Enabling and disabling SPF message authentication

To enable or disable SPF message authentication:

1. In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Settings section and Protection subsection.
2. In the External services section, click the Enable SPF authentication of mail senders link to open the External services window.
3. In the list to the right of the Enable SPF authentication of mail senders setting, select one of the following options:
   • Yes, if you want to enable SPF authentication.
   • No, if you want to disable SPF authentication.
4. Click the Apply button.

To enable SPF message authentication, you have to allow Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway to connect to the DNS server. If the connection to the DNS server is prohibited, SPF message authentication is disabled.

See also Message authentication About message authentication Connecting to a DNS to perform message authentication Enabling and disabling DKIM message authentication Enabling and disabling DMARC message authentication Enabling and disabling message authentication for a rule Configuring additional SPF message authentication settings for a rule Configuring additional DKIM message authentication settings for a rule Configuring tags added to message subjects after SPF message authentication Configuring tags added to message subjects after DKIM message authentication Configuring tags added to message subjects after DMARC message authentication Configuring actions on messages during DMARC message authentication Configuring detection of TempError during message authentication Preparing to configure SPF and DMARC message authentication for outgoing messages About message authentication

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