Email Domain Authentication in Cloudflare

Learn how to protect your emails from scammers and spammers.

We offer three options for domain authentication – Full, Full+ and Subdomain – for each of the below DNS (Domain Name System).

Read more on these options.

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Note

In each record below, Name uses your own domain or subdomain (the exact value depends on which authentication option you're setting up), while Target/Content/Mail server use a fixed value that's the same for every account: dkim.esputnik.com, spf2.esputnik.com, or trap.esputnik.com.

Log in to your Cloudflare account, go to the DNS app and click Add record.

Cloudflare DNS management page with the DNS tab and Add record button highlighted

Full

To verify your domain within the Full option, add the following records:

CNAME

  1. In Type, select CNAME.
  2. In Name, enter esputnik._domainkey
  3. In Target, enter dkim.esputnik.com.
  4. Click Save.
Cloudflare DNS record form with CNAME type, Name, and Target fields filled in and the Save button highlighted

TXT

  1. In Type, select TXT.
  2. In Name, enter your domain name.
  3. In TTL, select 1 hour.
  4. In Content, enter v=spf1 include:spf2.esputnik.com ~all
  5. Click Save.
Cloudflare DNS record form with TXT type, domain name, TTL, and SPF record content filled in and the Save button highlighted

Full+

To verify your domain within the Full+ option, add the following records:

TXT

  1. In Type, select TXT.
  2. In Name, enter your subdomain name.
  3. In TTL, select 1 hour.
  4. In Content, enter v=spf1 include:spf2.esputnik.com ~all
  5. Click Save.
Cloudflare DNS record form with TXT type, subdomain name, TTL, and SPF record content filled in and the Save button highlighted

MX

  1. In Type, select MX.
  2. In Name, enter your subdomain name.
  3. In Mail server, enter trap.esputnik.com.
  4. In TTL, select 1 hour.
  5. In Priority, select 10.
  6. Click Save.
Cloudflare DNS record form with MX type, subdomain name, mail server, and priority 10 filled in and the Save button highlighted

The ready record would look as follows:

Cloudflare DNS records list with the CNAME, MX, and two TXT records for the domain and subdomain highlighted
Cloudflare DNS records list with the CNAME, MX, and TXT records for a subdomain highlighted

Subdomain

The ready record within the Subdomain option would look as follows:

Cloudflare DNS records list with the CNAME, MX, and TXT records for a subdomain highlighted

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