If you send email from your domain you should really consider setting up a “Sender Policy Framework” (SPF) DNS record for it.
There are already great resources out there for setting up and for verifying your work; I won’t repeat them.
I WILL write about how to properly set the SPF at Network Solutions (NetSol).
After you use online resources to make up your SPF record string, at NetSol it is configured under.
Account Manager >> Dns >> Manage Advanced DNS Records >> Text (TXT Records)
Though their site has some documentation on SPF, it lacked a important piece of information.
The default TXT settings are:
* (All Others) and
@ (None)
Of these default fields, which one (if at all) should be overwritten?
The correct answer is, set your SPF record in the Text field of “@ (None)” line. Leave the TTL alone. Careful to add it to the right spot, adding your SPF to the “* (All Others)” won’t work, trust me I know.
That little tidbit of information may help someone.
Enjoy!
Worked like a charm! Thank you!
IT HELPED ME!!! I have been searching for this info for hours. Thank you!!!
thanks!
been looking for this!
Andreas
This is awesome, thanks for the post! I can’t believe networksolutions doesn’t help people with info like this…
Perfect man, thanks so much for that info! I second CB4′s motion- Network Solutions should provide that info. When I called they basically said “yeah that’s where you put it but I don’t know what code you should put in and I don’t know which field”
Thanks for writing this!
I finally called NS to ask them where I put the record, and they told me the same but sounded like they weren’t very sure! so pleased (and relieved) to see the confirmation here.
My vote for the most useful post!
Thanks Nick, glad to help.
This is a great post. I was able to get the record created. What it has not seemed to fix 4 me is messages going to Comcast or AOL getting stuck in my outbound smtp queue. I know the reason is reverse lookup failure. I was under the impression this record would resolve this problem for me. Is that incorrect information? If so does NetSol have a method to create a PTR for mail hosted at our site. I was going to just pull DNS inhouse and be done but say this post and decided to give it one more try.
Hi Tesiuta,
rDNS records are created by your ISP. Some ISPs will give you the ability to modify the rDNS entry inside your account control panel, and some require a phone call or email to their tech support staff.
Keep in mind also, that it needs to be a Static IP for rDNS to work. if you are using dynamic service from your ISP, you will not have the ability to setup rDNS.
Here is a comprehensive post about rDNS and being blocked for email that I have used before: http://bind8nt.meiway.com/itsaDNSmess.cfm
Let me know if this helps or not.