--- title: "Here’s How You Can Set Up DKIM HostGator | DuoCircle" description: "Join the thousands of organizations that use DuoCircle Find out how affordable it is for your organization today and be pleasantly surprised.Interested in" image: "https://www.duocircle.com/images/og-default.png" canonical: "https://www.duocircle.com/resources/dkim-hostgator/" --- Resource # Here’s How You Can Set Up DKIM HostGator Join the thousands of organizations that use DuoCircle Find out how affordable it is for your organization today and be pleasantly surprised.Interested in [ Talk to an Expert → ](/contact/) [ See what we make ](/products/) ## Here’s How You Can Set Up DKIM HostGator Understand how to set up DKIM HostGator. [Get DMARC Monitoring](/email/dmarc) ###### [EMAIL SECURITY SERVICES](/) ###### [PLANS AND PRICING](/email/dmarc#pricingarea) ###### [DMARC REPORTING](/email/dmarc) One of the fundamental reasons why email marketing campaigns fail is the blind eye turned towards the technicalities of **email authentication setup**. Therefore, _it is pertinent to understand the steps required to set DKIM up_ with HostGator appropriately. It is essential for the effectiveness of the entire marketing campaign and its impact on potential consumers. Due to security concerns and **phishing threats**, _most emails from unknown sources are blocked_. If not correctly set up, the email marketing campaign will never make it to the inboxes of the intended target audience. That will, therefore, not be a great way to use resources prudently. ![dkim hostgator](https://media.mailhop.org/duocircle/images/2021/06/dkim-hostgator-setup.png) ### How Do I Add A DKIM Record To HostGator? Here are the simple steps for anyone to add a [DKIM record to HostGator](https://www.hostgator.com/help/article/domainkeys-and-dkim). - Step-1: Log into the HostGator Control panel. - Step-2: Look for the [Zone Editor](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/domains/zone-editor/) Icon. It will be under the Domains Section. There is a possibility in some cases that it might not be present. In that case, please contact HostGator and request for the same. - Step-3: There will be a drop-down menu too. The user can use this menu to select the desired domain name. - Step-4: This step is crucial and needs greater focus. Under Add a Record, the following information needs to be input. - Name: The [DKIM record](/resources/what-is-dkim) of the sender has to be located and the TXT record inserted. - TTL: The TTL has to be set at 1400. - Type: The Type has to be selected as TXT. - Address: The Address would be in TXT form similar in the case of name and inserted after the **DKIM record** of the sender has been recorded. - Step-5: The final step is to complete the setup process by clicking on the Add Record button. _Setting up HostGator – DKIM is a simple process_ and usually takes not more than 30 minutes for the changes to reflect. HostGator is one of the premier hosting services that have found immense popularity in recent years. _Setting up DKIM on HostGator is extremely important since emails will not reach the intended target_ without it being correctly implemented. Instead, they would land in the spam folder, which would sound like a death knell for the marketing team. Most email service providers have stringent [anti-phishing](/email/phishing-protection) mechanisms in place to identify and **stop malicious emails**. It is done to safeguard and protect client systems and networks. Hence _it becomes inevitable to set up the DKIM_ – HostGator to ensure the highest standards of email authentication. ##### Join the thousands of organizations that use DuoCircle --- Find out how affordable it is for your organization today and be pleasantly surprised. [Get DMARC Monitoring](/email/dmarc) Interested in our Partner Program for MSPs and VARs? Visit Our [MSP Partner Program](/msp-partner-program). ## Ready to talk? Same-day response from someone technical. We tell you yes or no quickly. If yes, we get to work. 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