What is a SPF record? Well it is a DNS entry that is used to help combat SPAM and email spoofing. It does this by adding information to DNS about which servers are allowed to send email for that Domain. [ad#Adsense-4]A SPF record is a custom record call txt in windows DNS. There are many tools that can help you automatically create a SPF record. At the end of this article I will list a great one. [caption id="attachment_95" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Configure SPF to combat SPAM"][/caption]The way SPF combats SPAM and domain Spoofing is when an email is sent from XYZ domain the receiving server or mail gateway (if configured to do SPF checking) does a SPF check. Once it [+]

Well I currently run two standalone Windows server 2003 DNS servers.  I needed a way to backup and restore all the settings if one off my DNS servers failed.  The servers are not Active Directory Integrated.  I found a script by Dean Wells.  It works wonderfully. The Script will be at the end of the post. [ad#Adsense] To backup use the EXPORT command.  See image below off the command. Now you are done, Keep the folder you exported all your DNS settings safe. To import jsut do the reverse, and use the command IMPORT and the folder your created. Here is the script you need.  Call it dnsdump.bat   :: DNSdump Version 2.0 - Dean Wells, MSEtechnology - July 2003 :: PURPOSE - Dumps local server's DNS service configuration and zone content. Once [+]