Creating a SPF record

[#1]

I am being asked to create a SPF record for the first time. Could someone tell me if I have to put the text in quotation marks when I create a SPF record. Also does the name have to be specific to the domain, or can I name it anything?

Thanks

[#2]

I'm not aware you can create a SPF record (at least on our appliances). What you could do it to create a TXT record and indeed use quotes. Since the TXT record has no name, you can't name it :-D

[#3]

Sorry, yes that is the way I was speaking of creating it..Thru a txt record. I'm using the Infoblox Grid Manager/Ipam. The string of text that I was given to use is without quotes. Will it make a difference if the quotes are left out?

Thanks

[#4]

Yes, in your case you need to use quotes. Otherwise, every word (space separated) will be considered as another string.

You can check your record using :

1. dig : dig TXT yourzone.com, on a Linux/OS X machine

2. nslookup on Windows :

nslookup <enter>

set type=txt <enter>

yourzone.com

[#5]

quotes are needed to preserve any spaces you may have in your txt (spf) record.