If you signed up for a Mandrill account on or after December 1st, 2015, you must add SPF and DKIM records and verify ownership of your sending domains before you can send email through your account. Mandrill will not send any email from unverified domains or domains without valid SPF and DKIM records, including public domains like gmail.com, yahoo.com, and more.

Mail sent from unverified domains or domains without valid SPF and DKIM records will be rejected at the time of send, with the reject reason, unsigned.

Setup Sending Domain

Any domain that you use for sending through Mandrill will be added to your account's sending domains automatically. You can also add a domain manually before you ever send from it. This allows you to set up authentication information for your domain in advance.

First time login after signup will show this page. Click on “Set up your sending domain” button.
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Alternatively you can go to Settings > Sending Domains.

In box, fill your domain name and click on Add Button.
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To view more details on Setup Sending Domain, view following article:

https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205582387-How-to-Set-up-Sending-Domains

Domain Verification

Domain verification is a required step to confirm ownership of a domain. After you verify a domain in your account, any other Mandrill user that wants to sign with that domain will also need to go through the verification process. If they don't verify the domain, the email will still be delivered, but will be signed with a generic mandrillapp.com signature.

To start domain verification process, click on View Details link for against your added domain.

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Please fill your email ID registered with Sending Domain, and click on Send Verification Email Button. Make sure you can receive email on this ID as Mandrill will send you verification email.
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You will then receive an email on the given Email Address to verify your domain on Mandrill. Click on Verification Link so that your Domain can be verified.
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This will ask you to login, if you are not already logged in. Then it will show you confirmation message.
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To view more details on Domain Verification, view following article:

https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205582247-About-Domain-Verification

Adding DKIM for GoDaddy Hosting

DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is an authentication methods that embeds information within the email, making it harder to forge (but they can also be harder to implement for senders and receivers).

Where to find DKIM Settings
Login to your Mandrill Account and Open Sending Domains List by clicking on Verify Ownership link on top. $D:\nxb leads\shahid\co\docs\inmotion.com spf settings\mandrill\Mandrill Home Page, New Account.png$

Alternatively you can go to Settings > Sending Domains.

In Sending Domain List page click on View DKIM settings link against your added domain to open popup.
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From DKIM Setup popup, copy Host Name and TXT Value and save it somewhere, so you can use in your Hosting Control Panel.
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Enter DKIM in your Domain Hosting (GoDaddy)

In the My Products Page click on Manage button against Domains.
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In Domain List page, search for your Domain.
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Click on Domain Link to open Details Page.
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In Domain Details Page, Open “DNS Zone File” tab. And click on “Add Record” Link
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This will open a Popup, enter information as specified to enter new DKIM record. And click on Finish button.
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Saving changes is must, before your leave Control Panel.
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To view more details and how to add DKIM record for different hosting and DNS providers, view following article:

https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205582277-How-do-I-add-DNS-records-for-my-sending-domains-

Adding SPF for GoDaddy Hosting

SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is an authentication methods that allows a domain owner to add a file or record on the server that the recipient server cross-checks.

Where to find SPF Settings
Login to your Mandrill Account and Open Sending Domains List by clicking on Verify Ownership link on top. $D:\nxb leads\shahid\co\docs\inmotion.com spf settings\mandrill\Mandrill Home Page, New Account.png$

Alternatively you can go to Settings > Sending Domains.

In Sending Domain List page click on View error details link against your added domain to open popup.

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From SPF popup page, copy information and save it somewhere so you can use in Hosting Control Panel.

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Enter SPF in your Domain Hosting (GoDaddy)

In the My Products Page click on Manage button against Domains.
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In Domain List page, search for your Domain.
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Click on Domain Link to open Details Page.
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In Domain Details Page, Open “DNS Zone File” tab. And click on “Add Record” Link

Add new record only if there does not exist an SPF Entry. Follow this Step 5 to add new SPF record or follow step 7 if SPF record already exist to update it.

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Please enter info and Click on Finish button.

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If SPF already exists, then you need to edit it. You can’t add duplicate SPF records.

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Click on Edit link will open Edit Zone Settings Popup; add your record in existing settings and Click on Finish button.
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Saving changes is must, before your leave Control Panel.
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To view more details and how to add SPF record, view following article:

https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205582277-How-do-I-add-DNS-records-for-my-sending-domains-

Validate SPF and DKIM for your Sending Domains

In domains List page click on “Test DNS Settings” button to verify all settings.
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If test passes, you will see this screen with green check marks against Verified Domain, DKIM Settings and SPF Settings.
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6. Enter information in ScoreCEO

Login https://beta.scoreceo.com/[CRO Domain Alias] (Your domain alias is the one you used to first create your account)If you do not remember go to https://beta.scoreceo.com/ and enter in your email it will redirect you to your portal.)