needhelppp
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Hi.
I have an issue and would like to find out couple things. Maybe someone can help me.
1) I have noticed that recently there are people in various places saying that we should change an SPF record last part in our DNS zones from ~all to -all. For example here: https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=596
It says "Be sure your SPF TXT value contains "-all" (not ~all), and you have DKIM setup before proceeding." so I guess that is important. So the first question is WHY is it important? Why does this have to change? What does it actualy do and what does it actually change? (I have not found the answers to that yet, but I would like to know).
2) Secondly, after we find out the WHY we have to change it, and if it is a security issue, or technical update of some sort, then the question is How do I make all new DNS records created in DirectAdmin (Domain added) to use this sort of SPF record in it? How do I adjust the default DNS template, basically?
And Why not make -all a default if it is necessary (according to DirectAdmin admins).
3) And here i come to third question. If there is a need to adjust DNS templates, why there is no easy way to do so and I have to bother people here and there, to find out? CPanel has integrated DNS Template editor. Does DirectAdmin have that? ;/
Thanks!
I have an issue and would like to find out couple things. Maybe someone can help me.
1) I have noticed that recently there are people in various places saying that we should change an SPF record last part in our DNS zones from ~all to -all. For example here: https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=596
It says "Be sure your SPF TXT value contains "-all" (not ~all), and you have DKIM setup before proceeding." so I guess that is important. So the first question is WHY is it important? Why does this have to change? What does it actualy do and what does it actually change? (I have not found the answers to that yet, but I would like to know).
2) Secondly, after we find out the WHY we have to change it, and if it is a security issue, or technical update of some sort, then the question is How do I make all new DNS records created in DirectAdmin (Domain added) to use this sort of SPF record in it? How do I adjust the default DNS template, basically?
And Why not make -all a default if it is necessary (according to DirectAdmin admins).
3) And here i come to third question. If there is a need to adjust DNS templates, why there is no easy way to do so and I have to bother people here and there, to find out? CPanel has integrated DNS Template editor. Does DirectAdmin have that? ;/
Thanks!