An SPF record contains a term that cannot be parsed.

SPF_SYNTAX_ERROR · Severity: Error

• ErrorSPF_SYNTAX_ERROR

  An SPF record contains a term that cannot be parsed.

  Receivers return a permanent error when an SPF record has invalid syntax, so the record does not work as intended.

  Recommendation: Correct the term shown in the evidence.

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

• Info SPF_SOFTFAIL_ALL The SPF policy ends with softfail (~all).
• Error SPF_INCLUDE_LOOP The SPF chain returns to a domain it already evaluated.
• 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.

All findings