spf.rice.edu has no MX records.
Question and response
Question
dig spf.rice.edu. MX
Answer
The response has no answer records.
Authority
spf.rice.edu. 900 SOA ns2.rice.edu. hostmaster.rice.edu. 79 10800 3600 2419200 900
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1220, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0