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What is SPF - Sender Policy Framework?

SPF is a proven method for email authentication.
With GoDMARC's SPF record analyser you can achieve spf record hard fail. It also protects your business from spoofing attacks and phishing.

Stop Spammers from Sending Emails on Your Behalf with GoDMARC and SPF Record Checker

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Did you know Email Phishing has increased by 350% in the last year and that 1 out of 3 companies has been victims of email scams? Incorporating an SPF record checker in your emailing strategy along with GoDMARC will enable a double shield on all the emails you send to your vendors and customers and all your mails your customers forward.

The SPF Record Checker is an additional security layer that aids receiving servers to determine whether a mail is sent from an original domain (a company) or whether a spammer is forging the domain’s name to send messages.

Use GoDMARC's SPF Record Checker tool to Protect Your Brand Reputation and Email Deliverability.

If your primary mode of networking and communication is emails, know that you will be on a forever-going battle with hackers, scammers, and spammers. Emails are most vulnerable to forgery – they can be easily faked without a robust security and authentication standards.

Traditional Protocols Aren't Working Any Longer.

With technological advancements, scammers have also upped their games. They use more innovative techniques to scam domains that the traditional safety tools are not picking up.

SPF Records help organizations establish validated mail servers. Implemented with GoDMARC and DKIM, the receiving servers can recognize the trustworthiness of incoming mail through SPF and prevent any misuse. SMTP servers which are authorized to send emails should not exceed a lookup limit of 10.

GoDMARC is an Email Expert that Implements Upgraded Security Standards to Protect Brand Reputation

Our SPF Record Checker is one of the clients' most preferred email security systems. More than hundreds of firms have established a secure emailing system with GoDMARC SPF. Instead of the traditional TXT record type, we use a single text TXT record definition to establish vital email networking.

At GoDMARC, we link SPF and DMARC information to provide the recipient server comprehensive insights on the legitimacy of an incoming mail through DNS (Domain Name Service). Once SPF and DMARC are implemented, you will list the email servers or the IP addresses that can send messages on behalf of your business domain.

Facts on Sender Policy Framework
  • SPF is the most standard and widely accepted email verification technique globally.
  • SPF helps publish authorized mail servers and fight spammers from forging your domain address.
  • The technology marks unauthorized IP addresses as 'suspicious' in real-time.
  • Based on your GoDMARC policy & your SPF record, you can directly reject unauthorized IP addresses.
  • GoDMARC can create customized SPF Records for your business with unique alphanumeric strings that the recipient server can authenticate your original mails.
  • Defined custom values can help the recipient servers with crucial information about the email domain source, further determining the course of action for incoming mails.

Why is SPF Crucial for Businesses?

SPF Email Authentication System is Not an Option Anymore, but Rather an Important Standard in Email Marketing

Due to the increasing cases of email phishing and ransomware attacks worldwide, ISPs have established the strongest security protocols to prevent forgers from sending fake emails. The ISPs security checks automatically flag illegal or suspicious messages as ‘SPAM’ or alert the recipient when the incoming mail’s credentials are not validated.

If your emailing system does not incorporate SPF authentication, your emails will most likely land in the SPAM folder and hurt your networking and marketing. Therefore, if you wish to optimize your email campaign results and orevent spoofing attacks, implement GoDMARC’s SPF validation tool.

Learn About SPF Hard Fail and SPF Soft Fail

It is important to understand these two terms before implementing SPF.

In certain scenarios, an email can land in a customer’s spam folder despite SPF implementation. This SPF failure happens when the SPF record checker cannot locate the sender’s IP address in your listed record. This could happen in two case scenarios – Hard fail and Soft Fail.

SPF Hard Fail

Example of SPF Hard Fail:

v=spf1 ip4:192.168.0.1 -all

In the above case, the minus sign (-) before ‘all’ indicates that all emails from senders whose IPs are not listed in the SPF record shall be deemed as ‘Hard Fail,’ i.e., unauthorized, and should be discarded immediately. Mails from the IP address '5:162:178.2.3' only shall be considered legitimate and must be validated.

SPF SoftFail

Example of SPF SoftFail:

v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ~all

In the above case, the tilde sign (~) indicates that all IP addresses that are not listed on the SPF record created by you shall be considered ‘SoftFail,’ i.e., categorized as ‘SPAM’ or ‘Suspicious’ and would be notified to the recipient. In the above case, the SPF record authorizes the sender SMTP server to send mails. Emails coming from other domain servers other than listed source shall be categorized as SPAM.

Note: The recipient server may not honor the request despite your notification.

Emails are the most powerful and affordable marketing and business communication tool that is virtually indispensable. However, if your emailing system is not upgraded and robust, it could sever your business reputation with a single email in SPAM.

SPF and GoDMARC is an affordable solution that you must seek to make your business email domain remain anti-forgery lifelong.

We implement the world's best SPF protocols effortlessly and prevent spoofing.

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