Add your email DNS records at Bluehost

Add the DNS records for your club's email at Bluehost, so OpenCourt can send your email campaigns and booking emails from your own domain. (About 10 minutes.)

Before you begin

• Add your domain in OpenCourt first. Go to Settings → Email settings and add it in the Sending domain card (see Turn on email campaigns for your club). Keep that card open in another browser tab: you copy each Host and Value from it.
• Did you add a subdomain, such as mail.yourclub.com? Delete only your main domain from the end of each host: pm-bounces.mail.yourclub.com becomes pm-bounces.mail.
• Your domain's DNS is at Bluehost. Your nameservers end in bluehost.com. If they don't, see Find where your domain's DNS is managed.

Open your DNS records

1. Sign in to the Bluehost Portal.
2. In the left menu, click Domains. If you have more than one domain, click yours.
3. Click the DNS tab. The Manage Advanced DNS Records section opens.

Add the DKIM record

1. Click + Add record, and choose a single record.
2. Choose TXT as the record type.
3. In the host field, paste the DKIM Host from OpenCourt, then delete your domain from the end. For example, 20261028123456pm._domainkey.yourclub.com becomes 20261028123456pm._domainkey. The number in your host is different.
4. In the value field, paste the DKIM Value.
5. Click Add.

Add the Return-Path record

1. Click + Add record, and choose a single record.
2. Choose CNAME as the record type.
3. In the host field, paste the Return-Path Host, then delete your domain from the end. For example, pm-bounces.yourclub.com becomes pm-bounces.
4. In the points-to field, paste the Return-Path Value.
5. Click Add.

Add the DMARC record (if OpenCourt recommends it)

Do this only if the DMARC row in OpenCourt says Recommended. If it says Published, skip it.

1. Click + Add record, and choose a single record.
2. Choose TXT as the record type.
3. In the host field, paste the DMARC Host, then delete your domain from the end. For yourclub.com, this leaves _dmarc.
4. In the value field, paste the DMARC Value from OpenCourt.
5. Click Add.

Verify in OpenCourt

Go back to the Sending domain card and click Check verification. When both records show Found, the card turns green: Domain verified. DNS changes can take a few hours to show, so wait and check again if needed. Then continue with step 3 of Turn on email campaigns.

If something goes wrong

• A record shows Not found after a few hours — check its host. If it still ends in your domain, delete your domain from the end.
• You need help inside Bluehost — contact Bluehost's support. For anything in OpenCourt, email support@getopencourt.com.

Related

• Turn on email campaigns for your club
• Send emails from your own domain