DKIM & SPF Setup for Mailigen

To set up or edit your SPF record, you will need to add: include:spf.mailigen.com

Edit existing SPF record

1. Log in to your DNS hosting provider
2. Look for a TXT containing v=spf1
3. In your existing SPF record, you will append include:spf.mailigen.com
4. For example, if your existing record looks like v=spf1; mx; ip4:1.2.3.4; you would add the above include as follows v=spf1; mx; ip4:1.2.3.4; include:spf.mailigen.com

Create a new SPF record

1. Follow the instructions from our How to Create a New SPF Record Guide.
2. In the Value field, enter: v=spf1 include:spf.mailigen.com ~all and Save the TXT record.

Records for Subdomains

If you are creating a record for a subdomain, you will want to make sure that you specify the sub part of the domain in the Host/Name/Alias field for most DNS providers.

1. Enter the sub part of the domain, for example if the subdomain is mail.mxtoolbox.com you would want to enter mail into that field.

SPF and DMARC Alignment

By default, Mailigen will set you up for sending using one of their domains for the return-path address. This domain will NOT pass SPF Alignment. At this time, this provider does NOT provide any mechanism that will allow SPF Alignment to pass. You need to enable DKIM for this provider to ensure your email will pass DMARC Compliance.

How to Set Up/Modify DKIM for Mailigen

You can enable DKIM for your domain from Mailigen’s control panel after creating the required TXT record in your domain’s DNS manager. The DKIM configuration includes the following steps:

1. Log in to your domain host account

2. Click link to show all registered domains

3. Click Edit Zone under domain name

4. Find TXT entries section and click Quick Add

5. In Host field, copy/paste DKIM entry TXT Name created by Mailigen

6. In TXT Value field, copy TXT Value created by Mailigen (for SPF use)

7. Click Quick Add again and copy/paste Sender ID entries created by Mailigen

8. Save changes

As a user of this outbound email provider, Mailigen customers are afforded DKIM signing because it supports that mechanism. By utilizing Mailigen’s self-service portal, you can manually set up DKIM at your convenience via TXT records mentioned above. Overall, this Mailigen product provides beneficial components (e.g., DKIM signing, custom DKIM records, self-service set up with TXT records) that result in a streamlined process.