Email authentication guides

Learn how SPF works, understand DKIM and DMARC, or check what needs updating when you change email providers.

What is SPF?

What an SPF record does, which domain it checks and how to read a simple example.

4 min read

The SPF lookup limit

How the ten-lookup limit works, why nested records count and how flattening helps.

3 min read

SPF, DKIM and DMARC

What each check does and how they work together to authenticate your email.

3 min read

Changing email providers

What to check when adding a sending service, switching providers or removing an old one.

3 min read

Templates and checklists

List the services that send your email and keep track of the checks to make when changing providers.

Open the CSV template in a spreadsheet. Print the checklist or save a PDF from your browser’s Print menu.