Whenever you try to send the newsletter with an email which contains domain name for example – newsletter@makitweb.com . In this case, you need to verify it and authenticate your domain.

1. How To Verify a domain in
MailChimp
By Makitweb

2. Intro

3. ● You have a
MailChimp account,
if you haven’t then
you can signup for it.
● A website, and
● Cpanel.

4. Steps
1. Verification
2. Authentication

5. Verification
Login to your MailChimp account and Open your
Profile and go to Settings and select Verified
Domains.
You will see a screen following like in right side,
which shows You havent’t verified a domain yet
message and Verify a Domain Button.

6. Verification
Click on Verify a Domain Button then, a popup
box will be open which ask you to Enter your
email address, in this enter your email address
from which you want to send newsletters and
click Send Verification Email Button.
It will send you email with a Verification Code.

7. Verification
Copy your Verification Code and paste it in Enter
verification code section and Press Verify
Button. An email address and domain has been
verified successfully, but we need to perform
one more step Authentication. It is required
because by this step MailChimp detects it is
actually your domain, not a spammer.
Currently, it will show cross icon in front of
Authentication.

8. Verification
Click on View setup Instructions link its popup
an instruction box of Domain Authentication.

9. Authentication
It has two steps-
1. Create a CNAME record,
2. SPF record

10. Authentication (Create a CNAME Record)
Login to your Cpanel Account and Go to Domain
section and click on Advanced DNS Zone Editor.
Here, create a new record with your values and
click on Add Record Button.

11. Authentication (SPF record)
Go to Cpanel Home and navigate to the Mail
section and click on Email Authentication.
Within Email Authentication make sure that
DKIM is enabled if not then enable it and also
enable SPF if not.
In SPF go to the Include List (INCLUDE) and
click on Add button and in the popup enter
servers.mcsv.net and click on Update Button.

12. You have setup all required values for
authentication. Go to your MailChimp
and Click on Authenticate Domain
Button.
It will authenticate successfully now
MailChimp able to send emails from your
given email address.

13. Thanks!
yssyogesh@makitweb.com
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