By default your list sends from yourlist@tinysend.com and lives at yourlist.tinysend.com. With a custom domain you can send from updates@yourname.com and host the archive at your own address instead.
Setting it up
In the list’s domain tab:
- Enter the domain you want to send from (e.g. yourname.com)
- Set the sender name and sender email
- tinysend gives you the DNS records to add
DNS records
You add the records at your DNS provider. They cover the three things mailbox providers check:
- DKIM — signs your mail so receivers can verify it’s really you
- SPF — authorizes tinysend to send for your domain
- DMARC — tells receivers what to do with mail that fails the checks
A CNAME for the archive subdomain points your domain at tinysend’s hosting.
Verifying
Once the records are live, hit verify. DNS can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours to propagate. tinysend re-checks automatically, so you don’t have to babysit it — the status flips to verified when everything resolves.
After verifying
Your newsletters send from your domain, with your name in the inbox, and your archive lives at your address. Warm-up still applies to a new sending domain — see email warm-up.
For the record formats themselves, see the DNS records reference.
Questions?
Contact us at hi@tinysend.com.