How to Install SPF Toolbox on NetBSD

SPF Toolbox is a powerful tool for checking and validating email sender's SPF (Sender Policy Framework) records. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install SPF Toolbox on NetBSD.

Step 1 – Installing Git

SPF Toolbox is hosted on GitHub, so we need Git to download the source code. To install Git, run the following command as root:

pkgin install git

Step 2 – Cloning SPF Toolbox

Now that we have Git installed, we can clone the SPF Toolbox repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/roehling/spftoolbox.git

This will create a new spftoolbox directory containing the source code.

Step 3 – Installing Dependencies

SPF Toolbox relies on several packages that we need to install first. Run the following command as root:

pkgin install libidn libidn2 libyaml ldns

Step 4 – Compiling SPF Toolbox

We are now ready to compile SPF Toolbox. Change into the spftoolbox directory and run the following commands:

./autogen.sh
./configure
make

This will configure and build SPF Toolbox. Depending on your machine's speed, this may take several minutes.

Step 5 – Installing SPF Toolbox

Finally, we can install SPF Toolbox by running the following command as root:

make install

SPF Toolbox should now be installed and ready to use.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install SPF Toolbox on NetBSD. With SPF Toolbox, you can quickly and easily validate the SPF records of email senders, which can help to prevent phishing and other email-based scams.