# SPF Authorizes IONOS Check

> SPF Authorizes IONOS Check is a paid API for AI agents from email.intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-24).

Checks whether a domain's SPF record authorizes IONOS to send email on its behalf, returning a yes/no result, the matching mechanism, and the full SPF record.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://email.intel.rallylive.ca/email/spf-authorizes/ionos?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-24
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/spf-authorizes-ionos-check-1c61ffc2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_EsaCER6XRekN40EGgfSGJ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability spf-authorizes-ionos-check-1c61ffc2
```

Example prompt: Can you check if the SPF record for mycompany.com authorizes IONOS to send email on its behalf — does it have the IONOS include mechanism or IP in there?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you specifically need to confirm whether IONOS is authorized as an email sender for a domain via SPF. It is purpose-built for IONOS vendor integration checks, unlike generic SPF parsers that require you to interpret raw records yourself. Ideal for onboarding validation, deliverability audits, or detecting unauthorized IONOS sender configurations.

## Known failure modes

- Domain has no SPF TXT record — returns no authorization found
- Domain does not exist or DNS lookup fails — returns DNS resolution error
- Malformed SPF record that cannot be parsed — may return unexpected result
- IONOS is not present in the SPF record — returns no with full record for inspection
- Rate limiting or payment failure — returns 402 Payment Required

## How this service works

Does the domain's SPF record authorise ionos to send its mail? Reads the SPF TXT record (Cloudflare DoH) and checks for ionos's include/ip mechanisms, returning yes/no, the matching mechanism and the full record. Confirms a vendor integration is wired for deliverability, or spots an unexpected sender. $0.01 per lookup.

## Output

Returns a boolean yes/no indicating whether IONOS is authorized, the specific SPF mechanism that matched (e.g. include:spf.ionos.com or an IP range), and the complete raw SPF TXT record retrieved from the domain's DNS via Cloudflare DoH.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/spf-authorizes-ionos-check-1c61ffc2/health.json
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