SPF records one TXT and one SPF how to add the SPF?

RCinSTP

• February 28, 2014 16:48

In cpanel I activated Email Authentication and enabled SPF which gave me an SPF record. I went into Advanced DNS Zone Editor and found the record listed as type TXT. When I validate the SPF records at SPF Query Tool: /http://www.kitterman.com/spf/validate.html I get the following error: "The TXT records found for your domain are: v=spf1 +a +mx +ip4:66.225.xx.xx ~all SPF records should also be published in DNS as type SPF records. No type SPF records found." How do I create the "type SPF" record? In Advanced DNS Zone Editor the drop-down only has three choices A, CNAME & TXT. How do I get "type" SPF?

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  cPanelMichael

  • March 03, 2014 12:25

  Hello :) The TXT record is what you should use for SPF. This is discussed here: SPF Record Instead of TXT Thank you.

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  RCinSTP

  • March 03, 2014 13:30

  Thanks for the link, sorry I did not find that before posting. This all started because of the error message from the record checker website that I used.

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  jimlongo

  • May 30, 2014 14:21

  Yes it's terribly annoying that every checker I've seen (from mxtoolbox.com to check-auth@verifier.port25.com, etc.,) all report SPF records:none in their reports (which from the links i've read here is a deprecated record type), and fail to recognize the TXT record.

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