Adding SPF records on Cloudflare provides a list of IP addresses and domains authorized to send emails from that domain, thus providing email authentication. Bobcares, as a part of our Server Management Service, offers solutions to every SPF query that comes our way.

SPF Record On Cloudflare

A sender policy framework (SPF) record is a form of DNS TXT record that can help email servers confirm whether an email comes from a trusted source. Since the SMTP protocol does not automatically authenticate the “from” address in an email, SPF records were initially created. The core components of an SPF record look like the following:

v=spf1 ip4=192.0.2.0 ip4=192.0.2.1 include:examplesender.email -all

Adding SPF Record On Cloudflare

Our Support team finds the below steps as the easy method to add the SPF records on Cloudflare. First of all, we have to create the SPF record before adding it. To generate an SPF record, we can use an online SPF record generator.

1. Log in to the Cloudflare account.
2. In CloudFlare’s dashboard, find the domain we want to add the SPF record to, then click the DNS button.
3. The following page will contain the UI to enter the required data to create the SPF record.
4. Make sure the record Type is TXT by selecting the TXT type.
5. Enter the domain name.
6. Enter the SPF record.
7. Click on the Add button.
8. Finally, click on the I’m done entering my DNS records/Save button.

The DNS modifications we made in the previous step may take some time to propagate. So give some time for propagating and detecting the record.

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Conclusion

SPF TXT records ensure email authentication by specifying the servers that are authorized to send email messages from a domain. In this article, we have seen the simple steps to add SPF records on Cloudflare from our Support team.