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Author:  Napoleon [ Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:23 pm ]
Post subject:  How to enter SPF record in Linode's DNS Manager page
Sorry if this seems like a silly question, but because of the propagation delay, I'm not sure if I'm doing it right.

In the TXT section of the Linode DNS Manager for my domain, I added an entry as follows:
Code:
Name:      spf
Value:   "v=spf1 a mx -all"
TTL:      Default


Have I done it right?

When I ran DIG from the terminal, it gave the following output:
Code:
root@server:~# dig @ns1.linode.com TXT myDomain.com

; <<>> DiG 9.9.5-3-Ubuntu <<>> @ns1.linode.com TXT myDomain.com
; (2 servers found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 48362
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1024
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;myDomain.com.                   IN      TXT

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
myDomain.com.            86400   IN      SOA     ns1.linode.com. webmaster.myDomain.com. 2014120347 14400 14400 1209600 86400

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 2600:3c00::a#53(2600:3c00::a)
;; WHEN: Thu Dec 04 02:49:19 EST 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 100

(I can also post, if its useful, the results I received from auth-results@verifier.port25.com.)

Comparing my output to that displayed in another thread here, I seem to be missing a few things and have other extra info:
1) My SPF record is not showing in the ANSWER Section
2) I don't have the Linode DNS servers mentioned in the AUTHORITY Section, though I have 5 entries (ns1 - ns5) in my DNS Manager page.
3) The DNS server record is not shown in the same way in the AUTHORITY Section

I would appreciate any additional advice on configuring the DNS to play nicely with the rest of the net.

Cheers,
Nap
Author:  Vance [ Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How to enter SPF record in Linode's DNS Manager page
You should not put "spf" as the name of the record; just leave it blank.
Author:  Napoleon [ Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How to enter SPF record in Linode's DNS Manager page
@Vance: thnx, done.
Author:  rdshannon [ Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How to enter SPF record in Linode's DNS Manager page
1) Do TXT records need to be enclosed in quotes? At https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/ ... ecords#spf it shows the SPF's enclosed in quotes, but other TXT record examples on that page (DKIM) are not shown enclosed in quotes.

2) Must special characters be escaped or does the Linode DNS do that automagically?

TIA
Author:  Napoleon [ Fri Feb 06, 2015 5:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How to enter SPF record in Linode's DNS Manager page
1) No quotes required.
2) I don't know. Since domain names have a limited character range, I wouldn't think so.
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