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| SPF records are DNS ''TXT'' records that verify that the server that is sending outgoing email from your domain name is authorized. | SPF records are DNS ''TXT'' records that verify that the server that is sending outgoing email from your domain name is authorized. | ||
| - | As an example, here is the ''@'' ''TXT'' entry for Digital Trike that allows A2 Hosting (75.98.175.91) and GMail (_spf.google.com): | + | Here's a basic example where any email sent out from the domain's A record is authorized. Otherwise, do a hard fail. |
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| + | Using as an example, ''beandog.org'': | ||
| <code> | <code> | ||
| - | v=spf1 a mx ip4:75.98.175.91 include:_spf.google.com ~all | + | v=spf1 a -all |
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | If you want to add multiple IP addresses, then add an extra ''ip4:'' rule to the existing record: | + | Authorize only servers that have MX entries in DNS (such as mail1.beandog.org, mail2.beandog.org): |
| <code> | <code> | ||
| - | v=spf1 a mx ip4:75.98.175.91 ip4:12.34.56.78 include:_spf.google.com ~all | + | v=spf1 mx -all |
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| + | Find the current MX servers using dig: | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | dig +short mx beandog.org | ||
| + | 0 mail.beandog.org. | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| === Mail Tester === | === Mail Tester === | ||
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| <code> | <code> | ||
| - | echo testing email | mail -r website@digitaltrike.com -s testing [mail-checker address] | + | echo testing email | mail -r website@domain.com -s testing [mail-checker address] |
| </code> | </code> | ||
