SPF PermError

SPF permanent error (RFC 7208)

Definition

The SPF result when a domain’s record cannot be read, so it protects nothing.

In plain words

The standard gives it for more than one SPF record, more than 10 DNS lookups, or a record that is written wrongly. Every message gets the same result until the record is put right.

Why it matters to a firm

It usually starts when a new service is added as a second record instead of inside the one record the domain has.

The check behind the finding

nslookup -type=txt yourfirm.ca

Count the lines that start v=spf1. There must be exactly one.

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