Why bother with DMARC?

Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft, and other major mailbox providers require DMARC for senders of any volume. Without DMARC your emails increasingly land in spam or are rejected. Start with p=none for monitoring; move to enforcement after observing your reports.

Can I send from a subdomain like mail.example.com?

Yes and it's often recommended — separating transactional email from your main domain prevents marketing email reputation issues from polluting your transactional deliverability. Use mail.example.com or send.example.com.

What if I already have an SPF record for another service?

Combine them into one SPF record (only one SPF TXT record per domain is allowed). Use 'include' for each sender, e.g., 'v=spf1 include:_spf.ordiko.shop include:_spf.google.com -all'.

Set up your email sender domain (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) — Help

TL;DR. Add SPF, DKIM, and DMARC DNS records that Ordiko provides. Verify in dashboard. Send a test. Ensures transactional emails (order confirmations, password resets, etc.) reach customer inboxes.

Why email setup matters

Email providers (Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft) now strictly enforce SPF, DKIM, and DMARC for senders of any volume. Without proper authentication:

Emails land in spam.
Some are silently dropped.
Customer complaints increase ("I never got my order confirmation").

Set this up day one — it's not optional in 2026.

Step 1: Add sender domain

Settings → Email → Sender domain → Add domain.

Enter the domain you'll send from. Common patterns:

Apex: example.com — fine for small operations.
Subdomain: mail.example.com or send.example.com — recommended for any business sending more than a few hundred emails/day.

Step 2: SPF record

SPF authorizes which servers can send mail "from" your domain.

Symptom	Likely cause
SPF fails	Wrong include or missing record
DKIM fails	CNAME points at wrong host or hasn't propagated
DMARC fails because of relaxed alignment	DMARC requires SPF OR DKIM to align with the From domain; check the sender domain matches
Emails still land in spam	Reputation issue — gradually warm up the sender domain

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Set up your email sender domain (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)

Why email setup matters

Step 1: Add sender domain

Step 2: SPF record

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Step 3: DKIM records

Step 4: DMARC record

Step 5: Verify

Step 6: Send a test email

Troubleshooting

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