Google and Yahoo are enforcing DMARC policy when receiving emails. As such, schools that wish to use their own domain when sending emails via QuickSchools will need to configure their own SPF and DKIM records to meet a DMARC policy. 

Here is a summary of the required steps:

• Set Up your SPF record
• Set Up your DKIM record
  • QuickSchools will provide a DKIM public key specific to your school
• Review and Enable Sender Domain (by QuickSchools)

SPF Settings

Before setting up your SPF record, we will need to designate a subdomain from your school as the authorized subdomain for sending emails. To keep things standardized, we will use “relay” as the subdomain. So for example, if your domain is www.your-school-domain.com, then the email subdomain will be:

Your resulting SPF settings should include the designated subdomain described above, and should look something like this:

To review your existing SPF settings, you can use an online SPF Lookup like MXToolbox. Here’s an example SPF without the setting:

Here’s an example of SPF with correct settings:

DKIM Settings

DKIM Settings are required. QuickSchools will need to generate a DKIM record specific to your subdomain. Please contact QuickSchools support for this information.

Once you’ve set up a DKIM record (using the prescribed public encryption key), you can see the completed settings via the same online DKIM Lookup like MXToolbox.

DMARC Policy

Schools are welcome to manage their own DMARC policy, based on the configured SPF and DKIM records.

Final Review

As a final step, once your SPF and DKIM records have been set-up, the QuickSchools support team will review your DNS settings, to make sure everything has been configured correctly. Once verified, your QuickSchools account will be reconfigured to deliver emails using the schools new designated subdomain.