DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is like a digital signature for emails that proves an email really came from who it claims to be from. DKIM helps prevent email spoofing and is one of the main tools (along with SPF and DMARC) used to fight email fraud. Here’s how Office 365 DKIM works: When your organization […]
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Google and Yahoo have both announced a new set of requirements that senders must meet from the beginning of February 2024 to ensure that their email is delivered to mailboxes on their services. Creating a DMARC record for your domain is key to proper domain security. The long and short of these requirements are that
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In this post, we’ll take a look at adding a domain to Microsoft365 and configuring your DNS records with Cloudflare DNS. One of the benefits of using Cloudflare for your DNS is that you can hide where your website is being hosted, and it’s free for their basic services. Create a Microsoft365 tenancy The first
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In this post, we’ll take a look at adding a domain to Microsoft365 and configuring your DNS records with an Amazon Route 53 DNS. Fun Fact: The name Route 53 comes from the fact that DNS often detemines internet routing and the port used for DNS lookups is port 53! Create a Microsoft365 tenancy The
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In this post, we’ll take a look at adding a domain to Microsoft365 and configuring your DNS records with an Azure DNS Zone. Create a Microsoft365 tenancy The first step to getting a domain set up in Microsoft365 is to set up a tenancy. A tenancy is a placeholder to contain your domains, user accounts,
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If you’re using Azure for other services, then it makes perfect sense to also use Azure Public DNS Zones to host your domain and manage your DNS. You’ll be building on top of the massive infrastructure that Azure already has in place to manage it’s own internal and external DNS. Create an Azure Public DNS
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If you’re wanting to send email from your application, then Sendgrid is a fantastic provider that makes it easy (and potentially free) to get up and going. Sendgrid have great documentation at https://docs.sendgrid.com/for-developers/sending-email/api-getting-started and if you’re a .NET developer, a helpful c# client at https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-csharp Set up your SendGrid account To get an account set
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Setting up a new website on a new server or with a different hosting provider while the existing website is still live presents some challenges. Https configuration Firstly, to test https configurations configuration, you need to use the correct URL. Most hosting control panels supply a temporary URL, or you can alias your own spare
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