SPF & DKIM

Sometimes in our day-to-day email usage, you will find an email that you send is delivered to the spam folder of your contact or recipient. In general, when we send an email from third party email services, it can possibly be delivered to the spam folder due to authorization problem. So to fix this problem and ensure that the campaign emails are sent to the “Inbox”, you have to update the SPF record for the domain to authorize the mail server.

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How To Setup SPF and DKIM in GoDaddy?

To Set up SPF

  1. Log in to your account at www.godaddy.com by clicking the My Account tab.
  2. Go to the Zone File Editor for the domain name you want to update.
  3. Click Add New Record. The Add DNS Record window displays.
  4. From the Record type list, select TXT (Text).
  5. Complete the following fields:
    • TXT Name — Enter the host name for the TXT record. For example, type @ to map the record directly to your domain name. (This field is labeled Host in the TXT (Text) section of the Zone File Editor.)
    • TXT Value — Enter the value you want to assign to the record (e.g. v=spf1 include:zcsend.net ~all).
    • TTL — Select how long the server should cache the information.
  6. Click OK.

To setup DKIM/ Domain key

  1. Log in to your account at www.godaddy.com by clicking the My Account tab.
  2. Go to the Zone File Editor for the domain name you want to update.
  3. Click Add New Record. The Add DNS Record window displays.
  4. From the Record type list, select TXT (Text).
  5. Complete the following fields:
    • TXT Name — Enter the subdomain of your host name, such as www or ftp. (e.g. “3434._domainkey.zillum.com”) (This field is labeled Host in the TXT (Text) section of the Zone File Editor.)
    • TXT Value — Enter the value you want to assign to the record (e.g. k=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQE).
    • TTL — Select how long the server should cache the information.
  6. Click OK.

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