Add a SPF record in your domain registrar

Add a SPF record in your domain registrar

Learn how to add a SPF Record to your domain registrar. These instructions are for Marketing 360 Email Marketing customers.  

The process depends on whether you already have an SPF record in place. To determine that, you can use the EmailStuff SPF checker or just look for a record on your sending domain that contains "v=spf1".

Log into your DNS host, and proceed with the following steps for the domain you would like to add SPF to.

If you have an SPF record already:

  1. Add include:_spf.createsend.com immediately after the "v=spf1" in the existing record. Make sure you include a space.
  2. Save the record and recheck (you may need to wait until the time indicated by the TTL passes).

If you do not have an SPF record:

  1. Create a new DNS record, and set the type to TXT.
  2. Type @ into the name field, or leave it blank, depending on the requirements of your domain registrar.
  3. Copy this code exactly into the value field: v=spf1 include:_spf.createsend.com ~all
  4. Set a TTL value of at least 300 seconds (some hosts may require a higher value like 30 minutes).
  5. Save the new SPF record.
  6. You can wait a few minutes and check your new record in a validator like EmailStuff.