How to register your domain's SPF record with Microsoft Sender ID Print

UPDATE:

Since April 2012, it is no longer required nor possible to register for Sender-ID manually.
From now on this will happen automatically as long as you have a valid SPF record.

A tool to validate a domain's SPF record: http://www.kitterman.com/spf/validate.html

The following steps will show you how to locate your domain's SPF record and register it with Microsoft's Sender ID service.

1. Login to your cPanel-account (yourdomain.com/cpanel)

2. Click on "Email Authentication" under section labeled "Mail"

3. Copy the line that begins with "v=spf1"
Example: v=spf1 a mx ip4:50.22.76.216 mx:sonicianhosting.net include:sonicianhosting.net ?all

4. Goto Microsofts Sender ID registration page using the following URL:
https://support.msn.com/default.aspx?productKey=senderid&locale=en-us&st=1&wfxredirect=1

5. Enter/Check the following settings:

Contact email address - Enter a valid contact email. You'll be sent a confirmation message to this email.

Domain name(s) to be added to the SenderID program. Please use a new line for each domain. - Type the name of the domain you want to register

Does the domain have a SPF record? - Select "Yes" here

If Yes, what is the SPF record associated with domain(s) Please separate each SPF record with a semi-colon. - Paste the SPF record you copied from cPanel

6. Click the button "Continue" and your done!