SPF Record Validator
Parses your SPF record and flags common configuration errors: missing v=spf1 prefix, wrong all-policy, too many DNS lookups (10-lookup limit), missing required includes.
Checked. Now see who reads what you send.
A clean setup gets your email delivered. Outsolvi covers what happens next: every open graded as a person or a machine, who clicked and who replied, and follow-ups that stop when someone answers. From $7/user/mo billed yearly, 14-day free trial.
Start free trialValidates v=spf1 prefix, counts DNS-lookup-triggering directives (include, a, mx, ptr, limit 10), checks all-policy (~all, -all, ?all), highlights common syntax errors.
After updating SPF, before publishing to DNS. When email deliverability drops and SPF is suspected.
FAQ
What's the 10-lookup limit?+
SPF processing must complete in 10 DNS lookups or the record is considered 'permerror' by receivers, which usually means delivery failures. Each include directive counts, plus a/mx/ptr directives. Tools that nest deeply (e.g., Salesforce's include can blow the budget) cause this.
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Nate built Outsolvi after watching every email-tracking tool he had ever used lie to him about opens. Outsolvi grades every open as a person or a machine, in Outlook and Gmail, so the number on the dashboard is one a rep can actually act on.
We update these pages when the underlying mechanics change. new mailbox-provider rules, new tracker behavior, new measurement gaps. The dates above are real revisions, not auto-touches.