SPF Records Help

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Using Amazon SES, to show the email is coming properly from my domain to email providers such as Gmail, Yahoo etc..., it's required I use "v=spf1 include:amazonses.com -all"

However, the record currently reads "v=spf1 +a +mx +ip4:xxx.xxx.xxx.xx ?all"
How do I combine these two so it doesn't otherwise interfere with my forum's mail?
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  • you should probably head over to the "Coding" sub forum for that one

    al
  • This thread should be moved - hopefully a mod will see it and move it over but...


    Here's how you do it if you have cPanel:

    Login to your cPanel and go to the Mail section - Click "Email Authentication"
    Be very careful here!
    Scroll down and look for
    Click the "add" button and enter amazonses.com and then press the "ok" button
    Now scroll down to the very bottom of this page and click "update"

    Your SPF record will include Amazon SES and your outgoing mail will be properly recognized
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    • I would try this, but I'm using cloudflare and have added a bunch of records at cloudflare that aren't in my standard hosting cpanel. Let me see if I can figure it out.
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  • I think you should simply add a new text record in your DNS .

    You can do it by adding a new DNS zone file. If your name server and hosting server are the same you should login to your hosting control panel and a new text DNS record. Otherwise you should be able to do it at your domain registrar control panel.

    Hope it helps.
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    • A DNS record and an SPF Record are 2 different things.
      Here is what an SPF Record does verbatim right from cPanel:
      This is one of the most important records to have and my host now enables it by default - I would think most web hosts do
  • The hosting company said if I have 2 SPF records, it will randomly/intermittently use the two, but won't combine them.

    I use cloudflare now, that's where the DNS is pointed to and where I'm setting up the SPF.

    I put it in marketing because this seems a general marketing question as SPF records are a big part of emailing. I don't mind if it needs to be moved though.

    The main thing I'm wondering is if I change the SPF record to amazonses, will it affect my regular forum emails. Or is there some way to combine these 2?
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    • I'm unfamiliar with cloudflare - however I use the the set up I described in post 3 so that the stmp server I use to send email for my domain is included in my spf record - but also my server ip is also in my spf record - unless cloudflare setup is different you can have more than one domain on an SPF record - it just means that if Amazon SES is sending mail from your domain it's been authorized to do so.
      again:

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  • I have added the following spf record (v=spf1 mx include:spf.cintindex.com ~all) to my DNS zone but it is not showing up when I am checking it (SPF Record Check by WebSitePulse)
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    SPF Records Help

    Using Amazon SES, to show the email is coming properly from my domain to email providers such as Gmail, Yahoo etc..., it's required I use "v=spf1 include:amazonses.com -all" However, the record currently reads "v=spf1 +a +mx +ip4:xxx.xxx.xxx.xx ?all"