Absolutely. I believe in keeping things as less complicated as possible, and using what you are now showing as an example would require you to make less (*if any*) changes to the record in the future.
You may also want to add the following additional TXT record, so you will also be Sender-ID compliant: "spf2.0/pra mx -all" On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Troy Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent questions. > > So no, I only want mail coming from my MX records. If I don't have to list > address/hostnames, would something like this be appropriate? > > "v=spf1 mx -all" > > > thanks > > troy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:42 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: spf verification > > These questions come to mind for me: > > 1. Do you really want to allow mail to come from any PTR ? > 2. Do you really need to specify IP addresses? You dont need to do > this if your MX records are pointing to the correct A records. > 3. Do you really need to specify explicit hostnames for your MX > existing records? Since they are already specified as MX records, you > only need to use the MX option. > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Troy Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I just finally got around to publishing an SPF record for our domain using >> the MS tool. Can someone sooth my paranoia by telling me this looks correct? >> >> >> IN TXT "v=spf1 ptr ip4:63.86.245.155 ip4:63.86.245.20 >> mx:inmailgw.monacocoach.com mx:ormailgw.monacocoach.com -all" >> >> >> (those two IPs are the only outside connections for incoming and outbound >> mail) >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Troy >> >> ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ >> ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ >> > > > > > -- > ME2 > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > -- ME2 ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
