{"id":363,"date":"2020-06-03T11:37:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T03:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&p=363"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:02:16","slug":"how-to-verify-if-spf-record-is-setup-correctly","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.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":"

\"How<\/h4>\n

How to verify if SPF records is setup correctly<\/b><\/u><\/h4>\n

There are various methods to find out if the SPF record is setup correctly and below are some tools that can be used for verification:<\/p>\n

a)\u00a0Command Prompt<\/b><\/p>\n

Start -> Run -> cmd
\nType: nslookup -q=txt domain name<\/p>\n

And for the valid , the output should be as below:<\/p>\n

====================================
\nServer:\u00a0 resolver1.opendns.com
\nAddress:\u00a0 208.67.222.222<\/p>\n

Non-authoritative answer:
\ndomain name\u00a0\u00a0 text =<\/p>\n

=====================================<\/p>\n

b)\u00a0Checking from URL<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2013 Open the URL\u00a0http:\/\/www.kitterman.com\/spf\/validate.html<\/b><\/u>\u00a0<\/a>in web browser
\n\u2013 Enter the domain in Domain Name field.
\n\u2013 Click on \u201cGet SPF Record(if any)\u201d button.
\n\u2013 The results will be displayed<\/p>\n

If there are any errors , the results are displayed at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n

\u2013 URL checkingOpen the URL\u00a0http:\/\/mxtoolbox.com\/spf.aspx<\/b><\/u>\u00a0in web browser
\n\u2013 Enter the domain name in the Domain Name field.
\n\u2013 Click on\u00a0 Lookup
\n\u2013 The results will be displayed\u00a0 .<\/p>\n

If there are any errors\u00a0 , the error results will be displayed.<\/p>\n

** 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>\n

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How to verify if SPF records is setup correctly There are various methods to find out if the SPF record is setup correctly and below are some tools that can be used for verification: a)\u00a0Command Prompt Start -> Run -> cmd Type: nslookup -q=txt domain name And for the valid , the output should be as below: ==================================== Server:\u00a0 resolver1.opendns.com…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[11],"kbtag":[1664],"class_list":["post-363","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-general-email","kbtag-spf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5821,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/363\/revisions\/5821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=363"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}