Any other DNS host

Use this guide if your DNS host has no guide of its own here, or if you are not sure who your DNS host is. Every DNS host has a screen where you add records, often called DNS, DNS records, DNS management, Advanced DNS or Zone Editor. The four Notix records go in that screen. If you are not sure who runs your DNS, look up your domain's nameservers with a public NS lookup tool: the nameservers name the company. See Find your DNS host.

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 your DNS host

1. 1

   Find the DNS screen

   Sign in where you manage your domain. Open the domain and look for DNS, DNS records, DNS management, Advanced DNS or Zone Editor. On cPanel hosting it is Zone Editor. Change the records at the company your nameservers point to: records added anywhere else are not used.

2. 2

   Add each TXT record

   Choose Add record or similar and pick TXT as the type.

   1. In the host or name field, enter the name from the table, for example _dmarc.
   2. In the value, content or text field, paste the value.
   3. Leave the TTL at its default, or pick something short such as 5 minutes to 1 hour.
   4. Save.

   Repeat for the DKIM, SPF and DMARC records. SPF, DKIM and DMARC are all TXT records, even where a host lists them separately.

3. 3

   Add the MX record

   Add another record and pick MX.

   1. In the host or name field, enter mail.
   2. In the value, mail server or points to field, paste the MX value, for example feedback-smtp.eu-west-1.amazonses.com.
   3. In the priority field, enter 10. If there is no priority field, enter 10, a space, then the MX value in the value field.
   4. Save.
4. 4

   Check the full names

   After saving, look at the full name your host shows for each record. It should read mail.acme.com, notix._domainkey.acme.com and _dmarc.acme.com for a domain acme.com. If you see mail.acme.com.acme.com, your host added the domain for you and you typed it as well: edit the name back to mail.

Things to know at your DNS host

• The host field. Most hosts add your domain to the name for you, so you type mail. A few want the full name, mail.acme.com, and some cPanel screens want it with a dot at the end, mail.acme.com.. If the screen shows your domain beside the field, type only the short name.
• `@` means your main domain. None of the Notix records go on @. Do not put them there.
• Quotation marks. Paste values without quotes unless the host asks for them. Some hosts add quotes for you, which is fine.
• A long DKIM key. If the host rejects the DKIM value as too long, it may want the key split into quoted pieces of 255 characters or fewer. Check its help pages, or ask its support.
• A trailing dot. If the MX record shows up as feedback-smtp....amazonses.com.acme.com, edit it and add a dot at the end of the value.
• Mail settings. Some hosts change MX records through a separate mail settings screen. If adding an MX record there would change the mail setup of your main domain, stop and ask the host's support how to add an MX record on mail only.

Help pages from other DNS hosts

Notix does not have its own guide for these hosts yet. Their own pages show where the DNS screen is:

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

Most hosts say a change can take from a few minutes to 48 hours to reach everywhere. 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

This guide is general: it uses the field names most DNS hosts share, not one host's screens. Your host's own help page is the one to follow for its exact labels. The pages in the table above were checked on 21 October 2026.

• Google Cloud DNS: Add, update, and delete records
• Hetzner: DNS overview
• Netlify: DNS records
• Gandi: How do I update my DNS records?
• OVHcloud: Editing an OVHcloud DNS zone
• NameSilo: DNS Manager

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