Email Server Solution

Jason Huddleston huddlesj at otc.edu
Tue Aug 2 19:37:22 UTC 2005


Steve Buehler wrote:

> At 10:52 AM 8/2/2005, you wrote:
>
>> It sounds like most of your problems with AOL blocking you because of 
>> spammers or viruses could be stopped by setting up a spf (TXT) dns 
>> record for your domain or the domains that you are in charge of. AOL 
>> pays attention to these and will drop any mail that comes from an IP 
>> that you do not put in the record.
>
>
> Ok. I give. What in the heck is an spf (TXT) record? Something that 
> just came out this year? I have everything that AOL requires now. If 
> that is a new term for a PTR or reverse record, then I already have it.
>
> Steve

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework

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Jason Huddleston, RHCE, CCSA
Assistant Coordinator Internet Services and Security
Ozarks Technical Community College
huddlesj at otc.edu
417-447-7532




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