How to authenticate your personal domain name
In this article, you will learn how to authenticate your domain name.
You will need:
- a systeme.io account
- a domain name address
Scenario 1: You send emails with systeme.io
Step #1: Connect to your account systeme.io
First, go to the Menu (below your profile picture), then to "Settings" (number 1 in the image). In the settings menu, click on "Emails" (number 2 in the image).
Go to the "Domains" section, then to "Click here to authenticate your domain and display its information in your email header, which will help improve your email delivery rates" (number 3 in the image).
In the popup that appears, enter your domain name (without the three "www.").
Next, click on "Continue" to generate the three CNAME records to be integrated into the DNS parameters of the site hosting your domain name (numbers 4 and 5 in the image).
For example, we introduced this: lancervotrebusiness.xyz in order to generate the three CNAMEs.
The list of the three CNAMEs will then be displayed in a table (number 6 in the image).
IMPORTANT:
1) Authentication of a domain name is mandatory to send emails from systeme.io.
2) The domain name you want to authenticate must redirect to a working site (i.e. when you click on it, you'll be redirected to a working page, rather than an error page, otherwise the receiving servers may block your emails.)
Example:
The site lancervotrebusiness.xyz must be functional, otherwise when you send emails with the email address of this domain name, your contacts may not receive your emails due to server blocking.
3) It is not possible to authenticate a domain name from a personal email address such as Gmail, Yahoo, Protonmail... etc. Only custom domains can be authenticated.
Step #2: In your domain name account
Please add the CNAME records that were given to you to your platform.
Edit the DNS zone of your domain name with your domain provider.
PS: If you encounter any difficulties, please contact your host's support team for guidance.
In this article, we will be using OVH as an example:
If you are using OVH, you can log in to your account here.
1. After you are logged in, click on your domain name (number 1 in the image)
2. Click on "ZONE DNS" then click on "Add an entry" (numbers 2 and 3 in the image)
3. Choose "CNAME" and click "NEXT" (numbers 4 and 5 in the image)
Next, you will be prompted to fill out forms.
4. Return to the list of CNAMEs records you have on your systeme.io account.
5. In the "Subdomain" field, enter what is written in "NAME".
However, do NOT enter entire line, only enter the numbers and letters that are next to your domain name.
In our example, this would be "si413738".
6. Copy the entire line from the "VALUE" column, place it in "TARGET" and add a period at the end of the line.
If the team has given you 3 CNAME records, you must do the operation 3 times. Once for each record provided.
7. Click on "Next" (number 7 in the image), then click on "Confirm" (number 8 in the image)
8. Use the following site to check whether your CNAMEs are correctly configured: DNS checker.
9. Once you have finished the configuration of the three CNAMEs records, contact the systeme.io support team again, so they can check your domain name.
Scenario 2: You send emails using your own SendGrid account
Step #1: On the SendGrid account
Log in to your SendGrid account by clicking here (number 1 in the image).
Click on "Settings" (number 2 in the image).
You will have a list of options, click on "Sender authentication" (number 3 in the image).
In the "Authenticate your domain" section of your domain name, click on "Get Started" (number 4 in the image).
After validation, you will see 3 CNAME records that you must enter in the DNS section of your host to finalize the authentication of your domain name (number 8 in the image).
Step #2: In your domain provider account
You need to copy these CNAMEs records in order to integrate them into the DNS Settings of your web host's site.
To do this, please go to DNS Settings to edit the DNS zone of your domain name.
PS: If you encounter any difficulties, please contact your domain provider's support team.
In this article, we will be using OVH as an example.
You can log in to your OVH account by clicking here.
1. Once connected, click on your domain name (number 1 in the image)
2. Click on "ZONE DNS" then click on "Add an entry" (numbers 2 and 3 in the image)
3. Choose "CNAME" and click "NEXT" (numbers 4 and 5 in the image)
You will be prompted to fill in forms.
4. Go back to the list of CNAME records you generated on your SendGrid account to copy the CNAMEs
5. In the "Subdomain" field, enter what is written in "HOST", BUT do enter the entire line. Only enter the numbers and letters that are next to your domain name.
Example:
em7587 (first CNAME),
s1._domainkey (second CNAME),
s2._domainkey (third CNAME),
6. Copy the entire line in the "POINTS TO" column, place it in "TARGET" and add a period at the end.
Example:
If you have three CNAME records, you have to repet these steps for each CNAME to be recorded.
7. Click on "Next" then click on "Confirm" (numbers 6 and 7 in the image)
8. Once the configuration of the 3 CNAME records is done, go back to your SendGrid account or contact us if you don’t have one.
9. Then use the following site to check whether your CNAMEs are correctly configured: DNS checker.
10. Check the box "I've added the records", then click "Verify" (numbers 8 and 9 in the image).
Once you've clicked on "Verify", you should see an indication confirming that your domain name has been authenticated. If this is not the case, it means that an error has occurred and that you need to review the steps and check the CNAMEs again.
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