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How to configure EXIM to check SPF record for incoming emails and add 'Received SPF' header to the incoming emails?
I'm playing with Exim and created a mail server that can accept and send emails alright. Now, I want to enable SPF checking for every incoming email so that a Received SPF header is added to these ...
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Can MTA send mail via a relay without being told so?
I'm thinking of adding an SPF to a domain. So I'm concerned if there are circumstances under which my MTA would use some relay when sending mail. Like, when the destination servers are too busy or ...
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How to setup SPF and DMARC for satellite hosts?
If I send mail directly from relay host - everything works like a charm. All checks are passed.
Delivered-To: [email protected]
Received: by 10.100.182.171 with SMTP id t40csp2626933pjb;
Thu, 26 ...
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Workaround for email "Received:" header displaying internal IP address?
I have a database server connected to an application server. The database server contains SQL code that generates automated emails to customers. The database server code creates the email then logs ...
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Change the domain in the 'via' that Gmail shows as the result of a wrong SPF record
So I have a small Linux webserver, it is running the Direct Admin control panel and everything is working fine. For each domain, SPF and DKIM records are present in the DNS and mail is (as far as I ...
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exim4 configuration with SRS daemon
I'm struggeling setting up exim 4 with an external SRS daemon (Debian package srs). The srsd is running and converting addresses back and forward just fine. I can't use exim's built-in srs code, since ...
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Failed Gmail SPF check when importing mail through IMAP from our mailbox when original email was sent with ESMTP headers
We have a strange situation:
we receive an email with ESMTP headers in it
our server accepts it, it's fine
we import that mail in Gmail like any other emails from our boxes
Gmail makes SPF check ...
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Failed SPF for email imported to Gmail because of client IP instead of server's in message when sent through SMTP from one local box to another
We have a linux (Debian) VPS with domain (let's say example.com with MX mail.example.com) that has SPF set up. There is dovecot+exim running. There is also Direct Admin on top of that.
When I send a ...
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Exim how to configure SPF
I'm playing with Exim trying to create a mail server for a company, basically i'm able to send email without problem using command line or via localhost. I was trying to set SPF header but I can ...
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Exim mailing list with remote recipients
Premises (fictional names)
foo is an external domain, of which the MTA is out of my control;
foo has SPF setup such that mine servers cannot send email as @foo;
bar is another external domain, of ...
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Should I reject email on SPF and/or DKIM failures? [duplicate]
I’m administering a mail server (cPanel/WHM) running Exim. It handles normally a few hundreds incoming emails per day for our customers.
I’m not sure if I should reject SPF and/or DKIM failures for ...
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spf record setup
Emails sent by mta from my server recognizes by spam filters as spam and there's message :
Received-SPF: neutral ...
Actually, I am not spammer :)
So, I googled around these questions and found that ...
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FROM: header is forged, SENDER: is legit , spam is delivered. how to detect?
In short:
What happens: FROM: header is forged, SENDER: is legit , spam is delivered.
What I need: Detect forged FROM: header when possible, block delivery
Explained:
I have a exim server that ...
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How can I change exim's DKIM and SPF for emails sent?
I've now spent 2 hours trying to figure out this issue and I am about to give up and go to bed. I've been having issues with Gmail rejecting emails from my VPS server because of false spam alerts (...
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Exim mail server: When I send test mail to my Gmail, how can I hide my hostname after "via"?
I just set up Exim for sending email from a website using this guide:
http://library.linode.com/email/exim/send-only-mta-ubuntu-10.04-lucid
All done with no problem.
When I open a test mail I sent ...
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Trying to configure email server for sending only
I need to install Postfix or Exim to be able to send emails from my web server's php code. I have a few questions hopefully I can find answers to:
Could mail be rejected or sent to spam on receiveing ...
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Does Google/Gmail & Yahoo/YMail cache DNS information related to SPF?
I am configuring my linode server to send mail from my webapp to users. I could use GoogleApps, but the 500/day limit it too restrictive, hence I'm attempting to set it up myself.
I set up Exim4 on ...
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