# Set up email DNS and deliverability

For email to work and stay out of spam, your domain needs the right DNS records: **MX** (routing), **SPF** and **DKIM** (authentication), and often **DMARC**.

## Steps

1. Go to **Email → [your domain] → DNS & delivery**. Orvoro shows the exact records to add.
2. Add each record at your DNS provider:
   - If Orvoro manages your DNS, add them on the **DNS** page (see *Manage DNS records*).
   - If another provider manages DNS, add them there.
3. Back on the **DNS & delivery** screen, click **Verify**. Records turn green once detected.
4. Allow time for propagation (minutes, sometimes longer) before re-verifying.

## Why each record matters

- **MX** — tells the world which server receives your mail.
- **SPF / DKIM** — prove your mail is really from your domain, which mailbox providers require to trust it.
- **DMARC** — tells receivers what to do with mail that fails checks.

## Troubleshooting

- **Verification stuck?** — double-check you copied each value exactly (no trailing spaces) and that you edited the provider currently controlling DNS.
- **Mail going to spam?** — confirm SPF and DKIM are verified; give reputation time to build with normal sending.

**Related:** Create a mailbox · Manage DNS records · Migrate email from another provider