I like to use https://dmarcian.com/spf-survey/sigiowa.com for checking SPF
(and DMARC)

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Frank Bulk <frnk...@iname.com> wrote:

> We're helping a customer (sigiowa.com) who's having issues sending emails
> to
> the USDA.  Our email server logs this:
>         Site usda.gov (2a01:111:f400:7c10::10) said after data sent: 450
> 4.7.26 Service does not accept messages sent over IPv6
> [2607:fe28:0:4000::20] unless they pass either SPF or DKIM validation
> (message not signed)
>
> Just this morning I changed their SPF record from this:
>         "v=spf1 mx ip4:96.31.0.0/24 ip6:2607:fe28:0:1000::/64
> ip6:2607:fe28:0:4000::/64 ~all"
> to this:
>         "v=spf1 ip4:96.31.0.0/24 ip6:2607:fe28:0:4000::20
> ip6:2607:fe28:0:1000::/64 ip6:2607:fe28:0:4000::/64 ~all"
>
> I added in ip6:2607:fe28:0:4000::20 because I'm wondering if the USDA's
> system doesn't properly identify the sending IP of 2607:fe28:0:4000::20 as
> part of 2607:fe28:0:4000::/64.  I also removed 'mx' because this tool
> (http://vamsoft.com/support/tools/spf-policy-tester) was failing on
> pulling
> the AAAA for each of the domain's four MX records.  Try the vamsoft site
> with 2607:fe28:0:4000::20 and fb...@premieronline.net to see how
> sigiowa.com
> used to fail.
>
> Is Vamsoft's check too stringent?  Does it seriously matter that it can't
> find the AAAA for the domain's four MX records?  Shouldn't an SPF check for
> the domain's MX records just look for an A or AAAA?
>
> Regards,
>
> Frank
>
>
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