This tool performs a recursive traversal of your SPF record, counting DNS lookups for every mechanism to ensure RFC 7208 compliance.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is the limit 10 lookups?

RFC 7208 imposes a hard limit of 10 DNS lookups to prevent Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on email receivers. If your record exceeds this, legitimate emails may land in spam or be rejected with a PermError.

What counts as a lookup?

Mechanisms like include, a, mx, ptr, and exists count as 1 lookup each. ip4, ip6, and all do not count towards the limit.