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Add your email DNS records at Namecheap

Where to find Advanced DNS at Namecheap, 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 Namecheap, 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 uses Namecheap's DNS (BasicDNS, PremiumDNS, or FreeDNS). Your nameservers end in registrar-servers.com. If your domain uses Namecheap hosting nameservers, add the records in your cPanel Zone Editor instead. For other nameservers, see Find where your domain's DNS is managed.

Open Advanced DNS

  1. Sign in to Namecheap and select Domain List on the left.
  2. Click Manage next to your domain.
  3. Select the Advanced DNS tab.
  4. Find the Host Records section.

Add the DKIM record

  1. Click Add New Record.
  2. In Type, choose TXT Record.
  3. In Host, 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. Namecheap does not accept the domain in this field.
  4. In Value, paste the DKIM Value.
  5. Leave TTL on Automatic.

Add the Return-Path record

  1. Click Add New Record.
  2. In Type, choose CNAME Record.
  3. In Host, paste the Return-Path Host, then delete your domain from the end. For example, pm-bounces.yourclub.com becomes pm-bounces.
  4. In Value, paste the Return-Path Value.
  5. Click Save all changes.

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 New Record, and choose TXT Record.
  2. In Host, 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 all changes.

Verify in OpenCourt

Go back to the Sending domain card and click Check verification. Namecheap says new records normally take effect in about 30 minutes. 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

  • There is no Host Records section in Advanced DNS — your domain uses other nameservers or Namecheap hosting nameservers. Add the records there (in cPanel for hosting). See Find where your domain's DNS is managed.
  • A record shows Not found after a few hours — check its Host. It must not include your domain.
  • You need help inside Namecheap — contact Namecheap's support. For anything in OpenCourt, email support@getopencourt.com.

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On this page

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