{"id":17511,"date":"2016-11-23T13:43:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T11:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hetzner.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=17511"},"modified":"2024-07-11T16:49:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T14:49:11","slug":"add-dkim-records-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/add-dkim-records-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add DKIM records for mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A DKIM record (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is a <a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/domains\/what-is-dns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DNS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> record that serves as an authentication mechanism to assist with protecting both email senders and recipients from forged and phishing email. A DKIM record allows the recipient mail server to check whether an email that is claiming to come from a specific domain, is in fact authorised to be sent using that domain name, through cryptographic authentication.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Mail hosted by xneelo<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your <strong>domain\u2019s DNS is <\/strong><\/span><strong>not<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> hosted by xneelo,<\/strong> the relevant DKIM record should be amended or added via your current DNS provider. In this case, our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technical Support team<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be able to generate and provide you with a DKIM record which you can forward to your current DNS provider.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Self-Managed Servers or mail-sending services<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are making use of an email-sending service (e.g. MailChimp, Mailgun) that requires you to add a DKIM record to your domain\u2019s DNS, you can add this record using our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/how-to-manage-a-domains-dns-records-in-the-xneelo-control-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manage DNS tool<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the xneelo Control Panel.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Add a DKIM record<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false,"plain":"A DKIM record (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is a <a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/domains\/what-is-dns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span >DNS<\/span><\/a><span > record that serves as an authentication mechanism to assist with protecting both email senders and recipients from forged and phishing email. A DKIM record allows the recipient mail server to check whether an email that is claiming to come from a specific domain, is in fact authorised to be sent using that domain name, through cryptographic authentication.<\/span>\r\n<h2>Mail hosted by xneelo<\/h2>\r\n<span >If your <strong>domain\u2019s DNS is <\/strong><\/span><strong>not<\/strong><span ><strong> hosted by xneelo,<\/strong> the relevant DKIM record should be amended or added via your current DNS provider. In this case, our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span >Technical Support team<\/span><\/a><span > will be able to generate and provide you with a DKIM record which you can forward to your current DNS provider.<\/span>\r\n<h2>Self-Managed Servers or mail-sending services<\/h2>\r\n<span >If you are making use of an email-sending service (e.g. MailChimp, Mailgun) that requires you to add a DKIM record to your domain\u2019s DNS, you can add this record using our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/how-to-manage-a-domains-dns-records-in-the-xneelo-control-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span >Manage DNS tool<\/span><\/a><span > in the xneelo Control Panel.<\/span>\r\n<h3><strong>Add a DKIM record<\/strong><\/h3>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A DKIM record allows recipient mail servers to check whether an email that is claiming to come from a specific domain, is 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