SPF Record for parked domains

GoWilkes

• April 01, 2014 23:18

I have several domains parked and email forwarded to one main domain. But the question is, do I need an SPF record on each of those domains, or just the main one? If I need it on each one, I found this script that is supposed to let you add an SPF record to every account: cd /var/cpanel/users for i in `ls /var/cpanel/users` ;do /usr/local/cpanel/bin/spf_installer $i ;done
Assuming that this is still valid, how do I customize it to add a specific SPF to each domain? Like: "v=spf1 +a +mx +ip4:123.45.67.89 -all"

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  MilesWeb

  • April 02, 2014 11:43

  You will have to edit the zone file for the domain and edit the SPF as required. Do you wish to set a customize SPF for every domain using this script ?

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 02, 2014 17:50

  Hello :) Is there any particular reason you prefer to have a custom SPF record for each parked domain name instead of the standard SPF record that cPanel will generate for them? Thank you.

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  GoWilkes

  • April 02, 2014 20:39

  AFAIK, the standard one doesn't restrict it to the one IP, and uses a soft all instead of hard. If I have to create a record for each account, then I would want them all to be identical to first one. But is it even necessary for parked domains? I have one actual account, and 104 parked domains.

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  es2alna

  • April 03, 2014 09:13

  I guess it's not necessary to use SPF on parked domains.

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 08, 2014 19:21

  The following thread might be helpful if you want to utilize a custom SPF record for each domain name: SPF Custom Entry Thank you.

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  GoWilkes

  • April 08, 2014 20:39

  I'm still not entirely clear, Michael. That thread stated "f you only revise the initial entry, only the main domain will be changed to that new hard-coded IP, while parked, addon, and subdomains will not be." So, does that mean that parked and addon domains SHOULD have an SPF record?

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 10, 2014 15:23

  Yes, parked and addon domain names should have SPF records because they can send out email just like the primary domain name associated with the account can. If you enable a SPF record for an account, it adds it for the parked/addon domain names added to the account. Thank you.

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