At Zoho Campaigns, we strongly urge you to authenticate your domain by implementing SPF and DKIM.
SPF
Sender Policy Framework is an authentication technique that helps receiving email servers identify legitimate email senders and prevent spam entering the inbox of email recipients.
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here to learn more about SPF.
DKIM
DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email authentication mechanism that uses the "Public key cryptography" technique to ensure that the email message was not modified during transit.
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here to learn more about DKIM.
To successfully authenticate your sender domain, you need to set up your SPF and DKIM TXT records. Authenticating your sender domain is a simple process that involves four easy steps.
- Add your sender domain.
- Copy the SPF and DKIM TXT records from your Zoho Campaigns account.
- Add the SPF and DKIM TXT records to the DNS server.
- Verify your domain in your Zoho Campaigns account after adding the SPF and DKIM TXT records to the DNS server.
Let's dive deep and learn more setting up SPF and DKIM TXT records
Add your sender domain
- Log in to your Zoho Campaigns account.
- From the Navigation Toolbar, choose Settings.
- Select Manage Senders under Deliverability.
4. Click the Add Sender button on the top-right corner of the screen.
5. You can enter up to 5 sender email addresses if you want.
6. Click the Send Verification Email button to receive verification emails at the email address you have provided.
7. To verify your email addresses, log in to your email client and open the verification email sent by Zoho Campaigns.
8. Click the Verify your email address button in the email to complete the verification process.
9. Once verified, you will find your sender address (Example: patricia.b@zylker.com) listed under the Sender Address tab and the domain (zylker.com) listed under the Domain Authentication tab. Copy SPF and DKIM record values from Zoho Campaigns
Only the organization's admin has the privilege to access domain authentication settings. You can contact your organization's admin and ask them to help you authenticate your sender domain.
- From the Navigation Toolbar, choose Settings.
- Select Domain Authentication under Deliverability.
3. Click Setup on the extreme right of the row.
4. On the Setup page, click the Copy button next to the text records.
Pasting the SPF and DKIM records in HostGator
To add the SPF record for your domain in HostGator, follow these steps:
- Log in to your HostGator account.
- Navigate to the control panel and search for your domain name.
- From the navigation toolbar, choose Manage Orders and click List/Search Orders.
- Click on your domain from the list displayed.
- Under the DNS Management section, click the Manage DNS link.
- First click the TXT Records button to add the SPF record and then click the Add TXT Record button below it.
- Enter the following information:
- Host Name: Enter "@"
- Value: Paste the SPF TXT record displayed in the SPF/DKIM Setup screen.
- TTL: Enter how long the server should take to cache the information. The ideal TTL is 86400 (1 day). It can not be set to less than 14400 (4 hours).
8. Click Add Record.
Example: v=spf1 include:zcsend.net include:sender.zohobooks.com ~all
Note: A sender domain can have only one SPF TXT record. We recommend not to add a new record if you already have one. If you have an existing SPF TXT record,
- Locate the record you added and click the Modify Record button.
- To the existing record details, add your sender domain after "v=spf1". (Example: include:zcsend.net)
- Click Modify Record.
If you are using Zoho Campaigns from the regions below, add the respective TXT value instead of "include:zcsend.net".
- EU region - include:eu.zcsend.net
- India - include:zcsend.in
- China - include:zcsend.net.cn
To add the DKIM record for your domain in HostGator, follow these steps:
- Log in to your HostGator account.
- From the Navigation toolbar, choose Manage Orders and click List/Search Orders.
- Click on your domain from the list displayed.
- Under the DNS Management section, click Manage DNS.
- First click the TXT Records button to add the DKIM TXT record and then click the Add TXT Record button displayed below it.
- Enter the following information:
- Host Name: Enter the DKIM host name displayed in the SPF/DKIM Setup screen. (Example: 2232._domainkey)
- Value: Paste the DKIM TXT record displayed on the SPF/DKIM Setup screen of your Zoho Campaigns account.
- TTL: Enter how long the server should take to cache the information. The ideal TTL is 86400 (1 day). It can't be set to less than 14400 (4 hours).
7. Click Add Record.
Note:
- If your DNS has already mentioned the domain name, enter the domain key alone in the Host Name field.
- If your sub domain is mail.zylker.com, the domain key should be "2232._domainkey.mail"
Click
here to learn more about managing your DNS record resource in your HostGator account.
Verify the sender domain
After the SPF and DKIM records for your domain have been added to the DNS servers, follow these steps to verify your domain:
- From the Navigation Toolbar, choose Settings and select Domain Authentication.
- Click the Setup button on the far-right corner of your domain.
- Click Verify Domain.
- If the records are not published in the DNS, you can check the reason and how to fix it on the same screen.