{"id":1519,"date":"2026-08-03T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:00:03","slug":"how-to-find-mailchimp-dns-records-for-domain-authentication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/how-to-find-mailchimp-dns-records-for-domain-authentication\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Mailchimp DNS Records for Domain Authentication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Setting up Mailchimp domain authentication improves email deliverability and keeps your messages out of spam. To set this up, Mailchimp requires adding specific <strong>CNAME \/ DKIM<\/strong> records to your domain&#8217;s DNS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like our support team to add these records on Jolt for you, follow these quick steps to grab the exact text details we need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f-important-we-need-text-not-screenshots\">\u26a0\ufe0f Important: We Need Text, Not Screenshots<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Screenshots cannot be copied and pasted directly into DNS settings. To avoid typos, please send us the <strong>exact text values<\/strong> copied directly from Mailchimp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"step-by-step-extract-your-records-from-mailchimp\">Step-by-Step: Extract Your Records from Mailchimp<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Go to Domains:<\/strong> Log in to Mailchimp, click your profile icon &gt; <strong>Account &amp; billing<\/strong> (or <strong>Settings<\/strong>) &gt; <strong>Domains<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Start Authentication:<\/strong> Find your domain and click <strong>Authenticate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Copy the Records:<\/strong> Mailchimp will display two <strong>CNAME<\/strong> records. Click the <strong>Copy<\/strong> button next to the <strong>Name<\/strong> and <strong>Value<\/strong> for each.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-to-send-support\">What to Send Support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Paste the copied text in a support ticket using this format:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Record 1:\nType: CNAME\nName: &#091;Paste Name here]\nValue: &#091;Paste Value here]\n\nRecord 2:\nType: CNAME\nName: &#091;Paste Name here]\nValue: &#091;Paste Value here]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Once received, our team will update your Jolt DNS records right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"next-steps-propagation\">Next Steps &amp; Propagation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>DNS Updates:<\/strong> DNS changes take <strong>15\u201330 minutes<\/strong> (up to 24 hours in rare cases).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Verification:<\/strong> Return to <strong>Mailchimp &gt; Domains<\/strong> and click <strong>Re-authenticate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DNS Elsewhere?<\/strong> If your domain&#8217;s nameservers point outside of  Jolt (e.g., Cloudflare, GoDaddy), these records must be added at your DNS provider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setting up Mailchimp domain authentication improves email deliverability and keeps your messages out of spam. To set this up, Mailchimp requires adding specific CNAME \/ DKIM records to your domain&#8217;s DNS. If you would like our support team to add these records on Jolt for you, follow these quick steps&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel","category-domains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1530,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions\/1530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}