Understanding DNS Resource Records SPF and DKIM

SPF and DKIM records provide your email recipients with confidence that your emails come from you (and not some imposter). Use the information included here to set up your DNS resource records for your email. The instructions included here are Dyn Email Delivery and Managed DNS focused. If you use a different system, please check… Read more »

How Do I Use SPF?

This document sets out some basic info on how to integrate our DNS and Dyn Email services with SPF (Sender Policy Framework). For more info on SPF, visit https://dmarcian.com/spf-syntax-table/. Please note that Dynamic DNS hosts do not support the creation of TXT records, and at this time we do not have any plans to change… Read more »

SPF Records for Approved Senders

The SPF column in Approved Senders indicates whether a Sender Policy Framework record exists for the listed email domain. SPF records are used to help prevent email forgery and ensure deliverability. To Identify An Approved Sender Has SPF 1. Open the Approved Senders view.    2. Select the approved sender email address you want to… Read more »

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About TTLs

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About TTLs DNS Traffic Management // Aug 10, 2011 // Chris Gonyea One of the more common questions I get while assisting our new and current customers is about TTLs (Time to Live). Some of you right now are probably wondering the heck a TTL is, why it’s important… Read more »

EMail Delivery Master Topics List

Email Delivery Knowledge Base Add Custom Tracking Domain Canadian Anti-Spam Law (CASL) FAQ Common Customer Questions Create Email Sub-Account Defining MX resource records to Load Balance inbound email DKIM Records for Approved Senders DomainKeys Identified Mail Dyn Email Delivery Dyn Email Spam Blocking Information Dyn SDK DynEdu Videos DynEdu: Email Deliverability 101 (video) DynEdu: Email… Read more »

Managed DNS Master Topics List

Managed DNS Knowledge Base Accessing Group Permissions Accessing User Permissions Active Failover Active Failover – Modify The Service Adding A Node For Each IP Address Adding CNAME Records For Each Host At Your ISP Adding DNSSEC To Your Zone Adding Records To Your Zone Assigning One User To Manage One Zone Change User Passwords Child… Read more »

How To Format A Zone File

A Domain Name System (DNS) zone file is a text file that describes a DNS zone. The BIND zone file is a file format that has been widely adopted by DNS server software. The format is defined in RFC 1035. Example A Dyn Zone File This an example of a zone file downloaded from Dyn’s… Read more »

Set Up DNS For A Basic Website

If you have recently purchased a domain and hosting, you can use this guide to learn how to set up the basic DNS records you will need to manage your website’s DNS. On This Page Useful Standard DNS Links Common DNS Records Glossary Tutorials Setting Up An A Record Troubleshooting Information Articles Setting Up A… Read more »

Managed DNS – Advanced Topics

The links on this page provide additional information to the basic setup links in the Getting Started Guide. Click on a link to view the help topic. Useful Managed DNS Links Glossary Tutorials Troubleshooting Information Articles Getting Started Guide Managed DNS FAQs Transfer a DNSSEC Signed Zone Adding Traffic Director Learn how to set up… Read more »

Email Delivery – Getting Started Guide

Welcome to Dyn’s Email Delivery Getting Started Guide! On This Page Useful Email Delivery Links Logging In Glossary Tutorials Overview of Email Delivery Troubleshooting Information Articles Important Things to Note Advanced Topics Email Delivery FAQs Ramping Your Email the Right Way Identifying Parts of the Interface What do you want to know? Logging In To… Read more »