What does the warning about SPF, DMARC and SMTP mean?

Tickabell checks whether your emails will be accepted by the clients' mail services. If a record is missing or the website sends without SMTP, it shows a warning with what to add.

Where: Tickabell›Emails

What is here

1. SPF: says who may send in the domain's name. Ask your hosting to add a TXT record that starts with v=spf1.
2. DMARC: Gmail and Yahoo expect it. Add a TXT record for _dmarc with the value v=DMARC1; p=none to start with.
3. SMTP: without it the emails leave through the server's mail() and often end up in spam. Install an SMTP plugin, for example FluentSMTP, with the mailbox of your domain.
4. A different domain: if the sender is on another domain, the SPF and DKIM of that domain must allow sending from your server or SMTP service.

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