In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install DMARC records in your hosting account through your cPanel control panel.
DMARC lets you communicate with the servers that will receive emails from your domains, telling the receiving server whether to accept the email or reject it based on DKIM and SPF records.
Note: It's important to understand that anyone can send an email pretending to be you. In our case, any user could configure an email server and send millions of emails claiming to be Bacan.com — in addition to the emails we actually send. In this situation it's CRITICALLY IMPORTANT that we can tell email servers to reject emails sent by impostors.
DMARC is a standard used by the most important email providers, including Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo.
Available options:
Policy:
- None — the email is delivered to the recipient (not recommended)
- Quarantine — the email is delivered to the SPAM folder
- Reject — the email is rejected by the server and never reaches the recipient
Subdomain Policy: Same as the option above, but specifying how emails sent from the domain's subdomains should be handled.
DKIM Mode:
- Relaxed — some emails are delivered even if DKIM verification fails
- Strict — the system rejects all emails from sources that fail DKIM verification
SPF Mode:
- Relaxed — some emails are delivered even if SPF verification fails
- Strict — the system rejects all emails from sources that fail SPF verification
Percentage:
- The percentage of emails you want the receiving server to filter. 100% is recommended.
Watch the following video to learn the steps for installing your DMARC records in cPanel.