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Add your email DNS records at IONOS

Where to find your DNS settings at IONOS, and how to add the DKIM, Return-Path and DMARC records for your club's email.

Add the DNS records for your club's email at IONOS, 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 IONOS. Your nameservers contain ui-dns. If they don't, see Find where your domain's DNS is managed.

Open your DNS settings

  1. Sign in to IONOS and go to Domains & SSL.
  2. Next to your domain, click the gear icon under Actions, and select DNS.

Add the DKIM record

  1. Click Add Record, and select TXT.
  2. In Host name, 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.
  3. In Value, paste the DKIM Value.
  4. Click Save.

Add the Return-Path record

  1. Click Add Record, and select CNAME.
  2. In Host name, paste the Return-Path Host, then delete your domain from the end. For example, pm-bounces.yourclub.com becomes pm-bounces.
  3. In the target field, paste the Return-Path Value.
  4. Click Save.

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 select TXT.
  2. In Host name, paste the DMARC Host, then delete your domain from the end. For yourclub.com, this leaves _dmarc.
  3. In Value, paste the DMARC Value from OpenCourt.
  4. Click Save.

Verify in OpenCourt

Go back to the Sending domain card and click Check verification. IONOS says a change can take up to an hour to show outside IONOS. When both records show Found, the card turns green: Domain verified. 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 name. If it still ends in your domain, delete your domain from the end.
  • You need help inside IONOS — contact IONOS support. For anything in OpenCourt, email support@getopencourt.com.

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On this page

Before you beginOpen your DNS settingsAdd the DKIM recordAdd the Return-Path recordAdd the DMARC record (if OpenCourt recommends it)Verify in OpenCourtIf something goes wrongRelated