Email Authentication Records
A small but helpful piece of the larger puzzle is to make sure you have an SPF, DKIM, and DMARC record setup in the DNS records for your email address domain. Nuno walks through the process here in this video inside FGFU
DMARC Record (7:26 - 8:30min mark in the video above)
You’ll want to set the DMARC record to: v=DMARC1; p=none;
This would be a TXT record, where the first value ( host name ) is _dmarc , and the second value ( points to content ) is v=DMARC1; p=none;
Record Type: TXT
Host / Name: _dmarc
Value: v=DMARC1; p=none;
SPF Record (2:45min mark - 6:01min in the video above)
You'll want to add your unique dedicated email sending subdomain to this, so it will look similar to this:
v=spf1 a:[[insert your branded dedicated subdomain]] ~all
Example: v=spf1 a:fgm.yourdomainname.com ~all
Record Type: TXT
Host / Name: yourdomainname.com ( root domain )
Value: v=spf1 a:fgm.yourdomainname.com ~all
If you send emails through another platform(s), you'll want to include them as well. Example of a domain using Google Workspace for email services, and FGF Mail for SMTP services:
v=spf1 a:fgm.yourdomainname.com include:_spf.google.com ~all
LC Mail
If you have setup your branded dedicated subdomain ( which we highly recommend ) this is an example of how your SPF record should look:
v=spf1 a:[[insert your branded dedicated subdomain]] ~all
Example: v=spf1 a:replies.yourdomainname.com ~all
Record Type: TXT
Host / Name: yourdomain.com ( root domain )
Value: v=spf1 a:replies.yourdomain.com~all
If you send emails through another platform(s), you'll want to include them as well. Example of a domain using Google Workspace for email services, and LC Mail for SMTP services:
v=spf1 a:replies.yourdomain.com include:_spf.google.com ~all
DKIM - (9:03 - 12:22min mark in the video above) - *Google Workspace
Nuno shows how to create a DKIM record for a email address created through Google Workspace in the video linked at the top of this article. The process for setting up this record is specific to your email service provider. You would need to check their knowledge base to see how to set up a DKIM record.
Here is Microsoft's support article going over how to setup a DKIM record for a business email addresses created using Microsoft's business email address services: