How do I setup my email domain with Numero Broadcast Email?

To start sending emails, you will first need to setup where your emails are coming from. We’ll take the guesswork out of syncing your email domain with our email sources and work with you through the process before Onboarding. 

1. Submit your Sending Domain*: The domain or your website that is used to indicate who an email is from (e.g. committeename.com or candidatename.com). If you do not own a domain, you will need to purchase one to use with our Comms Center. Here are a few useful registrars: Cloudflare, GoDaddy, NameCheap, DNSSimple. To select your sending domain, reply to support@numero.ai during account setup.
2. DMARC Domain: DMARC (Domain- based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance-whew!) is an email security measure that protects your domain from being abused by phishing attempts and scammers and also aims to give you better insight into your email deliverability. Learn more here.
3. Verify Domain
   • Sign into the above DNS account

   • We will provide you with three records to be added to your domain settings:

     1. Bounce DNS Record
     2. DKIM DNS Record
     3. DMARC Record
   • Add the 3 unique values**  that Numero provides to you within your DNS Settings. These are tied to email authentication, email bounces, and DMARC.
   • If using a subdomain, the leading portion of a subdomain, such as “mail.committeename.com”, add new CNAME record from your DNS settings
4. Final Review and Verification
   • Inform us at support@numero.ai once all of the above are complete and we will complete the verification

*What are Sending and DMARC Domains and are they required?

These are required as they are needed to help authenticate your domain by email clients like Google and Outlook to identify and protect from phishing, spoofing, and forging your emails. These also build your sending reputation so that your emails are less likely to end up in ignored spam folders. You will first need a domain for your committee. If you need to purchase one, visit https://domains.google/ or any valid domain provider.

Sending domains are what we use in the From: (sender) header of your email broadcast. The sending domain would look something like this: updates.yourwebsite.com. We will recommend one for your use, which you can use or choose your own. This domain must be new, so if you had an email tool before with a sending domain, be sure to pick a new one. 

**How do I add these records into my DNS settings?

This is where you will need to navigate to your domain provider (e.g. AWS, GoDaddy, Dreamhost, Cloudflare, etc.) and log in. If you are unfamiliar with where your domain is managed, please reach out to the person on your team who manages domains and include them in our thread. Once logged in, identify where you can add custom DNS records. Here you will copy our email info and paste the values into your DNS records for each of the three records listed above. Each record has a type (TXT or CNAME), a hostname, and a value.

Tip: It’s best to have both windows open side by side. Scroll to the bottom to see a list of common domain providers. Depending on your domain provider or management software, the steps and information you need to create your records with may vary. Visit this article for common domain providers and their help articles on creating DNS records here.

If you would like Team Numero to guide you through this process, we will take the first portion of the onboard to input the three records into your DNS settings.