SPF Checker

Validate your SPF record, count DNS lookups, and check your all mechanism.

What is an SPF record?

SPF is a TXT record listing the servers allowed to send mail for your domain. Receivers check it to decide whether a sending IP is authorized.

The 10-lookup limit

SPF allows at most 10 DNS lookups (include, a, mx, ptr, exists, redirect). Go over and SPF returns permerror and effectively fails. This checker counts your lookups so you can flatten includes before you hit the limit.

The all mechanism

End your record with -all (hard fail) or ~all (soft fail). +all authorizes any server and is dangerous. This tool flags it.

Monitor this automatically

DeliverSignal runs these checks daily and alerts you when something breaks.

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