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SPF record generator
Tick the services that send email for your domain, add any servers of your own, and copy a valid SPF record. The lookup count updates as you go.
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Publishing the record
Add it as a TXT record at the root of your domain (the host is @, or blank at some DNS providers). If there's already a v=spf1 record, replace it rather than adding a second one.
Then run the SPF checker on your domain to confirm it's live and under the lookup limit.
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Questions
How do I create an SPF record?
List every service that sends mail as your domain (your mailbox provider, your transactional email API, your marketing tool, your helpdesk), add each one's include, and end with ~all. This generator does that and checks the lookup count.
What does include: mean in SPF?
It pulls in another domain's SPF record, so a provider can change its servers without you editing yours. Each include costs at least one of your 10 DNS lookups.
Do I need SPF if I have DKIM?
Yes. Gmail and Yahoo require both from bulk senders, and DMARC passes if either one passes and lines up with your From domain, so having both gives you a fallback.