SPF records on server hostname?

Adolfo Nasol

• December 13, 2015 21:10

Having problem with hotmail rejecting emails from our cpanel/whm server. Checking SPF records to troubleshoot the issues comes this question on my mind. I've seen the same question posted here as old as 3 years but no answer. Do i need to add SPF records to server hostname? Regards, Adolfo

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  keat63

  • December 14, 2015 10:58

  SPF is a verification process. The receiving server (ie Hotmail), will check your SPF records to see if your domain is authorised to send emails. I guess it's quite possible that if you don't have any SPF records, then Hotmail may block you. SPF would certainly be good practice. If you log in to Cpanel for that domain, you should be able to enable SPF from there which will add the correct DNS entries.

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  vanessa

  • December 16, 2015 16:07

  SPF is deprecated. But in any case, it wouldn't really hurt. We use a basic SPF for all of our server hostnames.

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  cPanelMichael

  • December 16, 2015 16:10

  Hello :) The following document should also help if you are attempting to keep your email out of the SPAM folder: How to Keep your Email out of the Spam Folder - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation Thank you.

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  Adolfo Nasol

  • December 21, 2015 08:22

  Thanks for the help.. kudos

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