Finding: SPF Record Has No Final Policy
This finding means your domain publishes an SPF record with no all mechanism at the end. Receivers that reach the end of the record without a match are left with a neutral result, so unauthorized senders are not rejected.
Last updated August 11, 2026.
What it means
A well-formed SPF record ends with an all mechanism — -all, ~all, ?all, or +all — that tells receivers what to do with mail from any server not otherwise listed. Nivaronix found a record with none of these: it lists senders but never states a policy for everyone else.
Why it matters
Without a trailing allmechanism, a receiver evaluating your record against a sending server that isn't listed reaches the end with no instruction, which SPF treats as a neutral result — functionally close to having no opinion on unauthorized senders. This usually happens when a record is built by appending include: entries over time and the final qualifier is simply forgotten.
What Nivaronix checks
Nivaronix performs a live TXT lookup, isolates the single record beginning with v=spf1, and looks for a trailing all mechanism. This finding fires when none is present.
Example evidence (illustrative — not live scan data)
TXT example.com: v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net
How to fix it
- Edit the TXT record at your DNS host.
- Append a fail policy to the end:
-allif you're confident every legitimate sender is listed, or~allwhile you verify.
How to verify the fix
Re-run the SPF & DMARC checker and confirm it now reports a record ending in an all mechanism.