
If I do a dig directly on both of my DNS servers both return correct values for the MX records of mydomain.com and news.mydomain.com however only tools do not show the MX record for the subdomain.
At current time if I do a spf check it works for the parent domain but not for the subdomain.
If I do a dig directly on both of my DNS servers both return correct values for the MX records of mydomain.com and news.mydomain.com however only tools do not show the MX record for the subdomain.