Contacts & Email · Full walkthrough
Send from your name, in your style.
Verify your sending domain, set your sender and reply-to, and finish your newsletter header and footer.
Before you start
Choose the domain you will send from and an existing inbox for replies. You need DNS access for campaign sending. Automatic signup confirmations and member links can use Podspun's sender without campaign-domain setup.
Open Sending DNS Setup
Open Email → Config → Sending DNS Setup. Choose the website domain and, when adding a sending domain, select the domain itself or the subdomain you want to use.
A sending domain is for outgoing campaigns. Podspun does not replace your receiving inbox or mail provider.
A subdomain can keep campaign sending separate from your main domain. Use the exact records displayed for the chosen sender.
Verify your sending records
Add the displayed SPF, DKIM and DMARC records at your DNS provider, then return and check the domain's status. Campaign sending needs the domain to show Verified.
Keep other valid SPF providers when updating an existing SPF record; do not create two contradictory SPF records for the same name.
Use the displayed host names and values. Website pointing records and email sending records have different jobs even when shown on the same setup screen.
Set the sender and reply-to
Under Email defaults, enter From name, From email and Reply-to email, then Save defaults. From email must use your verified sending domain.
A Gmail address is useful as Reply-to if you read that inbox, but it is not a campaign sender at your own verified domain.
When Reply-to is empty, replies use From email. Make sure that address receives mail at an inbox you can open.
Choose the email header
Open Header & Footer. Add an optional Header Image and save it. Leave it empty if you want emails to use the website logo where available.
A wide image works best in the email's 600-pixel desktop width. Review a mobile inbox as well as the desktop presentation.
This header is shared across emails. Avoid an image tied to one campaign when you want it to serve as your everyday brand header.
Finish the footer and address
Review the tagline, social links and real mailing address, then Save footer. Choose website social links or your own list; review the unsubscribe footer in a test.
The postal address is required for marketing email. The unsubscribe link is part of the email system; do not substitute a visual footer for it.
Using website social links keeps email aligned with Menu Layouts → Social. Check those destinations before sending.
Test and review the setup
Return to Sending DNS Setup and use Send a test email to inspect your sender, reply-to, branding and footer. Then review the dashboard setup checklist before your first campaign.
A test sends one actual email to the address you choose. Confirm that recipient before using Send test.
Check message links, mobile rendering, sender identity and reply handling. Build and review the campaign audience separately before sending to subscribers.
Review checklist
- Sending domain is Verified.
- From email uses that domain and replies reach a real inbox.
- Header, social links and mailing address are correct.
- A test message was reviewed before a campaign send.
If you get stuck
My From email is rejected
Use an address at the verified sending domain. Put your Gmail or other existing inbox in Reply-to instead.
Email setup is complete but sending fails
Review domain verification, sender, mailing address and eligible subscribed recipients on the campaign's checks.