SPF is an email authentication method that verifies if the mail sent using your domain name is genuine and authentic or is forged. This is done by adding a certain SPF record in your domain, so the email sent from your domain can be verified. To set up SPF for Mail Assure follow the steps provided below.

Creating an SPF Record for Mail Assure - Solarwinds

 Here are the steps to set up SPF for Mail Assure - Solarwinds :

• Login to your DNS management console 

• Navigate to Tools & Settings > DNS Template

• You need to edit the DNS TXT record related to SPF

• An SPF TXT record for Mail Assure - Solarwinds will have the following syntax: 

mydomain.com    TXT   v=spf1 include:mtaroutes.com -all 

• Publish this record in your DNS records section for your respective domain. 

Note: If you don’t have an SPF record previously for your domain, simply publish the above-mentioned record to enable SPF for outgoing emails using Mail Assure - Solarwinds. If you do have an existing SPF record in your DNS, you need to modify it to include Mail Assure - Solarwinds, as shown below:

Previous SPF record:  v=spf1 mx -all

Modified SPF record:  v=spf1 mx include:mtaroutes.com -all 

• Save changes 

• Wait for 24-48 hours to allow your DNS to process the changes 

Finally, you can look up your record using our SPF record lookup tool, and enable DMARC for your domains: take a DMARC trial.