Proper spf record

  • Resolved wpquizzical

    (@wpquizzical)


    1 year, 2 months ago

    I use gmail through google workspace for email. I have an spf record of the form:

    v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:dc-aa8e722993._spfm.mysite.com ~all

    My question is: Do I need the second include term “include:dc-aa8e722993._spfm.mysite.com”?

    What is the purpose of such a second term? Is it necessary if I want to utilize services such as elastic email at my hosting provider? Does including this term have any effect on performance?

    Thank you. Trying to understand how this all works. 🙂

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  • Plugin Support Patrick

    (@paddyam)

    1 year, 1 month ago

    Hi @wpquizzical,

    Thanks for reaching out to us.

    Looking at the shared SPF record, it appears to be correct and should not have any impact on performance on your end.

    Regarding your query on the second part, include:dc-aa8e722993._spfm.mysite.com points to another service your host may use to send emails. If you send emails via another service, keep it, and if you do not have any extra service sending emails, you can remove it to reduce extra DNS lookups.

    I hope this helps

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