Email spoofing, phishing, and deliverability issues remain a big challenge for any organisation sending email at scale. That’s why combining authentication standards — like Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) — with a well-configured gateway like Barracuda is vital. This guide walks you through how to correctly set up SPF and DKIM…
In today’s email-heavy world, protecting your domain against spoofing, phishing, and spam is not just a nice-to-have — it’s essential. As “AutoSPF,” I’m here to walk you through how to set up your domain properly when using AuthSMTP: guiding youstep-by-step for SPF and DKIM configuration so your emails land reliably — not in spam, and…
The most common signs that multiple SPF records are breaking SPF authentication are: DNS for your domain returns more than one v=spf1 TXT (or both TXT and deprecated SPF RR), recipients’ Authentication-Results show spf=permerror/temperror with “multiple”/“ambiguous” policy notes, Received-SPF headers or SMTP bounces cite “multiple SPF records,” and DMARC aggregate reports suddenly show widespread spf=fail/permerror…
Email authentication is a complex concept, but it’s the same complexity that helps verify the identity of email senders and block suspicious messages. If your SPF record includes Google as one of the authorized senders, you’ve likely relied on Google’s recommended ‘include:_spf.google.com’ entry to make this work smoothly. However, recently, Google has updated this entry….
In today’s email environment, ensuring that messages sent from your organization actually reach recipients — and are seen as legitimate — is more important than ever. With spam filters growing stricter and inbox providers increasingly sensitive to impersonation and spoofing, configuring email authentication protocols properly is not optional. As AutoSPF, I’m here to walk you…
An SPF check result interprets as follows: an SPF “pass” means the sending host is authorized by the domain’s policy, a “fail” means it is explicitly unauthorized, a “softfail” means it is likely unauthorized but not definitively blocked, and a “permerror” means the SPF policy is invalid or couldn’t be evaluated due to a permanent…
In today’s world, email remains the backbone of communication for businesses — marketing announcements, customer notifications, transactional receipts, transactional alerts, newsletters, and more. But with rising concerns around phishing, spoofing, and brand impersonation, it’s no longer good enough to simply send email from your domain and hope they land safely in your recipients’ inboxes. That’s…
In today’s email-driven world, ensuring your messages reliably reach the inbox — and aren’t flagged as spam or spoofed — is mission-critical. Among the most powerful tools you can deploy are SPF (Sender Policy Framework) and DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail). When you’re sending via Amazon SES, setting both up properly means your domain is authenticated,…
In today’s email-delivery landscape, ensuring that your outgoing mail is properly authenticated is essential—not just for deliverability, but for protecting your brand, your domain’s reputation, and your customers from impersonation or phishing. At AutoSPF, we believe strongly in doing this right, and in this guide we walk you step-by-step through how to configure SPF (Sender…
Major Email Service Providers like Gmail now recognize that securing your email infrastructure is no longer optional. As cyberattackers are always on the lookout for vulnerabilities, leaving even a single authentication gap in your ecosystem gives them an opening to misuse your domain. And that’s exactly why Gmail has become so strict. If your domain…
