As of February 1st, Gmail and Yahoo will be tightening their procedures regarding email from all email service providers (Constant Contact, MailChimp, ConvertKit, etc.) All messages sent by an email service provider must be authenticated. This policy will be adopted by other email services gradually.
The best method is to authenticate your own domain. That means accessing your domain’s DNS settings and adding both a DKIM and a DMARC record.
While this is a bit of a nuisance, it will be better for all of us in the long run.
- Our emails will be more likely to end up in the Inbox instead of Spam.
- We will receive less spam as this will make it harder for spammers to fake being a legitimate sender.
Want to read the details of the changes? Click here.
Want some help getting this done? Call Your Computer Lady today at 480-433-9995.