spu.ac.za

Email infrastructure report · Last checked 30 Jul 2026, 01:10 UTC

Summary

spu.ac.za uses Self-hosted / Custom for email and has SPF, DKIM, and DMARC configured. It is not catch-all.

Mail provider

ProviderSelf-hosted / Custom self-hosted

Primary MXza-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.co.za

MX records

Priority	Hostname	IPs
10	za-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.co.za	41.74.197.201, 41.74.193.201, 41.74.197.210, 41.74.193.210
10	za-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.co.za	41.74.197.210, 41.74.197.201, 41.74.193.210, 41.74.193.201

Authentication

SPF✓ Present -all

DKIM✓ Found (selectors: selector1, selector2)

DMARC✓ Present p=quarantine

Raw SPF record

v=spf1 include:za._netblocks.mimecast.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com ip4:41.222.50.43 ip4:104.47.2.36 -all

Raw DMARC record

v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:516e6548@mxtoolbox.dmarc-report.com; ruf=mailto:516e6548@forensics.dmarc-report.com; fo=1; pct=10; adkim=r; aspf=r

Email behavior

Catch-all✗ No

Disposable✗ No

Free provider✗ No

STARTTLS✓ Supported

SMTP response572ms

SMTP banner220 za-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.co.za ESMTP; Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:10:57 +0200

What this means

This domain has strong email authentication. Messages claiming to come from @spu.ac.za can be cryptographically verified by recipients, making spoofing difficult. Deliverability for legitimate mail should be good.

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