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I have been trying to setup SPF records for my mail server for a few days now and have been running into numerous problems.

My mail server is mail2.jjdowns.com which sends mail for jjdowns.com and jjdownsplastics.com

My issue is figuring out how to setup the SPF records.

For jjdowns.com right now i have my SPF record set as: 

"v=spf1 mx ptr:mail2.jjdowns.com mx:mail2.jjdowns.com ip4:207.245.4.212 -all"

and from what I can see this is working correctly.

My problem is when we try to get jjdownsplastics.com working.

The current record on jjdownsplastics.com is: 

"v=spf1 ptr:jjdowns.com ip4:207.245.4.212 a:jjdowns.com include:jjdowns.com mx:jjdowns.com -all"`

This is the record i can not figure out.

jjdownsplastics.com uses mail2.jjdowns.com as its incoming and outgoing mailserver. It is setup as a virtual host in the mac mail server.

Any ideas what could be wrong with my jjdownsplastics.com SPF record?

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Both of those SPF records are valid. If I were being picky, the second one is a little superfluous; if you include:jjdowns.com then you don't need to repeat the items that are already in jjdowns.com record. It's still valid though. What problem are you seeing? – SmallClanger Jan 23 at 20:51
Looks like your correct it is working. The problem ended up being an MX record. Thanks for your help – Dani Cela Jan 23 at 21:25

closed as too localized by TheCleaner, Michael Hampton, Ward, Tom O'Connor, mdpc Jan 24 at 3:17

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