SPF being ignored in PMG

The Merchant

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May 27, 2021
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I'm testing out PMG as a mailproxy for my Exchange server.

I noticed that it's possible for me to send an email from ****.com to ****.com, creating a phising mail, from a simple SMTP testing tool (****.com represents my own domain).

PMG runs on a container (in Proxmox) next to the Exchange server VM. I don't know if this is the reason it completely ignores the fact that the SPF is not matching (due to it being a local IP maybe, i'm not sure).

I just tested using another domain that has a valid SPF as well. It's e-mail goes through as well.

However, if i test with a big company (probably using dkim etc.) then PMG blocks the e-mail as it should.

Why is the SPF being ignored? What am i missing?

Thanks in advance :)
 

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