⚡ medium 📋 Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V Disasters
fabmotors.co.uk
Pasted the entire Mailtrap setup sheet as one TXT record
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;fabmotors.co.uk. IN TXT
;; ANSWER SECTION:
fabmotors.co.uk. 3600 IN TXT "CNAME mt63.fabmotors.co.uk -> smtp.mailtrap.live TXT fabmotors.co.uk -> v=spf1 include:_spf.smtp.mailtrap.live ~all CNAME rwmt1._domainkey.fabmotors.co.uk -> rwmt1._domainkey.smtp.mailtrap.live TXT _d…"
What Happened
The admin was given a list of four separate DNS records to create by Mailtrap (two CNAMEs, two TXTs). Instead of creating four records, they copied the entire instruction sheet verbatim into a single TXT field: `CNAME mt63.fabmotors.co.uk -> smtp.mailtrap.live TXT fabmotors.co.uk -> v=spf1...`. None of it works.
Full TXT Record Value
CNAME mt63.fabmotors.co.uk -> smtp.mailtrap.live TXT fabmotors.co.uk -> v=spf1 include:_spf.smtp.mailtrap.live ~all CNAME rwmt1._domainkey.fabmotors.co.uk -> rwmt1._domainkey.smtp.mailtrap.live TXT _dmarc.fabmotors.co.uk -> v=DMARC1;p=none