The SPF chain returns to a domain it already evaluated.

SPF_INCLUDE_LOOP · Severity: Error

• ErrorSPF_INCLUDE_LOOP

  The SPF chain returns to a domain it already evaluated.

  An include or redirect chain that loops back can never finish evaluating, so receivers return an error.

  Recommendation: Remove the include or redirect that creates the loop.

Reported by

• Mail configuration check
• SPF check

Available through the API

• Mail configuration check API
• Bulk mail configuration check API
• SPF check API

Related findings

• Error SPF_INCLUDE_NOT_FOUND An included or redirected domain has no SPF record.
• Info SPF_MACRO_NOT_EVALUATED An SPF record contains macros that were not evaluated.
• Error SPF_MULTIPLE_RECORDS More than one SPF record was found for a name in the SPF chain.
• Warning SPF_NEUTRAL_ALL The SPF policy ends with ?all.
• Warning SPF_NOT_FOUND No SPF record was found for the domain.
• Warning SPF_NO_ALL The SPF record has no all mechanism and no redirect.

All findings