Here’s How You Can Set Up DKIM HostGator
Understand how to set up DKIM HostGator.
One of the fundamental reasons why email marketing campaigns fail is the blind eye turned towards the technicalities of email authentication setup. Therefore, it is pertinent to understand the steps required to set DKIM up with HostGator appropriately. It is essential for the effectiveness of the entire marketing campaign and its impact on potential consumers. Due to security concerns and phishing threats, most emails from unknown sources are blocked. If not correctly set up, the email marketing campaign will never make it to the inboxes of the intended target audience. That will, therefore, not be a great way to use resources prudently.
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How Do I Add A DKIM Record To HostGator?
Here are the simple steps for anyone to add a DKIM record to HostGator.
- Step-1: Log into the HostGator Control panel.
- Step-2: Look for the Zone Editor Icon. It will be under the Domains Section. There is a possibility in some cases that it might not be present. In that case, please contact HostGator and request for the same.
- Step-3: There will be a drop-down menu too. The user can use this menu to select the desired domain name.
- Step-4: This step is crucial and needs greater focus. Under Add a Record, the following information needs to be input.
- Name: The DKIM record of the sender has to be located and the TXT record inserted.
- TTL: The TTL has to be set at 1400.
- Type: The Type has to be selected as TXT.
- Address: The Address would be in TXT form similar in the case of name and inserted after the DKIM record of the sender has been recorded.
- Step-5: The final step is to complete the setup process by clicking on the Add Record button.
Setting up HostGator – DKIM is a simple process and usually takes not more than 30 minutes for the changes to reflect.
HostGator is one of the premier hosting services that have found immense popularity in recent years. Setting up DKIM on HostGator is extremely important since emails will not reach the intended target without it being correctly implemented. Instead, they would land in the spam folder, which would sound like a death knell for the marketing team. Most email service providers have stringent anti-phishing mechanisms in place to identify and stop malicious emails. It is done to safeguard and protect client systems and networks. Hence it becomes inevitable to set up the DKIM – HostGator to ensure the highest standards of email authentication.
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