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Upcoming debian.org e-mail change (SPF)

From	"Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.announce.devel
Subject	Upcoming debian.org e-mail change (SPF)
Date	2026-04-22 18:50 +0200
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Hi,

In order to assist with delivery of e-mail from @debian.org addresses,
we will be introducing SPF records for debian.org in the near future,
along with records for $HOST.debian.org and $SERVICE.debian.org where
those are not already present.

You do not need to change anything if you are already using our mail
submission service [SUBMIT].

One of the key issues faced by both e-mail senders and recipients today
is authentication - i.e. to allow the recipient to be confident that an
e-mail was in fact sent by the alleged sender.

Debian Developers are currently able to use per-user DKIM keys to sign
e-mail from their @debian.org addresses [DKIM], in order to provide
some authentication, as well as a submission service [SUBMIT] which
will cause the e-mail to be sent from a debian.org host.

Unfortunately these measures are increasingly proving insufficient for
reliable delivery of e-mail, with an important missing piece being an
SPF record for debian.org and other domains used when sending mail from
our systems.

We will send a notification to the debian-infrastructure-announce list
when the debian.org record is added, and for any future significant
changes.

If you send e-mail using a debian.org e-mail address from any non-
debian.org hosts, then we strongly suggest that you use the mail
submission service. [SUBMIT]

Please contact DSA with any concerns or queries as soon as possible.

Regards,

Adam
for DSA

[DKIM] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/04/msg00004.html
[SUBMIT] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2022/07/msg00003.html

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