Matt Mossholder on 20 Sep 2007 19:10:57 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] SPF Question


On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:01:33 -0400, Paul L. Snyder <plsnyder@drexel.edu> wrote:
> I'm having problems with mail delivery, and I suspect that SPF is
> the culprit.  For the domain in question, I send mail in two ways:
> 
>  * Using mutt from my home network
>  * Using a web client at my mail host
> 
> On my home network, mutt sends the message to a local Postfix
> installation which relays the mail to the SMTP server at my mail
> host.
> 
> Mail sent via the web interface works fine; mail sent from my home
> network is not received by some addresses.   I have an SPF record
> for the domain specifying my mail host's MX.  I would really not
> rather not publish the addresses of my home network in the SPF
> record if I can avoid it.  Am I diagnosing this problem correctly?
> 
> Would it be better to configure mutt to use a dumb MSA that
> directly hands off the mail to the MX rather than using a local
> MTA?  My eventual goal is to be able to send messages via
> either the SMTP host for my own domains or via Drexel's MX
> depending on the sending address.  (Also, I'd like my messages to
> be accepted as authentic rather than rejected as spoofed.)
> 
> Any thoughts appreciated.
> 
> pls
--


Paul,
     You probably need to rewrite the message headers, so that the external systems think all the mail originated at the MX server...

          --Matt

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