Q: SPF is causing problems and not a true alternative to Sendgrid
Emailit uses emailit as SPF record name but Google Workspace uses domain name for SPF record name and on the other hand we can not add two separate SPF records. What we can do is to merge both SPF records to one but the difference in SPF records names do not allow us to do it.
This is the conditions which is handled properly by Sendgrid which works besides Google Workspace SMTP.
While it is claimed to be an alternative to Sendgrid, I do not consider it alternative to Sendgrid unless this issue is resolved.
George_Dragit
Nov 13, 2024A: Hi there,
Our records (Including SPF, MX and DKIM) are under our "emailit." subdomain, so it would never interfere with your main domain.
So if you add a sending domain "example.com" the SPF will be under emailit.example.com (no interference with Google Workspace or any other providers).
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Best,
George
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Verified purchaser
Thank you for providing details. Suppose I have a domain (example dot com) and now I want to add two or email smtp providers together to (example dot com) domain. I don't want to use subdomains like (mail.example dot com) for one of them and (sender.example dot com) for another one. If I want to send emails from (user@example dot com) from two providers how Emailit will work in such situations?
Verified purchaser
It will still work.
The SPF, DKIM and MX will be under emailit.example.com, but the sending domain will be example.com and you can use (anything)@example.com to send emails from.
In the emails, we then refer to emailit.example.com for SPF, Return Path, and signature to verify your domain and sending records.
Verified purchaser
Go ahead and try to set it up, there is a free tier of 1000/emails so you can sign up for Emailit, and set it up so you can see how it works.
You can go there and add the sending domain "example.com", it will generate DNS records for you under "emailit.example.com" which you need to add (SPF, MX, DKIM) and after verification, you can send emails from (anything)@example.com
Verified purchaser
Let me ask in an alternative way. If I have already setup an SPF record to send emails from (example dot com) how can I also add Emailit SPF record to send emails from the same (example dot com) domain?
Verified purchaser
As I just replied above, the SPF will be under “emailit.example.com” but the sending email address will be “example.com”
Verified purchaser
I see, George. Clever setup. Regards,
Verified purchaser
Happy to help!