not allowed to send mail from my own account?! DNS lookup / SPF

I give training and therefor i have a gmail account
(linked to my weebly website www.serenewarrior.nl)

Sometimes I get a Delivery Status notification (below) saying I am not allowed to sent mail and I need to contact the postmaster of MY website.

I am an absolute no no in these things and need to know how and where to fix it. Can someone guide me through?

Is it fixable in gmail settings?

The response was:

550 2a00:1450:4864:20::444 is not allowed to send mail from serenewarrior.nl. Please see http://www.openspf.net/Why?scope=mfrom;identity=info@serenewarrior.nl;ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::444

An SPF-enabled mail server rejected a message that claimed an envelope sender address of info@serenewarrior.nl.

An SPF-enabled mail server received a message from mail-wr1-x444.google.com (2a00:1450:4864:20::444) that claimed an envelope sender address of info@serenewarrior.nl.

The domain serenewarrior.nl has published an SPF policy, however, an error occurred while the receiving mail server tried to evaluate the policy:

Maximum void DNS look-ups limit (2) exceeded.
What should I do?

The domain serenewarrior.nl will have to fix the problem. You can contact the serenewarrior.nl postmaster and tell them about the error message you received.

Answer

The SPF record for your domain is not set correctly. You need to fix that with your domain registrar’s control panel, not in the Gmail settings. It currently is:

serenewarrior.nl. IN TXT “v=spf1 a mx ip4:185.182.56.13 a:spf.spamexperts.axc.nl a:mail-wm0-f47.google.com a:mail-wm0-f51.google.com -all”

To use your own domain with Gmail / G Suite you need to follow the instruction found here: https://support.google.com/a/answer/33786?hl=en

The most relevant instruction from that help page is that in the SPF record for your domain you need to authorise Gmail’s servers to send email on your behalf by adding include:_spf.google.com rather than the specific google.com servers (a:mail-wm0-f47.google.com a:mail-wm0-f51.google.com) you have currently listed.

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Source : Link , Question Author : Lynn , Answer Author : HBruijn

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