Spoofing emails

[cassel]

As I came home, I had over 100 Mail Delivery error emails, all coming from one of my emails. I contacted my host and here is their response:

You will need to contact Cloud Flare and update the following email authentication settings:

DKIM:
default._domainkey.creationcassel.com.
TTL: 900
Value: v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAr9dRcHrVgucs++taqz5XNi3OzYLPlg3u4RVXNLU83xQIKU+bIFO+MjrIYTGbH22JHdBROoKleGxuU8pAig9QAlxLFIonAE8I1k4ZUYTAv39Sy/1sn6kK/ZgRLAgki7tEmmju4vKbDedDNnS1SxxJ+CMW96myBwAxCsvQM+K0cdn7bEifJH9pu47ANbYunQe/wVtA+nIxzgK1UKpRlYQc0yPf22Cpd2ITipQBVgHNF3HhhKQrZ5PCNmH3RoP3Fin32pJZn1SmAqTD+MAzQu35ktSOdtIUoF7TgH2T62bmj/FaAWZFjLhsw+mjadCGvZWm0xZ9RMS6y9ZQD4hf1BWb3QIDAQAB;

SPF:
creationcassel.com.
TTL: 900
Value: v=spf1 +a +mx +a:ecld188.inmotionhosting.com +a:smtp.servconfig.com +ip4:198.46.81.25 +include:smtp.servconfig.com +ip4:144.208.76.244 -all

These prevent email spoofing. You will also need to update your email password for additional security.

I am just a bit lost as to where to update those data so some guidance would be appreciated.

[domjh]

Hi @cassel,

These should be added in the DNS tab of your Cloudflare dashboard.

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[cassel]

I see two sets of commands (one that is under DKIM: and one SPF:. Do put everything in that box like in your video or only the first part and if that, what about the second one?

[domjh]

They go in separately, both as TXT records:

DKIM:

SPF:

[cassel]

ok. Sorry, i was not watching at the right place
Thank you.

[domjh]

No problem Hope you got it all set up OK!

[cassel]

Again, if i already have those “setting”, should i create a new one or edit the existing one?

[domjh]

You should probably edit the existing one

[cassel]

Is this supposed to take some time to take effect? if so, how much (roughly)?

[domjh]

Just checked and the records seem to be set up fine, may take a short while for propagation, but they are there as your host asked for, now.

[cassel]

Thanks. I do wonder what happened for all those spoof emails to start just today! Weird!

[domjh]

No problem. I used to occasionally get them, I found they would suddenly come in hundreds at one time and then I wouldn’t see any for a while. What you have set up should help with it though