SPF failure issues after adding a new IP to an account or changing the existing one

Issue

A SPF=fail evaluation starts appearing in email headers after adding a new IP to an account (parent or subuser), leading to Spam classification or email delivery issues. 
 

Product

Twilio SendGrid (Email API and/or Marketing Campaigns)

 

Cause

The new IP has not been added to the SPF record related to the domain authentication. 

 

Resolution

If you used "Automated Security" during the Domain Authentication process

Look for the related domain authentication under Settings > Sender Authentication, click it and then click again the "Verify" button. Although our system is designed to automatically update the SPF, it doesn't happen right after adding a new dedicated IP. Clicking the "Verify" button will prompt our system to update the record right away. 

If you didn't use "Automated Security" during the Domain Authentication process

On the DNS host of your domain, look for the TXT records used for SPF purposes and manually add the new IP, with the ip4 prefix. For example, if it was originally:

v=spf1 ip4:149.72.182.77 -all and you add the IP 159.103.10.26, the resulting SPF record should be:

v=spf1 ip4:149.72.182.77 ip4:159.103.10.26 -all

If instead you changed the IP ip4:149.72.182.77 by the IP 159.103.10.26, the resulting SPF record should be:

v=spf1 ip4:159.103.10.26 -all

 

Additional Information 

SendGrid Automated Security - Domain Authentication
 

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