Set Up DKIM Authentication for Google Admin Emails

[@Bogen04]

I looked all over KZbin to find out how to do this. I was 1 min away from giving up. You saved my day!

[@NextTechNT]

So glad you found it! Thanks for letting me know. Love to hear when this helps someone.

[@ALC-m5c]

My dear sir, i’ve been completely losing my fucking mind this past week because ALL my emails where going to spam. Your video has saved me. You’re the absolute king bro fr

[@williamtran9217]

OMG!!! 3 hours trying to figure this out and you saved the day in under 4 minutes. Super like!!!

[@NextTechNT]

So happy it helped and glad it worked for you! Thanks for letting me know. This is why I like making these videos!!!

[@tannoy2427]

This is the best video, I've been trying to look for a concise tutorial, thanks!

[@NextTechNT]

So glad it help!

[@furkanhergul3965]

Thank a lot from turkey, since one month we work on it bu couldnt fix bu this is the besssttt and short and clear video fixed our problemmmm

[@NextTechNT]

That’s great! So glad it fixed your issue. Thanks for letting me know!

[@JeffreyDennis-o1d]

We have a different domain but I was still able to figure it out from your video. Worked like a charm, thank you!

[@NextTechNT]

Awesome. So glad you got this working. Thanks for letting me know :)

[@HernaniCosta]

Thank you for the explanation. I have a question. How to test that's working?

[@NextTechNT]

I like testing with this tool - www.appmaildev.com/en/dkim

[@AlgoTradingX]

You saved my life bro

[@NextTechNT]

Happy to help! Thanks for letting me know.

[@khehraa]

You deserve a medal!

[@NextTechNT]

Medal accepted :) So happy to hear it helped. I also accept subscribers in place of medals :) Have a great day!

[@Metalboy864]

After setting this up is there are downtime with e-mail service while the DNS settings are propagating?

[@NextTechNT]

There would be no downtime as you can’t fully turn it on until the email provider can verify your entries. This is why after you put in the entries it can be anywhere from a couple minutes to a few hours before they let you turn it fully on. Hope that helps.

[@christinedao2865]

Thank you for this videos ! Clear and concise, simply amazing !!!

[@NextTechNT]

So happy it helped and thanks for letting me know!

[@taishapickett]

Thank you so much!!! It worked instantly. I was wondering why every time I forwarded an email, it would bounce back. As of 2024, google seems to want all Google Workspace /Admin users to have this txt record.

[@NextTechNT]

Yep as of February 2024 it is required. So happy it helped for you though.

[@HigherSelph]

​ @NextTechNT I manage two small websites and email is sent from both of their domains. So effectively I'm the admin, but I dont have a google workspace account for either. Theres no need for them other than to work through this issue (where all emails sent to any gmail address are being returned). Anyway, I obviously dont want to pay a monthly fee (per user) just to get emails delivered. Is there another way? I've already contacted the web host who said they fixed the issue on 3 different occasions already, but its still not working. This feels like a shakedown.

[@NextTechNT]

I went through this for a long time as a contractor trying to figure out how to make this work. Now I can become a reseller for Google and get into the account through my account. However, if your not wanting to become a reseller the best way is to sit down with the admin and get the information from them. You can also spin up an account and then delete it when the work is done. Sometimes we do that as well. To confirm it is there you can also do a dns search on both domains and make sure there is a dmarc entry. I hope that helps. If not let me know.

[@HigherSelph]

Unfortunately I’m still lost. There is no admin. Only me. Would transferring the domains to Google domains work? It’s hard to believe everyone who uses webmail will need to pay for a Google Admin account in order to have email delivered to anyone using the most popular email provider in the world.

[@NextTechNT]

@@HigherSelph so you can log into each account with your user and get to admin.google.com?

[@yukoy8266]

Thank you for this video! Very helpful!

[@NextTechNT]

I’m so glad it helped and thanks for letting me know 😃

[@alwray]

This came in clutch! Thank you!

[@NextTechNT]

Your welcome. So glad it helped.

[@nickcacuick5652]

It worked! Thanks so much this. I’ve struggled to get this to work, where you’ve made this so easy 😅

[@NextTechNT]

I’m so happy this worked for you! Also thanks for letting me know :)

[@shaunakay7673]

Thank you so much, this is so helpful!

