SPF issue

[sterling]

I've got a client who was trying to get an email from someone and AMS gives an error invalid or corrupt SPF record however I've ran it through a few online tests and it seems it is valid according to them.

The SPF record it says is corrupt or invalid is: v=spf1 ?include:custspf.register.com

[rob]

The SPF record you provided contains the command 'include:custspf.register.com' (essentially redirecting AMS to use the SPF record at 'custspf.register.com' domain). Upon checking the SPF record at custspf.register.com, I find that the domain doesn't provide an SPF record. This means that the SPF lookup is correctly generating a PERMERROR. I would hazard a guess that the domain was referencing some service of register.com that is no longer is active. If you want to avoid any mail failures from this, you could either white list the domain that sent the email, or ensure PERMERROR's don't mark the mail as SPAM/reject the mail.

[sterling]

Thanks Rob. That is what I thought too but wanted some advice on it.