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# Enabling SPF and DKIM Records (Plesk)

SPF/DKIM records are necessary in order to help prevent your email addresses from being spoofed, which lets unauthorized party to forge emails using @yourdomain.com mailbox.

## SPF/DKIM records

### ENABLING DKIM RECORD

1. Login to your **Plesk** account.

2. Select the domain you like to add the **Domain Key** for.

3. Click the **Mail** tab.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/nhat4vc.png)

4. Click on the **Change Settings** tab to access your accounts mail preferences.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/pi2ud90.png)

5. Ensure that the **Use DomainKeys Spam Protection** option is ticked.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/UGKYbMl.png)

6. Now go to the **Websites and Domains** tab and click **DNS Settings**.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/JeEOKyh.png)

7. Click on the **Add Record** button.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/MGWEV5c.png)

8. You will be adding a **TXT record**, so choose that from the **drop-down menu** and enter your **TXT record** in the space provided. Once you have done this, click **OK** to complete the process.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/3JnBOtu.png)

### ENABLING SPF RECORD

1. Login to your **Plesk** account.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/LZO6m3t.jpg)

2. Click on the **Domains** link on the left panel.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/7Vhhrsx.jpg)

3. Click on the Open in **Control Panel** link for the relevant domain name.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/xx1EaGc.jpg)

4. Click on the **Website & Domains** tab.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/WNI276T.jpg)

5. Click on the **DNS Settings** link.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/rAGrG7X.jpg)

6. Click on the **Add Record** icon.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/DAe2HN7.jpg)

7. Select **TXT** from the **drop-down** list.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/8NJAlaf.jpg)

8. Leave the Domain name blank and enter the generated **SPF record** in the **TXT record** field.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/HKDf81k.jpg)

9. To apply the SPF record to the DNS zone, press the **Update** button.

![](https://tutorials.my-virtual-panel.com/articles/ZmnSmlU.jpg)