[@NextTechNT]

I’m so happy it helped and thanks for letting me know.

[@matthewsinagoga3559]

Quick question, what if I bought my domain through Google. Do I still need to do this?

[@NextTechNT]

I have seen a few email setup that’s are starting to include it but most likely yes you still have to do this. You can quickly check by going to the admin console and searching for dkim. It will tell you if you need to authenticate your domain or if you already are.

[@0V3CHKiN]

We use a shopping cart platform installed on a local server. It sends emails to customers via one of our Google Workspace email accounts. Is there anything we have to do on that server for the authentication? Or is this all done via the Admin web portal and the domain company like GoDaddy or Register?

[@NextTechNT]

This one is a little more tricky. If it is actually sending the mail from your Google workspace account via smtp or api connections then authenticating your Google workspace domain like in this video is all you need. If you send it through the platform like Shopify then you’ll need to follow the platform specific instructions. To monitor where your email is sent from you can setup a dmarc record as well. I recommend this video for that - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH3be3-Bm5Kol5osi=0rVdekJ8v_ZyKeKM We can also manage it for you if you reach out to us and setup an initial consultation we can talk about that.

[@NAY2GAS]

Thanks for your video!, Very Easy to set up. How does someone use DKIM after your email is setup with it?

[@NextTechNT]

Once you set it up your email provider automatically puts the information in the header so all email sent is using dkim after you set it up.

[@evokreyol]

Thank you so much. You saved my day, seriously!

[@NextTechNT]

So excited to hear that. I make these videos hoping it will help people and love to hear when it does. The final video you should check out is our dmarc video that ties in spf and dkim. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH3be3-Bm5Kol5o

[@Olachi_Gift]

Thank You so much, I religiously followed the video but when I tried to start authentication I got this(Email authentication was not verified. Please allow 48 hours for DNS to update and make sure you entered the correct TXT record into your domain provider's DNS settings page) please what could this mean and yes I patronize google domain.

[@NextTechNT]

Typically if your records are correct this should resolve itself in a couple hours. If it doesn’t work after 24 hours and you can pull it on a southern you may have something wrong in your record. I would delete it and then read it. I’ve had it take a full two days a couple times but it is rare.

[@MrBskurowski]

How long does the dkim authentication take? I have been waiting a week...

[@NextTechNT]

The longest i have had to wait is one full day. It seems you may have an error in your records. If you do a dns search for the records do the come up? You can use dnslookup.io

[@MrBskurowski]

@@NextTechNT I might email you guys. What is your email address again?

[@NextTechNT]

@@MrBskurowski sorry replies are a bit different take don’t show up in studio. You can schedule an initial consultation and we may be able to help you out really quick. Nexttechconsultants.com

[@KristaMarcogliese-ze9ry]

Thank you for this video. Helpful to say the least.

[@NextTechNT]

Happy to help! I really enjoy making these videos and appreciate you letting me know it helped out. :)

[@StahlFirearmsNo2]

What do I do if google is my domain host I can’t find a video on it and all the settings are different

[@NextTechNT]

you would need to go to domains.google.com choose your domain and say manage DNS. I'll try to get a video up shortly on how to get into Google DNS manager. For now you can follow these instructions to set-up the DNS settings you need in Google Domains - support.google.com/domains/answer/3290350?hl=en&ref_topic=9018335&sjid=8823941427004765953-NA

[@KateStrain-b8p]

this only seems to work for workspace accounts( which I dont have)

[@NextTechNT]

That’s correct this will not work for an @gmail.com account. You must own the domain and pay for an account for this to work.

[@PopCykool]

What about Squarespace? I've been trying to authenticate and get the following: Email authentication was not verified. Please allow 48 hours for DNS to update and make sure you entered the correct TXT record into your domain provider's DNS settings page. Still doesn't work after 48 hours. Can you help?

