Answered SPF record difference

All Replies

  • Friday, January 25, 2013 10:16 PM
     
     Answered
    can someone help me to understand the difference between ~all and -all in DNS SPF record ? 

    Karthik R

    This article should help: http://www.openspf.org/SPF_Record_Syntax

    In brief, "~" indicates a Soft Fail and "-" indicates a Hard Fail.  If you use ~all, mail that violates the rule will be accepted but marked, whereas -all will drop any mail that violates the rule.