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tgriesser
Asked: 2011-06-23 10:07:56 +0800 CST

How to include multiple domains in an spf TXT Record

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I am looking to setup a TXT spf record that has 2 included domains... individually:

v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all

and 

v=spf1 include:otherdomain.com ~all

What is the proper way of combining them into a single item?

domain-name-system spf txt-record

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:otherdomain.com ~all

    There's no restriction against including multiple names in a single entry; Hotmail, for instance, takes this to extremes. Note that multiple includes, or nested ones, need to stay under the limit of 10 total DNS lookups for the whole SPF check.

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  2. You can do this with spacing but use a tool to verify the 10 DNS lookup limit has not been breached. You cannot have multiple SPF records either so you may need to be brutal with the shortlist.

    As an aside, you do not need a:foo.com if you have include:foo.com in the same string. If this is is a fallacious remark, please comment below.

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  3. It look like you can merge both together into one entry. Lenovo.com appears to be an example of this:

    v=spf1 include:spf.messagelabs.com include:_netblocks.eloqua.com ~all
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