Correct settings for SPF - provider allows no TXT-Reccords

[Mischa .Merson]

Hello everyone,

my Emails (from www.coopiloto.net) are landing in SPAM folders of receivers and it seems that one of the reasons is that if don't have any SPF specified.
The Domain is registered at caribedomains.com and it allows no "TXT-Reccords".
I can only set the DNS Servers, A-Reccords and MX-Reccords.
The A and MX are set to an other server, where I manage the content and emails.

Do you know how I can set the SPF? Afaik I should setup the SPF on the caribedomains.com setup right? Or is there a possibility to set it up on my server?

Thanks a lot!!

Regards - Misha

[Burkhard Ott]

Post by Mischa .Merson
Hello everyone,
my Emails (from www.coopiloto.net) are landing in SPAM folders of
receivers and it seems that one of the reasons is that if don't have any
SPF specified. The Domain is registered at caribedomains.com and it
allows no "TXT-Reccords".
I can only set the DNS Servers, A-Reccords and MX-Reccords.
The A and MX are set to an other server, where I manage the content and emails.
Do you know how I can set the SPF? Afaik I should setup the SPF on the
caribedomains.com setup right? Or is there a possibility to set it up on
my server?

Usually SPF records are not required, however some spamfilter take these
too much into account, like in your case obviously.

coopiloto.net text = "v=spf1 +a +mx -all" as a txt record should do the
job, if this is your sender domain.



cheers

[Mischa .Merson]

Hi - and thanks!!!

Yes - my Emails land in spam when sending to gmail, yahoo or hotmail.

Where do you think can I put the SPF Reccord?
The original provider doesn't have any "TXT-Reccord" input - only A and MX reccord. But as I said, I've set the MX-Reccord to my server - there I can do anything.

[Mischa .Merson]

hi again - I've set the reccord, but due to mxtoolbox.com its not valid.
do you know y?

[Burkhard Ott]

Post by Mischa .Merson
hi again - I've set the reccord, but due to mxtoolbox.com its not valid.
do you know y?

SPF records need to be in TXT, they can't be A or MX records (invalid
syntax anyway).
As far as I can see your spf is set correctly:

;; ANSWER SECTION:
coopiloto.net. 1515 IN TXT "v=spf1 +a +mx ?all"

Is there a reason for ?all instead of -all?

cheers