Implement SPF records for email

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Title:
Implement SPF records for email

Area:
Administration

Summary:
Implment DNS SPF records to facilitate email delivery to large webmail providers

Description:
SPF is an industry standard way of guaranteeing which email servers are permitted to send mail on behalf of your domain. At present, there seems to be a perennial problem with Dreamwidth bulk email being rejected from time-to-time - the "big four" email providers (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL) -do- use SPF records to positively weight email spam scores in favour of bulk emailers.

Dreamwith.org sends mail from one server - it is simple to implement a DNS TXT record that reads "v=spf1 mx ~all" that will verify to any email receiver that checks SPF that your MX server is permitted to send mail on behalf of "@dreamwidth.org" senders.

It also makes the likelihood of future spammers spoofing dreamwith.org addresses in order to send mail much less.

SenderID is also a useful solution, but SPF is simple to implement and will assist with delivery of bulk email to most large email service providers.

Poll #3195 Implement SPF records for email

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 45

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Should be implemented as-is.
27 (60.0%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
17 (37.8%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (2.2%)