Customize DNS server for email

Owned by Jack Kuijper
Last updated: 19 Jan 2024 by Paul van der Koore
1 min read

DocuBuilder and DocuFlow use a supplied SMTP server to send e-mails. To ensure that these e-mails actually arrive at the recipient and are sent in a secure manner, a number of changes will have to be made to the DNS server.

Tip!
Use mail-tester.com to test if your DNS is set up properly!

Required: Modify SPF record

  1. Look for the SPF record. If there are no other mail services in the DNS server yet, it usually looks like this:

    v=spf1 a mx

  2. Add to this:

     include:_spf.cobytes.email ~all

  3. The full SPF record now looks like this:

    v=spf1 a mx include:_spf.cobytes.email ~all

Note: Don't forget the addition ~all, it is always needed. When using multiple mail services, this looks like this:

Â