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    An SPF record identifies authorized mail servers allowed to send email on behalf of a domain to prevent spoofing. Receiving servers check the SPF record to validate the sender. It works by having the domain administrator publish an SPF record listing authorized mail servers in the DNS. When email is received, the receiving server compares the sender's IP to those listed as authorized to determine whether to accept, reject, or flag the email as potential spam. Implementing SPF helps protect against spoofing and prevents legitimate email from being incorrectly marked as spam.

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    SPF Record

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    An SPF record identifies authorized mail servers allowed to send email on behalf of a domain to prevent spoofing. Receiving servers check the SPF record to validate the sender. It works by having the domain administrator publish an SPF record listing authorized mail servers in the DNS. When email is received, the receiving server compares the sender's IP to those listed as authorized to determine whether to accept, reject, or flag the email as potential spam. Implementing SPF helps protect against spoofing and prevents legitimate email from being incorrectly marked as spam.

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    An SPF record identifies authorized mail servers allowed to send email on behalf of a domain to prevent spoofing. Receiving servers check the SPF record to validate the sender. It works by having the domain administrator publish an SPF record listing authorized mail servers in the DNS. When email is received, the receiving server compares the sender's IP to those listed as authorized to determine whether to accept, reject, or flag the email as potential spam. Implementing SPF helps protect against spoofing and prevents legitimate email from being incorrectly marked as spam.

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    SPF Record

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    An SPF record identifies authorized mail servers allowed to send email on behalf of a domain to prevent spoofing. Receiving servers check the SPF record to validate the sender. It works by having the domain administrator publish an SPF record listing authorized mail servers in the DNS. When email is received, the receiving server compares the sender's IP to those listed as authorized to determine whether to accept, reject, or flag the email as potential spam. Implementing SPF helps protect against spoofing and prevents legitimate email from being incorrectly marked as spam.

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    . SPF RECORD .

    1. What is SPF record?

    An SPF record identifies the mail servers and domains that


    are allowed to send email on behalf of your domain.
    Receiving servers check your SPF record to verify that
    incoming messages are send from the particular user.

    2.How do SPF records work?

    It establishes a method for receiving


    mail servers to verify that incoming email from a
    domain was sent from a host authorized by that
    domain’s administrators. It piggybacks on the
    well-established Domain Name System (DNS). In
    general terms, the process works like this:

    1. A domain administrator publishes the


    policy defining mail servers that are authorized to send email from
    that domain. This policy is called an SPF record, and it is listed as
    part of the domain’s overall DNS records.

    2. When an inbound mail server receives an incoming email, it looks up


    the rules for the bounce (Return-Path) domain in DNS. The inbound
    server then compares the IP address of the mail sender with the
    authorized IP addresses defined in the SPF record.

    3. The receiving mail server then uses the rules specified in the
    sending domain’s SPF record to decide whether to accept, reject, or
    otherwise flag the email message.

    3.Why should company add an SPF record to their domain?

    SPF helps protect domains against spoofing, and helps to prevent your outgoing
    messages from being marked as spam by receiving servers. SPF specifies the mail servers
    that are allowed to send email for your domain, if the mail didn’t pass in spf record then the
    mail will be marked as a spam mail , it helps the user to identify the mail whether it is from
    the original side or spam.
    4.SPF implementation:

    Spf implementation allows the owner of a domain to specify which mail servers they use to send
    mail from that domain. A company sending email publishes an SPF record in the Domain Name
    System . The record lists which IP addresses are authorized to send email on behalf of their domain.
    To turn on Sender Policy Framework for your domain, add a Domain Name System (DNS) TXT record
    at your domain provider. Keep in mind: The field names in these steps might be different for your
    domain provider. DNS TXT record field names vary for domain providers.

    Some steps to implement spf:


    Step 1: Gather IP addresses used to send email.
    The first step to implement SPF is to identify which
    mail servers you use to send email from your
    domain. ...

    Step 2: Make a list of your sending domains. ...

    Step 3: Create your SPF record. ...

    Step 4: Publish your SPF to DNS. ...

    Step 5: Test!

    5.How does the SPF record syntax work?

    Mechanisms:

    It can be used to describe the set of hosts which are designated outbound mailers for the
    domain and can be prefixed with one of four qualifiers:
    + Pass

    ~ SoftFail

    - Fail

    ? Neutral

    If a mechanism results in a hit, its qualifier value is used. The default qualifier is “+“, i.e. “Pass”.
    Mechanisms are evaluated in order. If no mechanism or modifier matches, the default result is
    “Neutral”.
    More in-depth information on the differences between “~” and “–” can be found here

    If a domain has no SPF record at all, the result is “None”. If a domain has a temporary error during
    DNS processing, you get the result “TempError” (called “error” in earlier drafts). If a syntax or
    evaluation error occurs

    REFERENCE:
    1.SPF record:

    ( https://support.google.com/a/answer/10683907?hl=en )

    2. SPF records work:


    ( https://www.agari.com/blog/what-is-spf )
    3.SPF syntax:

    ( https://dmarcian.com/spf-syntax-table/ )

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