SendGrid - EDUMATE - Setup Domain Authentication (dkim)
Review the SendGrid domain-authentication setup recorded for Edumate mail, including the Azure DNS host and custom DKIM selector. A separate login/access note is held.
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- Login to SendGrid https://login.sendgrid.com/login/identifier Can't Login to sendGrid? Go To SendGrid - Login & Access Requests
- START THE PROCESS Under "Setting" in the left hand menu click on "Sender Authentication" Which will open: https://app.sendgrid.com/settings/sender_auth
Click "Authenticate Your Domain"
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SETTINGS PART 1
- From the "DNS host" drop down select "Other Host (Not Listed)"
- Which DNS Host? Type in AzureDNS
- Press the blue Next button
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SETTINGS PART 2
- Domain You Send From Type in the domain that will be using to send emails with SendGrid.
- Advanced Settings:
- Click the drop down ^ symbol next to "Advanced Settings"
- Use automated security should be ticked by default. If not, tick the box.
- Use a custom DKIM selector. Tick the box next to it.
- Type em8 into the DKIM selector.
- WHY em8? because it sounds/looks like edumate therefore indicating its Edumate purpose in the DNS records described by the source.
- Click Next button
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THE DNS RECORDS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO COPY NOTE: The Dmarc record will likely already setup before you perform this step. SendGrid typically just copies what is already setup online.
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SETTINGS - PART 3
- Open a new browser tab and go to DNS Zones in the Azure Admin Portal https://portal.azure.com/#view/HubsExtension/BrowseResource.ReactView/resourceType/Microsoft.Network%2FdnsZones
- Click your domain
- Under DNS Management -> Click RecordSets
- Search for em8 to see if it has already been setup.
- If not setup, proceed to SETTING PART 4
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SETTINGS - PART 4
- Press The "+ Add" button from screenshot above. The source uses the Add button when an em8 record is missing.
- Repeat these steps for the 3 CNAME DNS records you got THE DNS RECORDS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO COPY(above).
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See the screenshot below
- Name Field: In the name field type in the prefix before your domain name (High lighted in yellow)
- Change Type: Click type drop down box and select CNAME.
- Alias: From the value column, copy the corresponding domain string (highlighted in organge) from the value column and paste it into the Alias text box.
- Press the Add button at the bottom of the screen. Then repeat for the other two CNAMES
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LAST STEP Once you have added the DNS entries,
- go back to your SendGrid page THE DNS RECORDS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO COPY
- Tick the box next to "I've added these records"
- Click the Verify button
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FINISHED
If it worked you will see this "It worked!" message.
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