Create SPF Records for your GoDaddy Domain
- In previous videos we have covered a number of topics already including creating MX Records.
- Let's now create SPF (Sender Policy Framework) and increase our chances to land in recipients inboxes.
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SPF Record Overview
- When you send an email to your recipient, your recipient would want to check if these emails are actually coming from you and someone else pretending to be you.
- So you do this by telling the world which servers you're authorizing to send emails on behalf of your domain.
- Now when an email appears to be sent from you but does not match the server you authorized, the recipient has a reason to mark such an email as spam.
1. Log into GoDaddy DNS Management
- In our first step, you will have to login into your GoDaddy account.
- Next, click on "My Products" from drop down icon next to your username on Godaddy.
- Then select your domain and click on DNS to land on a page where you can create the records.
2. Search for "Google Workspace SPF Records".
- In the next step, you will find Google Workspace SPF Record value.
- To do this, go to Google search and search for "g suite spf record".
- Click on the first link from Google and you will land on the page like one in the screenshot.
- Now all you need is to copy SPF Record value from this page as we'll be using it in the next steps.
3. Click "ADD" to Add New Record
- So now you'll go back to GoDaddy DNS Management page.
- Click on "ADD" to add a new record with value you just copied in previous step.
4. Add SPF Record
- From previous step, you now have a form to fill with some values.
- But before you add another SPF record, make sure you don't have an SPF record added already.
- In the first field, choose "TXT" as your type, then type "@" for host in the second field.
- Now in the third field, paste the value you copied in step 2 of this guide and then click on "Save".
Test your SPF Record
- It is a good idea to go ahead and check to see if your SPF Record was added correctly.
- So to do that, just go to Google search and search for "kitterman spf" which is handy tool for testing SPF records.
- Once you're on this page, type in your domain name and click on "Get SPF Record).
SPF Record Test Results
- As always, in every test there're results. So from the previous test above we should be able to read the results.
- And as you can see, an SPF record was found in my domain and it also passed the validation test which means it was correctly added.
- Now in our next guide we'll go ahead configure DKIM to help prove that an email is actually coming from your domain.
- Stay tuned, and if you have questions I'd love to help you when you leave them in the comment section. Thank you!
RECOMMENDED READING
As you just read Google Workspace Godaddy Setup: Create SPF Records, I would recommend following as complimentary reading.
