I believe you have to rely on Earthlink's "smtpauth" for its SPF.
That's what I do.
{^_^}
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Stern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> My SPF record was working, but is now failing for this list. So, it
> seems that SPF checking has ratcheted up a notch. I've deleted my SPF
> txt record in order to send this.
>
> Anyhow...
>
> The record was
>
> "v=spf1 a mx ptr include:earthlink.net ~all"
>
> I smarthost my mail through smtpauth.earthlink.net. The mail path then
> bounces around inside earthlink for a while. The "spf why" page says:
>
> hermes.apache.org saw a message coming from the IP address 209.86.89.61
> which
> is smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net; the sender claimed to be
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> How can I configure the SPF record to work? I can't put in an
> "a:smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net" because next time it may go
> through 02,
> or 03, etc.
>
> Is it possible to use SPF in this environment?
> --
>
> Steve
>
>
