Setting Up Reliable DNS Settings for Email
Created Date: 4/19/2013 12:00:00 AM | User Level: Regular User | Views: 5,776
The steps below are for GoDaddy, one of the most popular Domain Registrars. If you are not using GoDaddy the steps will vary but the DNS records you enter will be the same.
GoDaddy
- Log into your GoDaddy account
- When viewing your list of domains click on the three dots and choose Edit DNS. You need to have the following DNS entries for email to work properly and conform to the core Internet standards for using a mail server on the Internet for reliable sending/receiving of your business email.
DNS Records
CNAME Records
- Autodiscover
- Name: autodiscover
- Value: autodiscover.fawkesdm.com
- Mail
- Name: mail
- Value: mail.fawkesdm.com
- em382336
- Name: em382336
- Value: return.smtp2go.net
- link
- Name: link
- Value: track.smtp2go.net
- s382336._domainkey
- Name: s382336._domainkey
- Value: dkim.smtp2go.net
MX Records
- Receiving Mail
- Name: @
- Priority: 10
- Value: mail.fawkesdm.com
TXT Records
- SPF
- Name: @
- Value: v=spf1 mx -all
- DMARC
- Name: _dmarc
- Priority: 10
- Value: v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:dmarc-aggregate@fawkesdm.com; ruf=mailto:dmarc-forensic@fawkesdm.com; sp=reject; aspf=s; adkim=s; fo=0;
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