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No DKIM key found on your domain — how to add one

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING

A DNS check reports "no DKIM key found" across the common selectors.

WHY IT'S HAPPENING

You've never set up DKIM, or you're using a sending provider that signs with their own domain instead of yours.

How to fix it

  1. 1

    Identify your email sending provider (Gmail/Workspace, Microsoft 365, SendGrid, Mailgun, etc).

  2. 2

    In that provider's admin console, look for "DKIM", "Email Authentication", or "Sender Authentication".

  3. 3

    Generate a DKIM key for your domain.

  4. 4

    The provider will give you a TXT record (or CNAME). Add it to your DNS.

  5. 5

    Wait 30 minutes, then verify in the provider console.

Where do I add these records? (by DNS host)

Records go in the DNS panel of whoever hosts your domain, not inside Gmail or Outlook. Find your host below.

Cloudflare

  1. 1.Log in and pick your domain.
  2. 2.Open the DNS tab, then Records.
  3. 3.Click Add record, choose the type (TXT/CNAME), paste the Name and Value, Save.
  4. 4.Tip: Conductor can apply Cloudflare records for you. Connect a token on your domain page instead of doing this by hand.

GoDaddy

  1. 1.Go to My Products, find your domain, click DNS.
  2. 2.Under Records, click Add.
  3. 3.Pick the type, enter the Name (Host) and Value, Save. Use "@" for the root domain.

Crazy Domains

  1. 1.Log in, go to My Account, then Manage next to your domain.
  2. 2.Open DNS / Manage DNS.
  3. 3.Add a record, choose the type, enter the Hostname and Value, Save.

VentraIP

  1. 1.Log in to VIPControl, open Domain Names, click your domain.
  2. 2.Choose Manage DNS / DNS Zone.
  3. 3.Add a record with the type, name and content shown above, Save.

Squarespace / Google Domains

  1. 1.Open Settings, then Domains, and pick your domain.
  2. 2.Choose DNS Settings, scroll to Custom Records.
  3. 3.Add the record type, host and data, Save.

Namecheap

  1. 1.Go to Domain List, click Manage next to your domain.
  2. 2.Open the Advanced DNS tab.
  3. 3.Click Add New Record, set the type, host and value, and save with the green tick.

Not listed? The steps are the same everywhere: find DNS or Manage DNS, add a record, pick the type, paste the name and value shown above.

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