HOWTO create Mailchimp DKIM CNAME records at Opalstack

sean

If your domain uses Opalstack's name servers and you need to create create CNAME records for Mailchimp DKIM then take the following steps, replacing "domain.com" with your own domain:

Go to https://my.opalstack.com/domains/.
Click "Add Your Domain" at the top right. A form will appear.
Enter "k2._domainkey.domain.com".
Click "More" on the form. An additional text entry box will appear.
Enter "k3._domainkey.domain.com".
Click "Add All" on the form to save the new domains.
Back at https://my.opalstack.com/domains/ click the Edit icon for the "k2._domainkey.domain.com" item that you just added.
Click "Add DNS Record" at the top right. A form will appear.
Select CNAME in the first form field.
Enter "dkim2.mcsv.net" as the record content.
Click "Add DNS Record" on the form to save the CNAME record.
Repeat steps 7-11 for "k3._domainkey.domain.com" using "dkim3.mcsv.net" as the CNAME content.

MattShepherd

The above worked well, thanks, but there's a STEP 4 in the MailChimp instructions that I don't know how to navigate:

In your domain provider, you are going to add 1 TXT record. This record helps ensure proper delivery of emails.

To create a DMARC record:

Choose to add a new DNS record.
For Type, choose TXT.
For Host, copy/paste the Host value from the TXT table below.
For Points To, copy/paste the Points To value from the TXT table below.
Leave TTL at the default value.
Click the Save button.

![https://imgur.com/a/nFZ27lI](https://)

Creating a new domain doesn't give me the Points To option, neither does adding a TXT domain record to either of the domains created in the step above.

sean

MattShepherd to create the DMARC record on our end:

Create _dmarc.whatever.com as a new domain.
Click the Edit icon for the _dmarc.whatever.com item you just created.
Add the DNS record.

MattShepherd

sean

That did it! Thanks, Sean.