Afrihost

Use this guide if your domain's nameservers are ns1.afrihost.com and ns2.afrihost.com. You add three TXT records and one MX record in the DNS Editor in Afrihost ClientZone.

The records to add

These names are for a domain added as acme.com. Notix shows each name in the short form, without your main domain on the end, so copy it from your domain page as it is. If you added a subdomain such as news.acme.com, the names read mail.news and notix._domainkey.news; _dmarc stays the same. The DKIM name and key are different for every domain. The MX value names the region your domain sends from, for example feedback-smtp.eu-west-1.amazonses.com, so copy it from your domain page too.

Add them at Afrihost

1. 1

   Open the DNS Editor

   Log into ClientZone and click the Hosting tab. Select your domain, click Hosting Settings, then select DNS Editor.

2. 2

   Add each TXT record

   Click Create New Record.

   1. In Record, enter the name from the table, for example _dmarc.
   2. Set Type to TXT.
   3. Leave Priority blank, or 0 if the form insists.
   4. In Content, paste the value.
   5. Leave TTL at 7200.
   6. Click Create.

   Repeat for the DKIM, SPF and DMARC records.

3. 3

   Add the MX record

   Click Create New Record.

   1. In Record, enter mail.
   2. Set Type to MX.
   3. In Priority, enter 10.
   4. In Content, paste the MX value, for example feedback-smtp.eu-west-1.amazonses.com.
   5. Click Create.

Things to know at Afrihost

• Afrihost's pages only say to put the domain name in Record, even for DKIM, and do not say whether it adds the domain for you. Look at the other records in the list: if they show full names such as www.acme.com, enter mail.acme.com, notix._domainkey.acme.com and _dmarc.acme.com; if they show short names, enter the short names from the table.
• After saving, check that no name ends in your domain twice, such as mail.acme.com.acme.com.
• The standard TTL at Afrihost is 7200 seconds (2 hours).

SPF and DMARC: check before you add

• SPF. A name can have only one SPF record. Notix puts its SPF on mail, not on your main domain, so it never clashes with the SPF your main domain may already have for your mailbox provider. Leave that one as it is. If mail itself already has a TXT record that starts with v=spf1, do not add a second one: edit it to include include:_spf.usenotix.dev.
• DMARC. A domain can have only one DMARC record. If _dmarc already has a record that starts with v=DMARC1, keep it and skip the Notix one. Notix accepts the record you have. Two DMARC records cancel each other out, and mailbox providers then ignore both.
• MX on `mail`. The MX record only takes bounce and complaint reports back to Notix. It does not touch the MX records on your main domain, so your normal inbox keeps working.

After you save

Afrihost says to allow 10 minutes to 2 hours for changes to take effect. Most records show in Notix within about 10 minutes.

You do not need to watch the page. Notix checks your records again on its own, and the domain turns Verified when the required records are found. To check straight away, open the domain in Domains and press Verify again. If a record is found at the wrong name, for example mail.acme.com.acme.com, the domain page says what to fix.

The records you add stay at your DNS host. Do not delete them later: Notix keeps checking them while you send.

Sources

We wrote this guide from the host's own help pages, checked on 21 October 2026. Labels can change; if your screen looks different, the host's page is the one to follow.

• Afrihost: How to manage DNS records via ClientZone
• Afrihost: How to add an SPF record to your domain
• Afrihost: How to add a DKIM record to your domain

For hosts not listed here, see Any other DNS host.