Hello All,
first of all I apologize in advance in case I’m asking something already discussed or documented, I couldn’t find the answer I need tough I’ve looked for that.
I’m having difficulties to create an exception to the SPF check.
I need to allow Local Delivery for email received from a know IP address which cannot be added to the SPF record.
I have created a Rule in “Advanced Acceptance / Routing Rules > Advanced Settings” matching the source IP and setting multiple actions, but none of them works.
I have tried:
Set SPF Result: Pass
SMTP Action: Accept
Local Delivery: Allow Delivery for Local Users
Authenticate Mail From: Disabled
Nevertheless I keep getting inbound emails from that IP rejected for SPF failure.
550 SPF check failed for with result : <>
Set mail state to REMOVED
QUIT
The rule seems matching as I can see related actions added to log however I don’t know how to set it correctly to achieve this.
Set SPF result to pass
Set smtp action to ACCEPT
Set smtp explanation to [Known-IP Rule]
AuthMatchFrom is disabled
Set local delivery to all
I would appreciate any help you can provide.
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards.
SMTP-In Log showing the above (client/server names and IP address have been anonymized)
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:25] connection accepted from [yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy:55368]
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Set smtp greeting to [server.1stld.tld ESMTP listening]
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 16 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: >> 220 server.1stld.tld ESMTP listening
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 16 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: << HELO sendinghost
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Set SPF result to pass
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Set smtp action to ACCEPT
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Set smtp explanation to [Known-IP Rule]
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: AuthMatchFrom is disabled
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Set local delivery to all
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Greylist enabled
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Set max data size to 2097151 KB
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Set max received headers to 30
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Maximum recipient count set to 1000
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Wait for processing response at least 10 seconds
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: STARTTLS extension allowed
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: 8BIT MIME accepted
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: BINARY DATA extension allowed
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: PIPELINING extension allowed
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: DSN extension denied
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Set local delivery to all
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 16 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: >> 250 server Axigen ESMTP hello
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 16 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: << MAIL FROM:<address@domain.tld>
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Created new queue item with id 0035671A
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: SPF result for MAIL FROM <address@domain.tld@domain.tld> issued from EHLO domain <sendinghost> connected from <yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy>: Fail (spfHeader = 'fail (domain.tld: domain of address@domain.tld does not designate yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy as permitted sender) client-ip=yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy; envelope-from=address@domain.tld; mechanism=default; identity=mailfrom; receiver=server;'; spfExplanation = 'null')
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Set smtp action to REJECT
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Set smtp explanation to [SPF check failed for <sendinghost> with result <Fail>: <>]
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 16 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: >> 550 SPF check failed for <sendinghost> with result <Fail>: <>
2021-12-29 10:14:08 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: Set mail state to REMOVED
2021-12-29 10:14:09 +0100 16 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: << QUIT
2021-12-29 10:14:09 +0100 16 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: >> 221-server Axigen ESMTP is closing connection
2021-12-29 10:14:09 +0100 16 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: >> 221 Good bye
2021-12-29 10:14:09 +0100 08 server SMTP-IN:0002D668: closing session from [yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy:55368]
