We have made no changes that I am aware of but suddenly all email that is 
either forwarded out of our SmarterMail system (or forwarded because 
SmarterMail is the gateway mail server before Exchange) is failing SPF checks.
The SPF checks appear that they are reading the header as the original sender 
domain, but with our IP address (the IP of the SmarterMail server).  This might 
not be a new problem, but with increased weight on filters for SPF, it is 
becoming an large issue now.

Example:  [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> (Gmail IP Address)sends 
an email to our client at 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>  (Our 
SmarterMail IP Address)
The [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> client has 
set his account to auto forward to his Yahoo account.
Yahoo is rejecting the message as it says that 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> does not have permission to send 
from the SmarterMail IP address (SPF Fail)

This especially hurts our clients that use our SmarterMail system for SPAM 
checks before it sends down to their Exchange server.  Even their local 
Exchange server is seeing the message and comparing the original sender domain 
with our SM IP address and failing SPF.
Is there some setting we are missing in SmarterMail or the Declude headers to 
help correct this?

Any thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks!
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Tina Cline
270net Technologies - IT Support Specialist
Phone: 301.663.6000 x200
Fax: 301.663.4410
www.270net.com
"Internet Technology for Business and Government"
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