{"id":38668,"date":"2023-11-07T10:48:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T10:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/?p=38668"},"modified":"2025-12-24T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T12:15:00","slug":"benchmark-spf-and-dkim-configuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/benchmark-spf-and-dkim-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"Benchmark SPF and DKIM configuration: Step By Step Guideline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This instructional article will demonstrate the Benchmark configuration process of Sender Policy Framework (SPF), DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures to ensure Benchmark passes the DMARC alignment check and eliminate spam from your domain and increase security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SPF record identifies the mail servers and domains that are allowed to send email on behalf of your domain. The DKIM record, on the other hand, is a specially formatted DNS TXT record that stores the public key the receiving mail server will use to verify a message&#8217;s signature. These email authentication methods will be used to prove to ISPs and mail services that senders are truly authorized to send email from a particular domain and are a way of verifying your email sending server is sending emails through your domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"spf-yes\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-process-of-configuring-spf\"><strong>The process of configuring SPF<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to authenticate Benchmark on SPF, please follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on your account name and select\u00a0<strong>Account Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then, select\u00a0<strong>Domain Authentication.\u00a0<\/strong>Here you will see the domains that are available to authenticate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the domain you want to authenticate and click the\u00a0<strong>Start<\/strong> \/ <strong>View<\/strong>\u00a0option.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"913\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.47.53.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.47.53.png 913w, https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.47.53-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.47.53-768x342.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>You will now receive the CNAME records for setup. The first one is to configure SPF on a <strong>subdomain<\/strong> level, while the other one is to establish DKIM signing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.48.02-1-1024x472.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.48.02-1-1024x472.png 1024w, https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.48.02-1-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.48.02-1-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.48.02-1.png 1138w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Add the SPF record to the DNS to complete its setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"dkim-yes\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-process-of-configuring-dkim\"><strong>The process of configuring DKIM<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to authenticate Benchmark on DKIM, you need to create a CNAME record. Please follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Login and head to your DNS Zone provider<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a new CNAME record<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Input the DNS name copied from the &#8220;Domain Authentication&#8221; page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Input the DNS value copied from the &#8220;Domain Authentication&#8221; page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save the record<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The screenshot below will show you an example of the DKIM record. <strong>We\u2019ll be using CloudFlare for this example.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important Note: <\/strong>Please make sure to disable the Proxy Status and let it remain on DNS Only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-16.07.39-1024x142.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-16.07.39-1024x142.png 1024w, https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-16.07.39-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-16.07.39-768x106.png 768w, https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-16.07.39-1200x166.png 1200w, https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-16.07.39.png 1266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the records are added scroll down and click on &#8220;Check Configuration&#8221; button to verify the setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.50.37-1024x449.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.50.37-1024x449.png 1024w, https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.50.37-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.50.37-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-at-13.50.37.png 1126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>Congratulations, you now successfully authenticated your outgoing mail stream from Benchmark with SPF and DKIM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vg_note\"><strong>Important note:<\/strong> If the provider recommends publishing also a DMARC record, there\u2019s no need to do so if you already have a DMARC record in place, as each domain can only have one DMARC record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"video-config\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio  is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper video-seo-youtube-embed-wrapper\"><div class=\"video-seo-youtube-player\" data-id=\"wEEngcCtC6w\"><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This instructional article will demonstrate the Benchmark configuration &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[205,209],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowledge-base","category-source-configuration"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Benchmark SPF and DKIM configuration | EasyDMARC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Enhance email security with Benchmark&#039;s SPF and DKIM configuration guide. 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