DNS setup guides
Connect your sending domain using the settings provided in your dashboard.
Choose your DNS provider
DNS records are settings for your domain. Adding the records from SendHog proves you own the domain and helps email services check that your messages are genuine.
Add your domain in SendHog first, then copy the records into your DNS provider’s settings. This is the company that manages your domain’s DNS, which may be different from the company where you bought the domain.
Add your domain| Provider | Where to add records |
|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Your zone → DNS → Records |
| GoDaddy | Domain Portfolio → your domain → DNS |
| Namecheap | Domain List → Manage → Advanced DNS |
| Squarespace Domains | Domains dashboard → your domain → DNS → Custom Records |
| Amazon Route 53 | Route 53 → Hosted zones → your zone |
Any provider
- Open the DNS settings at the company that manages your domain’s DNS.
- Add each record with exactly the type, name and value shown in SendHog. The records used to verify outgoing mail are called DKIM records; SendHog supplies them as CNAME records. Do not copy example values from another service.
- Save, then return to your domain in SendHog and select Check DNS. If records are still pending, wait for DNS caches to update and check again.
Leave your existing MX records in place: they control where incoming mail is delivered. Setting up sending does not require moving your inboxes.
If SendHog also provides SPF instructions, these tell email services which senders are allowed to use your domain. Add the required setting to your existing SPF record rather than creating a second v=spf1 record.