Set up SPF and DKIM records for Mailgun

In order to configure SPF and DKIM for Mailgun you have to added your domain/s or subdomain/s in their Control panel. Please follow the below steps to add the SPF and DKIM record for Mailgun:

SPF:

  1. Sign in to your domain account at your domain host
  2. Locate page for updating your domain’s DNS records
  3. Find your TXT records to check if you have an existing SPF record 
  • If you have an existing SPF record, follow the instructions below to update an existing SPF record with multiple mail servers.
    • In your existing SPF record, you will append include:mailgun.org
    • For example, if your existing record looked like v=spf1; mx; ip4:1.2.3.4; you would add the above include as follows v=spf1; mx; ip4:1.2.3.4; include:mailgun.org;
  • If you do not have an SPF record, Create a new TXT record with the following values:
    • In the Name/Host/Alias field, enter @ or leave blank (other DNS records might indicate which one you need)
    • In the Time to Live (TTL) field, enter 3600 or leave the default
    • In the Value/Answer/Destination field, enter: v=spf1 include:mailgun.org ~all and Save the TXT record

DKIM:

1. The DKIM record that you will have to add to your DNS will be shown to you in the “Domain Verification & DNS” section in the MailGun control panel.
2. Share this TXT record with your DNS provider.