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Guides

Digging into the world of email, DNS, and spam can be a daunting task. Don't go alone, use our guides as a helping hand.

How to set up DMARC on Mailerlite

Adding a sending domain to your Mailerlite account is an important step to take in order to ensure DMARC compliance, and here's how to do it.

How to save an email

Follow this guide to save a copy of an email, so you can send it to someone for debugging and troubleshooting deliverability problems.

How to add a SPF record to your domain

To reduce the risk of ending up in a spam folder when you send emails, you should allow the service you send via to use your domain name.

How to add a Sender Domain to Userlist

In order to use your own domain name to send emails from Userlist you need to add a Sender Domain to the application.

How to set up a custom Return-Path

Setting up a custom return path is an important step to take in order to ensure DMARC compliance, and here's how to do it if you use Postmark.

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Glossary

The world of email is filled with technical jargon and three-letter acronyms. We've tried to explain them all here.

DMARC: Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance

DMARC prevents your domain from being used in email spam and scams. With DMARC only the servers you authorize can send email on your behalf.

Spam

Spam is defined as unsolicited marketing emails, although a more common definition is "all those damn emails I don't want to receive".

Email server

An email server is a computer capable of both sending and receiving emails. It connects to other email servers on your behalf to deliver your emails.

Google Postmaster Tools

Postmaster Tools gives you detailed reports about emails received by Gmail and Googles other email services.

Pyzor

Pyzor is a collaborative system used to detect bulk and spam emails. It is run by your email service provider, often as part of SpamAssassin.

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Frequently asked questions

We all have questions; Here, we've tried to answer some of them.

What is pm.mtasv.net?

If you see an email with [email protected] it's being sent using Postmark as ESP. They use the domain for tracking bounced emails.

What is dkim.mcsv.net?

When setting up your domain on Mailchimp, you might be asked to configure a CNAME record for dkim.mcsv.net.

Answers

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