# Recurring loop problem with spf record **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical Help\ **Created:** [July 1, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/recurring-loop-problem-with-spf-record/1271 "2020-07-01T11:08:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Natural](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19adc/32.png) [@Natural](https://forum.dmarcian.com/u/Natural)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/recurring-loop-problem-with-spf-record/1271/1 "2020-07-01T11:08:50Z")
My SPF record is below, along with the errors im getting in the dmarcian spf testing… I don’t know why its looking up so many IP addresses for my domain? It is on cloudflare, not sure that should effect the loop in SPF when i have the IP address set for the server? I am trying to correct the problem below, please any advice is appreciated!! `v=spf1 a mx include:natural-sciatic-relief.com ip4:209.133.209.251 ~all` - **ERROR** 153 DNS lookups required to evaluate the SPF record. The maximum is 10. - **ERROR** Too many **include** mechanisms / **redirect** modifiers encountered. The SPF Surveyor can process a maximum of 50. ---
**Author:** ![eric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@eric](https://forum.dmarcian.com/u/eric)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/recurring-loop-problem-with-spf-record/1271/2 "2020-07-02T15:05:24Z")
I’m not sure if the site you’re having trouble with is the “[natural-sciatic-relief.com](http://natural-sciatic-relief.com)” that appears in the SPF record you posted, but if it is then there are a couple of issues I can see with the current SPF record including it appears that you have included the “v=spf1” portion of the record twice and there is an extra “include:” modifier without any reference of what to include. > [https://dmarcian.com/spf-survey/?domain=natural-sciatic-relief.com](https://dmarcian.com/spf-survey/?domain=natural-sciatic-relief.com) The record currently reads > v=spf1 a mx include:natural-sciatic-relief.com include: ip4:209.133.209.251 v=spf1 include:\_spf.mailerlite.com ~all It should read more like: > v=spf1 a mx include:natural-sciatic-relief.com ip4:209.133.209.251 include:\_spf.mailerlite.com ~all Without knowing the full background of this website, I also suspect that it is not necessary to include the line “include:natural-sciatic-relief.com” -I think this is causing your looping problem. In the end, the record likely should read more like this: > v=spf1 a mx ip4:209.133.209.251 include:\_spf.mailerlite.com ~all Best wishes! ---
**Author:** ![UffeA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@UffeA](https://forum.dmarcian.com/u/UffeA)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/recurring-loop-problem-with-spf-record/1271/3 "2020-07-06T07:35:32Z")
As eric already pointed out, you can’t have “include:natural-sciatic-relief.com” in the SPF record for the “[natural-sciatic-relief.com](http://natural-sciatic-relief.com)” domain. That is a recursive reference. Next issue - there’s no associated SPF record for \_spf.mailerlite.com, so that will fail as well. Looking at SPF record for [mailerlite.com](http://mailerlite.com) suggest that the correct include could be “\_spf.mailerlite.io”: `$ dig txt mailerlite.com +short` `"v=spf1 include:_spf.mailerlite.io include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.mlsend.com include:_spf.mailersendapp.com include:helpscoutemail.com ip4:46.101.232.166 ip4:185.79.247.75 ~all"` I suggest this SPF record: `"v=spf1 include:_spf.mailerlite.io a:natural-sciatic-relief.com ip4:209.133.209.251 mx -all"` Note that the mechanisms should be order after volume, so that the most used mechanism (i.e. highest mail volume) should appear first in the record.