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I am getting "softfail error" for the current spf record what should i do?

This is the original mail i got from my domain.

I added the spf record in my dns.

v=spf1 mx mx:smtp.secureserver.net include:smtp.secureserver.net ~all

Unfortunately I entered smtp server name in spf record.

Here I am using my domain only for sending purpose.So, I didn't add any MX records. In the SPF record my domain has to be passed for the span checking. What are the things i need to focus?

Could you please explain? How should i write the SPF record 

Delivered-To: nava@gridlex.com
Received: by 10.229.150.13 with SMTP id w13csp108400qcv;
    Fri, 18 May 2012 06:05:02 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.224.34.4 with SMTP id j4mr22611239qad.61.1337346302689;
    Fri, 18 May 2012 06:05:02 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <dr@pharma.com>
Received: from ip-10-111-7-139.ec2.internal (ec2-50-16-79-25.compute-1.amazonaws.com.  [50.16.79.25])
    by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a9si3748068qcu.106.2012.05.18.06.05.02
    (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER);
    Fri, 18 May 2012 06:05:02 -0700 (PDT)
    Received-SPF: softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning dr@pharma.com does not designate 50.16.79.25 as permitted sender) client-ip=50.16.79.25;
   Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning dr@pharma.com does not designate 50.16.79.25 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=dr@pharma.com
   Received: from ip-10-111-7-139.ec2.internal (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by ip-10-111-7-139.ec2.internal (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-2ubuntu1) with ESMTP id q4ID4YvM004650
for <nava@gridlex.com>; Fri, 18 May 2012 13:04:34 GMT
   Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
   MIME-Version: 1.0
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
   Subject: Hi Nava
   From: dr@pharma.com
   To: nava@gridlex.com
   Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 13:04:34 -0000
   Message-ID: <20120518130434.4647.68243@ip-10-111-7-139.ec2.internal>

   Sample Ignore

Will this work?

  v=spf1 ?include:pharma.com -all
Nava
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  • Do you run pharma.com? – ceejayoz May 18 '12 at 14:02
  • pharmaflare.com – Nava May 18 '12 at 14:08
  • Well, `v=spf1 ?include:pharma.com -all` won't work for that. – ceejayoz May 18 '12 at 14:08
  • @ceejayoz sorry, v=spf1 ?include:pharmaflare.com -all only It is recently changed – Nava May 18 '12 at 14:10
  • @all sorry for the mis communication.The site we own is "pharmaflare.com" while I am editing the post it was renamed to all unfortunately.I was tried to rename for the header part and i didn't notice.please leave the pharma.com – Nava May 18 '12 at 14:17
  • @ChrisS I am refirecting my domain mails to my gmail.I wanna setup one domain mail.from that i need to send mail to my personal mail. – Nava May 18 '12 at 16:48
  • @ChrisS Oh Sorry man I think I didn't get your questions.Could you please give me – Nava May 18 '12 at 17:13

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include:pharma.com - means that receiving server should check SPF record for pharma.com first and then return to check.. nothing.

I suggest you add correct MX record and use default SPF: v=spf1 +a +mx ~all

or if you surely don't need mx use this with ip of your server: v=spf1 +a +ip4:IP.AD.DR.ES ~all or v=spf1 +a +a:smtp.yourservername.tld ~all

if you don't need to send e-mail from other servers - replace ~all with -all.

Read a good article on SPF record format.

DukeLion
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  • What's with the superfluous plus signs? Also, some servers will hold it against you that your SPF record ends in "~all" (aka, I don't know what I'm doing). – Chris S May 18 '12 at 14:10
  • fine. v=spf1 a mx ip4: include:pharma.com -all will this be fine? – Nava May 18 '12 at 14:12
  • + can be omitted, but I used to add it. – DukeLion May 18 '12 at 14:12
  • why do you need `include:pharma.com`? this will just add checks from SPF record for pharma.com, which does not exists now. – DukeLion May 18 '12 at 14:14
  • @DukeLion yes dude typo mistake "pharmaflare.com" sorry – Nava May 18 '12 at 14:19
  • Again, you do not need to include SPF record to itself. – DukeLion May 18 '12 at 14:25
  • @DukeLion Sorry for the interruption. May i get little bit more explanation please? – Nava May 18 '12 at 14:28
  • When SPF checker meet include directive - it loads SPF record from mentioned domain and continues check with this SPF record. After that it returns to parent record. In your case it may check same record twice. It will work, but is useless – DukeLion May 18 '12 at 14:33
  • @DukeLion Ya Got your point..It check the ip and domain also since mentioned both. am i right? I will do the change means I ll remove the domain – Nava May 18 '12 at 14:36