Setting up your SPF record for CreataCRM Marketing Servers

This article direct you how to create a SPF record for our Marketing Server

What is a SPF

SPF allows the receiving mail server to check during mail delivery that a mail claiming to come from a specific domain is submitted by an IP address authorized by that domain's administrators. The list of authorized sending hosts and IP addresses for a domain is published in the DNS records for that domain. For more information click here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework

Why you need a SPF Record

Becasue you send emails for Quotes, Sales orders, Invoices etcet , you would like to send emails of your email Address, Because of this, We add your domain to send As from our STMP server. The issue in doing this, is the receiving mail server will check the delivery mail claiming to be you. They will review your SPF record on your domain. If we are not on these records, most reputable mail servers first check this first. When its not there, it add to spam. This link is a good way to check https://mxtoolbox.com/spf.aspx what servers are on your own SPF record

What you need to added for our Marketing server -

We need to add include:spf.postal.creatacrm.com , into your SPF

For example

Was

v=spf1 ip4:203.206.163.90 a:server1.creatacrm.com include:sparkpostmail.com

To

v=spf1 ip4:203.206.163.90 a:server1.creatacrm.com include:sparkpostmail.com include:spf.postal.creatacrm.com ~all

We add the include:spf.postal.creatacrm.com,

Remember this is an example, so please insert the include:spf.postal.creatacrm.com into your record, please be familar with your settings settings of the SPF. A good read is to get a better understanding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework