{"id":4493,"date":"2019-10-30T17:19:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T09:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=4493"},"modified":"2022-10-08T19:02:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T11:02:38","slug":"how-to-verify-if-spf-record-is-setup-correctly","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-verify-if-spf-record-is-setup-correctly","title":{"rendered":"How to verify if SPF record is setup correctly"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4493\" class=\"elementor elementor-4493\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d37f751 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d37f751\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-763aed9b\" data-id=\"763aed9b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3146459 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3146459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to verify if SPF records is setup correctly<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cdb56c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cdb56c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>There are various methods to find out if the SPF record is set up correctly and below are some tools that can be used for verification:<\/p><p>a)\u00a0<b>Command Prompt<\/b><\/p><p>Start -&gt; Run -&gt; cmd<br \/>Type: nslookup -q=txt domain name<\/p><p>And for the valid, the output should be as below:<\/p><p>====================================<br \/>Server:\u00a0 resolver1.opendns.com<br \/>Address:\u00a0 208.67.222.222<\/p><p>Non-authoritative answer:<br \/>domain name text =<\/p><p>=====================================<\/p><p>b)\u00a0<b>Checking from URL<\/b><\/p><p>&#8211; Open the URL\u00a0<u><b>http:\/\/www.kitterman.com\/spf\/validate.html<\/b><\/u> in a web browser<br \/>&#8211; Enter the domain in the Domain Name field.<br \/>&#8211; Click on the &#8220;Get SPF Record(if any)&#8221; button.<br \/>&#8211; The results will be displayed<\/p><p>If there are any errors, the results are displayed at the bottom of the page.<\/p><p>&#8211; URL checking open the URL <u><b>http:\/\/mxtoolbox.com\/spf.aspx<\/b><\/u> in a web browser<br \/>&#8211; Enter the domain name in the Domain Name field.<br \/>&#8211; Click on\u00a0 Lookup<br \/>&#8211; The results will be displayed.<\/p><p>If there are any errors, the error results will be displayed.<\/p><p>** Please be advised that any recent update on SPF record will not be reflected immediately on those checking portal as might need some time for the DNS to propagate **<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed35503 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed35503\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>For more information, kindly visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\">Knowledge Base<\/a> to browse more articles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to verify if SPF records is setup correctly There are various methods to find out if the SPF record is set up correctly and below are some tools that can be used for verification: a)\u00a0Command Prompt Start -&gt; Run -&gt; cmdType: nslookup -q=txt domain name And for the valid, the output should be as &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-verify-if-spf-record-is-setup-correctly\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to verify if SPF record is setup correctly<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"kbtopic":[127],"kbtag":[110],"mkb_version":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/4493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4493"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/4493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21872,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/4493\/revisions\/21872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=4493"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=4493"},{"taxonomy":"mkb_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mkb_version?post=4493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}