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Sender policy validation

Find the gap in
your SPF policy.

Read the exact SPF record and catch duplicate policies, dangerous authorization and DNS lookup-limit risks.

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What the result means

SPF syntax is only the first test

SPF identifies infrastructure allowed to send for a domain. The checker finds the single published policy, evaluates its all mechanism and estimates DNS-triggering terms that can cause permanent SPF errors during receiver evaluation.

  • Duplicate-policy detection
  • all mechanism strength
  • DNS lookup-limit warning

Diagnostic field guide

Use the evidence, not the guess.

Three practical ways to use this lookup, followed by the boundary the result cannot cross.

Reviewed Sep 2026
01

Find duplicate policies

Detect multiple v=spf1 records, which receivers must treat as a permanent evaluation error.

02

Review authorization

Read ip, a, mx and include terms alongside the final all mechanism before a sender change.

03

Screen lookup risk

Count top-level DNS-triggering terms that contribute to SPF's evaluation limit.

How to read the result

  1. Confirm that exactly one TXT record begins with v=spf1.
  2. Read mechanisms from left to right and identify which services or ranges they authorize.
  3. Inspect the final all qualifier and investigate a high top-level DNS-trigger count before deployment.

Common questions

Before you act on the result

Why does SPF have a ten-DNS-lookup limit?

Receivers limit DNS-causing mechanisms and modifiers during one evaluation to control latency and abuse. Exceeding the limit produces a permanent SPF error rather than a partial pass.

Can a domain publish two SPF records?

No. Multiple SPF policies at the same name are invalid. Authorized senders must be combined into one policy while preserving the evaluation limit.

Choose the question

One system, fourteen focused tools.

Each tool has its own indexable page and opens the report at the evidence that answers its question.

Evidence before certainty

The internet has layers.
We keep them separate.

A nameserver identifies the DNS operator. An edge address identifies a public delivery network. An ASN identifies the organization announcing a route. None automatically proves where a hidden origin application runs.

ObservedCorrelatedUnknown stays unknown
Read the detection methodology

Field notes

Read the signal correctly.

All guides

Agent-ready JSON

Give your script or your AI the same public evidence.

GET /api/dns?target=example.com&type=MX
API reference llms.txt

One input, several sources

What a full lookup includes

DNSTrace.dev resolves published DNS answers, follows the primary address to its network owner, and reads registry data for the domain or IP. Your own IP is detected separately and only when this page is open.

DNSRDAPASNGeo IP

Your public network address

What is “My IP”?

Your public IP is the address websites see for your internet connection. It is assigned by your ISP, mobile carrier, workplace, VPN, or proxy and is used to route traffic back to you.

Why it is useful Diagnose your connection

Inspect your ISP, ASN, approximate network location, reverse DNS, and whether traffic is passing through a VPN or hosting network.

What it cannot reveal Not your exact location

IP location usually identifies a city or network region. It does not expose your home address or your device's GPS position.

Privacy Relay-aware, not bypassing

The primary address comes from Cloudflare. An IPv4-only check uses ipify with icanhazip as fallback. Apple Private Relay is verified against Apple's published egress ranges. The original address hidden by a relay cannot be recovered.

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