[@NextTechNT]

Couple things that could cause this. You copied and pasted an extra space somewhere so try that again. Another thing is make sure you have the correct domain selected when doing the dkim authentication screen in Google. I’m assuming both of those are correct, if that is the case feel free to email us with a few screen shots and your domain and I’d be happy to see if I can spot the reason it isn’t working. You can email us at [e-mail]

[@ewa4775]

Unfortunately it messed my email. Now I also cannot receive emails. Having tried to fix it , I managed to messed up domain which is not working now.

[@NextTechNT]

As long as you didn’t change my records it shouldn’t have stopped you from receiving emails. Hope you were able to figure it out.

[@terripace5756]

Do you have to sign in as an administrator account? I don't think i have this? Or do I sign in with my account? Can't seem to sign in to Google Admin - please help thank you

[@NextTechNT]

Yes in Google you have to be an administrator to do this. If you can access admin.google.com the. You won’t be able to set this up. You’ll have to contact your admin.

[@kashifkabirr]

This fixed my DKIM authentication but DKIM Alignment is still not fixed and it says signature is missing 😢 Please help me out

[@NextTechNT]

How are you checking it? What platform, and which email system?

[@kashifkabirr]

​@@NextTechNT I'm checking this using MX Tool Box and I have namecheap domain and Google Workspace account

[@mertkaracayil]

so if you press stop authenticate does that stop your emails being sent authenticated for ever or stop the email account being processed to be authenticated? sorry having major issues with this and im sure more people will in 2024 with googles extreme policy's coming out.

[@NextTechNT]

Stop authenticating will stop until you start it again. If you stop authenticating then the emails sent out would have no dkim signature. Yes with Googles policy update it will be a big change for people.

[@filmgibi1485]

Really thank you!

[@NextTechNT]

So happy it helped you out. Thanks for letting me know!

[@JohnGuess]

I used google for my domain, what di i do for Google not godaddy?

[@NextTechNT]

you would need to go to domains.google.com choose your domain and say manage DNS. I'll try to get a video up shortly on how to get into Google DNS manager. For now you can follow these instructions to set-up the DNS settings you need in Google Domains - support.google.com/domains/answer/3290350?hl=en&ref_topic=9018335&sjid=8823941427004765953-NA

[@tyshaosborne8794]

Thank you so much! I kept getting this error message and was at a complete loss on how to fix it. My domain is through Google domains, so the process was a little different, but still easy. Thank you!!!!!

[@NextTechNT]

So glad this helped you out!

[@kristenstrother4587]

Can you describe how to do it through Google domains? I can’t figure it out and all my emails are getting sent back!

[@PayMeJd]

@@kristenstrother4587this is SOOOOOO frustrating like wtf is even the point? I’m so annoyed. Can’t send any emails to my customers.

[@HigherSelph]

Did you need to set up an admin account or were you able to avoid that by having the domain registered with Google?

[@NextTechNT]

@@HigherSelph you have to have a Google admin account in order to set up dkim for Your domain.

[@alanrivmiami]

God bless you.

[@NextTechNT]

So happy this helped you! Thanks for letting me know. Always appreciate it.

[@Just4UTravelWichita]

Thanks a MILLION-- I was so frustrated with the Google work space email they sent- their instructions made no sense- I am NOT geek tech friendly! Never mind- Things are different now :(

[@NextTechNT]

Haha so glad it helped. You may be a certified geek tech after all. :)

[@AndrewDaley-r1l]

Thank you!

[@NextTechNT]

You’re welcome! Happy it helped!

[@andrewd8534]

@@NextTechNT I was using my business email (gmail) and my site is through Wix. Every time I sent an email to another gmail user, the email would bounce back to me and get blocked. So frustrating!! I needing a master degree in coding to follow the instructions Google provides. This seemed to have worked and is user friendly. Thanks again.

[@TammySugden-Kaupp]

Wow - I just checked your CC for note taking and that is just.... horrible. You may want to look into that.

[@NextTechNT]

Oh no. I’ve never touched closed caption settings. I’ll have to check that out. Thanks for letting me know.

[@nuclearhunter5]

Thank you

[@SRIBES]

No

[@NextTechNT]

Happy to hear it helped!

[@NextTechNT]

… Yes. Have a great day!

[@SeekingVirtueA]

Thank you!!!

[@NextTechNT]

Of course. So happy it helped! Thank you for letting me know :)