SPF Record – AWS Route 53 says don’t do it?

  • Resolved rsweatland

    (@rsweatland)


    3 years, 5 months ago

    So I get an error when I test the email … Please advise

    This is what Amazon says…

    SPF record type
    SPF records were formerly used to verify the identity of the sender of email messages. However, we no longer recommend that you create records for which the record type is SPF. RFC 7208, Sender Policy Framework (SPF) for Authorizing Use of Domains in Email, Version 1, has been updated to say, “…[I]ts existence and mechanism defined in [RFC4408] have led to some interoperability issues. Accordingly, its use is no longer appropriate for SPF version 1; implementations are not to use it.” In RFC 7208, see section 14.1, The SPF DNS Record Type.

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  • Hi @rsweatland,

    Thanks for reaching out. It is not saying don’t do it. SPF record type is not available to add and you can create a TXT record with the applicable value which is also mentioned in the docs:

    Instead of an SPF record, we recommend that you create a TXT record that contains the applicable value.

    So, to add the SPF record of the SMTP server or email provider you’re using – you can use the TXT record type in AWS Route 53.

    I hope this helps!

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