---
title: Configure your domain to authenticate with your Scaleway Mailbox
description: Guide to authenticating your domain with your Scaleway Mailbox
tags: mailbox tutorial records
products:
  - mailbox
dates:
  validation: 2026-03-27
  posted: 2026-03-27
  difficulty: beginner
usecase:
  - access-mailbox
ecosystem:
  - third-party
---
import Requirements from '@macros/iam/requirements.mdx'

In this tutorial, you will learn how to manually configure your domain DNS records to work with your Mailbox.

<Requirements />

- A Scaleway account logged into the [console](https://console.scaleway.com)
- [Owner](/iam/concepts/#owner) status or [IAM permissions](/iam/concepts/#permission) allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
- [Created your Mailbox domain](/mailbox/how-to/create-mailbox-domain/)
- A domain name

## Check the DNS records of your Mailbox

1. Click **Mailbox** in the **Domains & Web Hosting** section of the [console](https://console.scaleway.com/) side menu. The list of your domains displays.
2. Click a Mailbox domain to configure.
3. In the **DNS records** tab, the page displays the records related to email delivery, email authentication, mail client configuration, calendar, and contacts services.

Keep this page open, you will need all these values in the next steps. You will also need to come back to this page after adding records on your domain to synchronize the changes with your Mailbox.

<Message type="important">
  The records for MX, DMARC, DKIM, and SPF are required for your domain to authenticate with your Mailbox.
</Message>

### Configure MX record

1. On your Mailbox records page, get ready to copy the **name** and **value** corresponding to the `mx` record.
2. On another tab or page, go to the records settings on your domain (refer to your domain manager for more information).
3. Add a new record:
    - Record type: `MX`
    - Name: Paste the **name** you have copied from the `mx` record of your Mailbox, or leave it empty depending on your domain manager.
    - Priority: `10`
    - Value or Hostname: Paste the **value** you have copied from the `mx` record of your Mailbox, with or without the `10` depending on your domain manager.
4. Save your changes.
5. On your Mailbox records page, click **Check status** to synchronize the changes with your Mailbox.

The status corresponding to this record becomes `Valid`.

### Configure DMARC record

1. On your Mailbox records page, get ready to copy the **name** and **value** corresponding to the `dmarc` record.
2. On another tab or page, go to the records settings on your domain (refer to your domain manager for more information).
3. Add a new record:
    - Record type: `TXT`
    - Name: Paste the **name** you have copied from the `dmarc` record of your Mailbox, or enter `_dmarc` depending on your domain manager.
    - Value or Hostname: Paste the **value** you have copied from the `dmarc` record of your Mailbox.
4. Save your changes.
5. On your Mailbox records page, click **Check status** to synchronize the information with your Mailbox.

The status corresponding to this record becomes `Valid`.

### Configure DKIM record

1. On your Mailbox records page, get ready to copy the **name** and **value** corresponding to the `dkim` record.
2. On another tab or page, go to the records settings on your domain (refer to your domain manager for more information).
3. Add a new record:
    - Record type: `TXT`
    - Name: Paste the **name** you have copied from the `dkim` record of your Mailbox.
    - Value or Hostname: Paste the **value** you have copied from the `dkim` record of your Mailbox.
4. Save your changes.
5. On your Mailbox records page, click **Check status** to synchronize the changes with your Mailbox.

The status corresponding to this record becomes `Valid`.

### Configure SPF record

1. On your Mailbox records page, get ready to copy the **name** and **value** corresponding to the `spf` record.
2. On another tab or page, go to the records settings on your domain (refer to your domain manager for more information).
3. Add a new record:
    - Record type: `TXT`
    - Name: Paste the **name** you have copied from the `spf` record of your Mailbox, or leave it empty depending on your domain manager.
    - Value or Hostname: Paste the **value** you have copied from the `spf` record of your Mailbox.
4. Save your changes.
5. On your Mailbox records page, click **Check status** to synchronize the changes with your Mailbox.

The status corresponding to this record becomes `Valid`.

### Configure other records

The other DNS records listed on the Mailbox domain are recommended or optional. You can add them by following the same logic.
1. On your Mailbox records page, check the information of the DNS record you wish to add to your domain.
2. On another tab or page, go to the records settings on your domain (refer to your domain manager for more information).
3. For any record that you want to add:
    - Record type: Enter or select the same type as the corresponding record of your Mailbox.
    - Name: Paste the **name** you have copied from the corresponding record of your Mailbox.
    - Value: Paste the **value** you have copied from the corresponding record of your Mailbox.
    <Message type="tip">
      For the records for `imap`, `pop3`, and `smtp`, the **value** starts with three numbers that correspond to `priority`, `weight`, and `port`.
      If these fields exists on your domain manager, fill them in and remove them from the `value` field.
    </Message>
4. Save your changes.
5. On your Mailbox records page, click **Check status** to synchronize the changes with your Mailbox.

The status corresponding to this record becomes `Valid`.