Remove the SPF record from DNS management
- Thread starter wattie
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Richard G
Verified User
I already suggested this by email on 17th august last year because of this reason.
Got an answer that they were disabled by default or you can enable them by setting dns_spf=1 in directadmin.conf.
The 18th I responded like this:
I did not get any answer after that anymore. I did not ask again because I already disabled the spf line and shortly after this landed in the hospital and forgot all about it.
So anyway, I support your request, it should be removed, also from the dns records in /var/named.
Until that time, set dns_spf=0 in directadmin.conf and restart directadmin, and the SPF line will not be visible in your DNS management anymore, so you will be obliged to use TXT records, just as it always has been.
Got an answer that they were disabled by default or you can enable them by setting dns_spf=1 in directadmin.conf.
The 18th I responded like this:
I did not get any answer after that anymore. I did not ask again because I already disabled the spf line and shortly after this landed in the hospital and forgot all about it.
So anyway, I support your request, it should be removed, also from the dns records in /var/named.
Until that time, set dns_spf=0 in directadmin.conf and restart directadmin, and the SPF line will not be visible in your DNS management anymore, so you will be obliged to use TXT records, just as it always has been.
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zEitEr
Super Moderator
Here you can find an example on how to use perl to replace strings in a bulk of files:
- I want to change the SPF records for all of my domains.
https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=616
With the command you can remove or replace any string from *.db files.
- I want to change the SPF records for all of my domains.
https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=616
With the command you can remove or replace any string from *.db files.
Richard G
Verified User
Ah thank you Alex, but I'm no good at perl commands except from copy and pasting them. As far as I can see it you can only clear the SPF record, but I don't understand how to remove it.
Would this be a "clear it" or "remove it" example?
Would this be a "clear it" or "remove it" example?
Code:
perl -pi -e 's/\|TXT\|/|DOMAIN|. 14400 IN SPF ""/' named.dbzEitEr
Super Moderator
Sorry, but what do you try to do? Do you want to update a template? Or existing DNS zones with their *.db files ?
Richard G
Verified User
I only want to remove the complete SPF record lines (not the spf lines in TXT records) out of the .db files. Or will they dissapear automatically too? Because at first they didn't.
zEitEr
Super Moderator
It might be something like:
Please note I did not test it, so please do run it against files in a test folder (copied from actual named diretory) first.
Code:
[COLOR=#000000][FONT="]perl -pi -e 's/.*SPF.*$//' *.db[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][/FONT][/COLOR]Please note I did not test it, so please do run it against files in a test folder (copied from actual named diretory) first.
Richard G
Verified User
Thank you Alex.
Did not test it yet. Found out that I was the only one who had test it on the servers.
So I enabled SPF txt again, removed the lines in the DNS manager, saved, and then disabled SPF txt again.
And now only the TXT record with the SPF value is present and the SPF line records are gone.
But thanks anyway!
Did not test it yet. Found out that I was the only one who had test it on the servers.
So I enabled SPF txt again, removed the lines in the DNS manager, saved, and then disabled SPF txt again.
And now only the TXT record with the SPF value is present and the SPF line records are gone.
But thanks anyway!