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diff --git a/sqmail-4.3.07/man/spfquery.8 b/sqmail-4.3.07/man/spfquery.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4c26323 --- /dev/null +++ b/sqmail-4.3.07/man/spfquery.8 @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +.TH s/qmail: spfquery 8 +.SH NAME +spfquery \- SPF test program +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B spfquery +.I sender-ip +.I sender-helo +.I envelope-from +.I [local rules] +.I [-v] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B spfquery +is a test program to allow evaluation +of +.I SPF records +fetched on demand by means of +.BR qmail-smtpd . + +.SH "ARGUMENTS" +.B spfquery +uses the given arguments +.IR sender-ip , +.IR sender-helo , +and +.I envelope-from +to perform a DNS SPF TXT lookup +and evaluates the results. +In addition, \'local-rules\' might +be included as +.IR local-rules . +By means of the (last) option +.I -v +a verbose output is provided. + +.SH "RESPONSE" +The result of +.B spfquery +shows the SPF return codes of the retrieved +information after the DNS evaluation. +Additionally, the mechanisms and +results are displayed as chain +of resulting codes. In case the option +.I -v +is given, the received DNS SPF TXT records +for the analysed domain are shown in raw +format to allow further diagnostics. + +.SH "SPF MECHANISMS" +.B spfquery +and of course +.B qmail-smtpd +support all mechanisms defined in +.IR RFC\ 7208 , +in particular: +.IR A/AAAA , +.IR IPv4 , +.IR IPv6 , +.IR MX , +.IR PTR , +.IR Exists . +Nesting of SPF records - indicated by the commands +.I include: +and +.I redirect= +- is allowed and the chain is followed. +Further, +.I exp(lanation)= +is supported. + +.SH "SPF QUALIFIERS" +SPF makes uses of command and explanation qualifiers. +Command and explanation characters are: +.I + +pass (default), +.I - +fail, +.I ~ +softfail, +.I ? +neutral. + +.SH "EXPLANATION CHARACTERS" +This implementation uses the following +additional explanation characters: +.I o +none, +.I u +unknown, +.I d +DNS problem (not used). + +.SH "MACRO EXPANSION" +Macros (keyword) expansion is supported conforming to +.IR RFC\ 7208 . + + +.SH "SPF EVALUATION" +.B spfquery +provides a brief summary of results for the evaluation: +.I S +the sending IP, +.I O +the envelope-from address, +.I C +the requested domain for lookup, +.I H +the HELO/EHLO of the contacted MTA, +.I M +the SPF lookup mechanis as explained, +.I I +the included domanin for lookup, +.I D +the (re)direct to follow, +.I P +a potential problem observed. +These letters are followed by an equal sign '=' +and detail the information. +.I R +is the lookup result obtained, followed by a +colon ':'. + +.SH "DIAGNOSTICS" +Additional DNS diagnostic routines are available: +.B dnstxt +returns the DNS TXT for +.IR host . +.B dnsptr +returns the DNS PTR for +.IR IP . +.B dnsmxip +returns the MTA IPs for +.IR domain . + +.SH "CREDITS" +The +.B spfquery +program and the SPF integration into +.B s/qmail +follows mainly the implementation of +Jana Saout (http://www.saout.de/misc/spf/) +and is used by permission. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +qmail-control(5), +qmail-smtpd(8) +dnsmxip(8), +dnstxt(8). |