Squarespace

Connect to your Squarespace domains

Connect to Squarespace domains

Go to Domains in your Squarespace account, click on your domain, then click DNS.

If you have Squarespace email forwarding enabled

If you already have Squarespace email forwarding enabled, then you’ll need to disable that before you can configure your DNS to work with Mailcast.

Go into Email and remove all the email aliases listed (make sure you’ve created them in Mailcast first).

When all the email aliases have been removed, you’ll be able to configure Mailcast MX records.

1. Set the MX records

Scroll to the Custom records section.

Delete any existing MX records in the list.

Add new MX records for each of the Mailcast MX records by clicking Add record and then filling in the following values:

@

mx1.mailcast.io

10

@

mx2.mailcast.io

20

2. Set the SPF record

Scroll to the Custom records section.

Look for a record with a host @ and type TXT and a value that begins with v=spf1.

Update an existing SPF record

Update the value by adding include:spf.mailcast.io after the v=spf1 and before the rest of the record, separated with a space on either side.

Add a new SPF record

Click Add record and fill in the following values:

@

"v=spf1 include:spf.mailcast.io ~all"

3. Set the DKIM record

In the Custom records section, click Add record and fill in the following values:

mailcast._domainkey

dkim.mailcast.io

4. Set the DMARC record

Scroll to the Custom records section.

Look for a record with a host _dmarc and type TXT.

If you already have a DMARC record, then there is no need to update it.

This is a minimal DMARC record that will suggest that unauthorised emails sent from your domain are marked as spam. Learn more about DMARC to help you decide how to configure your DMARC policy.

Click Add record and fill in the following values:

_dmarc

"v=DMARC1; p=quarantine;"

5. Validate your DNS updates

Click on the DNS tab for your domain from within Mailcast Domains and click Validate to check if your DNS updates are correct.

We’re here to help

If you need any help with getting your DNS configured, please contact support and we’ll help you through it.