What is the email SPF entry for sending from Yahoo!?

Solution 1:

Answer (use this in your TXT record):

 "v=spf1 a mx include:_spf.mail.yahoo.com ?all"

So far the answers all show the host command. Which is fine.

"dig" / "host" / "nslookup" all work for Linux and grabbing TXT records.

dig is my favorite:

 dig @ns1.yahoo.com yahoo.com TXT

Will show you all the TXT records (and SPF) for the domain (apex in this case).

Under Windows CMD or Powershell use nslookup:

 nslookup -type=TXT yahoo.com

PS C:\Windows\system32>nslookup -type=TXT yahoo.com
Server:  my.localdomain
Address:  10.10.10.1

Non-authoritative answer:
yahoo.com       text =

        "v=spf1 redirect=_spf.mail.yahoo.com"
yahoo.com       text =

        "facebook-domain-verification=gysqrcd69g0ej34f4jfn0huivkym1p"
yahoo.com       text =

        "edb3bff2c0d64622a9b2250438277a59"

or for an authoritative answer:

 nslookup -type=TXT yahoo.com ns1.yahoo.com

Solution 2:

Yahoo now provides an SPF record:

$ host -t txt yahoo.com
yahoo.com descriptive text "v=spf1 redirect=_spf.mail.yahoo.com"

Details on their policy here.

Solution 3:

While Google Apps makes this simple, I don't think Yahoo! does.

Yahoo! favors DomainKeys over SPF, to the point that they don't publish SPF records for their own domain:

$ host -t txt yahoo.com
yahoo.com has no TXT record

The other think to think about is that this rule could presumably allow anyone else with a Yahoo! Plus account to spoof mail from your domain (assuming proper controls were not implemented on the Yahoo! side when the mails were accepted).

Solution 4:

Yahoo.co.uk still don't have spf information:

host -t txt yahoo.co.uk
yahoo.co.uk descriptive text "Yahoo! Inc."