SPF help

[dethfire]

I send email from my with the "From" being a gmail account. I have this record in my DNS v=spf1 a mx ~all

It comes out as Neutral though. Any advice?

[Andy Huang]

If you're doing a google apps thing like me, be sure to use smtp instead of php's mail. In my opinion, it is more reliable to send the mail via google's servers instead of sending it from your own.

Also, their SPF entry (as written in bind conf file, adjust as needed to match your server / control panel) should be:

@       IN      TXT     "v=spf1 include:aspmx.googlemail.com ~all"

[dethfire]

I use vb and my webmaster address is a gmail account. So when I send email the "from" is gmail address. How do I make SPF for that? I am not using google app. thanks

[Andy Huang]

SPF identifies which server(s) is allowed to send mails from your domain. Since your email address is a gmail address (IE: @gmail.com / @googlemail.com domain), you can't setup SPF for neither domains (they don't belong to you). Just channel it through SMTP so the mail will come from gmail's servers (allowed by their SPF if they're using SPF).