DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) adds a digital signature to your outgoing emails, allowing recipient servers to verify the message's authenticity and integrity, ensuring it hasn’t been altered during transit.
This protocol helps protect your brand from phishing attempts and deliverability issues by improving your sender reputation. Follow this step-by-step guide to configure DKIM in GetResponse to maximize your inbox placement and trust.
Steps to Set Up GetResponse DKIM Record
Step 1. Verify your email address
To begin sending emails using your GetResponse account, you must first verify your email address. This crucial step confirms your ownership and authorization to send emails from that domain.
1) Log in to your GetResponse account.
2) Navigate to the top right corner, under your profile icon, and click Emails and domains.
3) Click “Add email” and enter the email address you’d like to use as your sender email.
5) Look in your inbox for an email sent by GetResponse. Inside this email, you will find a verification link; click it to finalize the verification process.
Step 2. Authenticate your domain with DKIM
To authenticate your domain using DKIM in GetResponse, you will need to add a DKIM record within your domain's DNS settings. Use the following steps to complete this process.
1) After having verified your email address, select the domain you’d like to verify and click Authenticate.
2) GetResponse provides both Automatic and Manual methods for authentication.
Manual Authentication
If you’d like to authenticate manually, select “I’ll do it myself.”
2) GetResponse will give you a DKIM record as a TXT record. It starts with “k=rsa”. You will need to copy the DKIM identifier and DKIM key to paste into your DNS.
3) Log in to your DNS management console.
4) Navigate to the Advanced DNS settings.
5) “Add New Record” to create a new TXT record.
6) In the “Name” or “Host” field, enter your DKIM identifier provided by GetResponse. In the value field, paste the DKIM key value.
You must set the TTL (Time to Live) value. This setting controls how long DNS resolvers will cache the record (for example, 3600 seconds, or 1 hour). If you are uncertain of the optimal value, it is safe to use your registrar’s default TTL.
The main TXT record must contain both the proper Name (which is your unique DKIM identifier) and the Value (which is the actual DKIM key).
7) Save the TXT record you just created. You must then wait for the DNS changes to propagate, which may take up to 48 hours. Once propagation is complete, GetResponse will automatically detect the DKIM record and confirm the authentication of your domain.
Automatic Authentication
1) Click “Continue.”
They auto-connect with your DNS provider to complete the setup via integration with Entri.
Steps to Verify GetResponse DKIM Record with PowerDMARC
After DNS propagation, use PowerDMARC’s DKIM checker tool for accurate validation.
First, sign up with PowerDMARC.
On the sidebar on the left, navigate to Dashboard > Analysis Tools > PowerToolbox > Lookup Tools.
Click on DKIM Record Lookup.
Enter your domain in the field and click Lookup DKIM.
If you experience setup challenges or require expert assistance, our team is ready to help. Contact us or book a demo with PowerDMARC to see how we can streamline your authentication, strengthen your security, and ensure flawless deliverability.