sending mail from 2 domains: spf problem

[frank d]

I have my own mail server (mail.domain.com) at say 81.82.83.84
I have a directadmin webserver (www.domain.com) at 87.88.89.90 from which I can send out mail as well through a webform.
How would I set up the spf record for this?
Currently it's
domain.com. TXT "v=spf1 a mx ip4:81.82.83.84;87.88.89.90?all"

This doesn't seem to work though as hotmail rejects mails being sent from the webserver (87.88.89.90). It accepts mail from my mail server though (81.82.83.84)

In my mx record I have
mail MX 10
and an A record:
mail A 81.82.83.84

What am I doing wrong?

edit: Tried "v=spf1 a mx ip4:87.88.89.90 ?all" and a couple of other combinations, but nothing seems to work.

 

[tillo]

That's what you want to do:

"v=spf1 a mx ip4:81.82.83.84 ip4:87.88.89.90 ?all"

..but, since 81.82.83.84 is the MX record, you don't need to declare it explicitly. That's what you should have:

"v=spf1 a mx ip4:87.88.89.90 ?all"

...and if it's not working, it means the Email message is not sent by one or the other IP address. Check the headers and receiver MTA logs.

 

[frank d]

thx for the suggestions Martino. I had tried those settings as well and they don't work either.
The emails are being sent, it's just that hotmail refuses to accept them, I get a bounce mail back. I've contacted hotmail and hope they'll give me a reply. We're not on their black list though.

Frank

 

[tillo]

I've had and currently have absurd problems with hotmail too, their system is so old and messy that I think noone there fully understands how it works anymore. It's sad.