Setting up custom domain with iCloud and getting the SPF issues error

Was trying to set up customdomain with iCloud and I kept on getting the check SPF setting message. As I had copy pasted the values it seemed odd to me.


Went on digging and found this thread: iCloud+ customer domain SPF issues on Nam… - Apple Community

Here the dig command was mentioned.


This let me to find the problem. iCloud mentions double quotes (") in the SPF record just like there is a period (.) at the end of the MX records.


Here is the relevant dig command output for dig mydomain.com


mydomain.com.	60	IN	TXT	"apple-domain=XPKFHC3wnwzYyHVU"

mydomain.com.	60	IN	TXT	"\"v=spf1 include:icloud.com ~all\""


Note the escaped quotes (\") before the normal quotes. when I removed the quotes it worked in less than a minute.


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Posted on Jun 18, 2024 8:15 PM

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