How to Setup DMARC Records in cPanel Updated on May 12, 2025 by InMotion Hosting Contributor 1 Minutes, 52 Seconds to Read In this tutorial, we show you how to setup DMARC records in cPanel to specify how mail servers should handle messages from your domain that don’t have valid SPF and DKIM records setup. Since the DMARC standard is used by many email providers (such as Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL, Hotmail, Outlook), it increases your chances of email being delivered successfully. We provide basic DMARC record examples below. Don’t have time to read our full article? Watch our walk-through video. DMARC Setup Steps Login to cPanel. Click Zone Editor under Domains. Click the Manage button next to the domain you want to work with. Click the +Add Record button. Change the Type from A to TXT. Enter the Name, TTL, Type, and Record as described below. Keep in mind that you must select one of the following options for the Record field: None, Reject, or Quarantine. Field Setting Name _dmarc TTL 14400 Type TXT Record In this field you must choose how you want recipient servers to handle email from your domain that fails SPF/DKIM validation. Options are outlined below in red:None: v=DMARC1; p=none; sp=none; rf=afrf; pct=100; ri=86400Reject: v=DMARC1; p=reject; sp=none; rf=afrf; pct=100; ri=86400Quarantine: v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; sp=none; rf=afrf; pct=100; ri=86400 Alternately, you can request an email report of failed DMARC validations by adding a valid email address, such as the following: None: v=DMARC1; p=none; sp=none; ruf=mailto:[email protected]; rf=afrf; pct=100; ri=86400Reject: v=DMARC1; p=reject; sp=none; rf=afrf; pct=100; ruf=mailto:[email protected]; ri=86400Quarantine: v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; sp=none; ruf=mailto:[email protected]; rf=afrf; pct=100; ri=86400 Click Add Record to save your record. Note: In Zone Editor, typing “_dmarc” will autopopulate the domain.You will then see your record listed in the Zone Records section. Congratulations, now you know how to setup DMARC records in your cPanel for email validation. Are you a small business? Then you know that having your emails successfully delivered to the recipients is only half the battle with email marketing. InMotion’s Shared Hosting plans include a number of helpful tools to take your email marketing game to the next level. Share this Article IC InMotion Hosting Contributor Content Writer InMotion Hosting contributors are highly knowledgeable individuals who create relevant content on new trends and troubleshooting techniques to help you achieve your online goals! More Articles by InMotion Hosting Related Articles How to Setup an Email AutoResponder in cPanel How to Set Up the cPanel DAV Daemon How to Install WordPress using Softaculous How to Migrate Your Website Using cPanel How to Use Git Version Control in cPanel How Much Will You Pay For cPanel Licenses? Wildcard Subdomains and DNS How to Create a Subdomain in cPanel Cache Manager for cPanel How to Setup DMARC Records in cPanel
I followed this guide but receive the following error: Error: [redacted].com’s “TXT” records have mismatched TTL values (900 and 14400). Records of the same name and type must always have the same TTL value. Help!
According to cPanel “if a zone has any recordsets with mismatched TTLs, those mismatches must be fixed before the zone can be updated.” Due to this I recommend checking your TTL on any DMARC entries and ensuring that they are set the same. If your problems persist, our Live Support team can help review your DMARC records and enter them successfully.
Keep in mind that this would only apply if an email from your domain fails SPF/DKIM validation. So if it is setup correctly it should not be a concern unless someone is spoofing your server/email accounts. This really boils down to preference, but here is a breakdown of the results you would get if an email from your domain failed validation: None would still attempt to deliver the email Reject would make the email fail and most likely bounce back Quarantine would tell the recipient server to flag the email as unsafe and will most likely send to a Spam box I hope this helps.
I don’t understand this comment: Note: In Zone Editor, typing “_dmarc” will autopopulate the domain. When I did this, it just expanded the first field to say: _dmarc.[mydomain].com but didn’t do anything else. Since that seemed wrong, I re-edited that field to [mydomain].com. and filled in the TXT contents from your other examples.
Hello Henry – thanks for your post about using “_dmarc” to autopopulate the domain. It is possible that current updates to the cPanel have changed the command. We are currently researching this and will update the article after confirming and needed change.
Nope, turns out the comment is 100% right after all. Type: _dmarc then tab out, and it will fill in _dmarc.yourdomain.com, which is totally correct. A number of tools apparently depend on the _dmarc prefix being there in order to do their jobs.
