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Domain.authenticate

POST /{namespace}/domains/{domain}/authenticate

Authenticate writes a Domain’s SPF, DKIM and DMARC records and verifies them before its first send.

Noun
Domain
Mode
do
Event
Domain.authenticated

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
domainDomainrequiredThe sending Domain.
dmarcstringThe DMARC policy; it starts at none with reports and tightens to quarantine.

Outputs

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
domainDomainrequiredThe Domain, authenticated.

Effects

  • Emits Domain.authenticated.
  • Performed by the Security Engineer.
  • Two-way: it runs at once, in the try, send and do modes.
  • Refuses every send from the Domain until all three records verify.
  • Cold outbound sends only from secondary Domains, never the Domain receipts use.

Refuses when

CheckErrorFixThen call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.forbiddenUse a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.Domain.authenticate

When it waits

GateDefault
Decision classLow: two-way, nothing at stake
Delay windowNone: it runs once review passes.
LimitThe call Limit of the Permission it runs under.
Over the LimitIt waits pending for an Approval from the Founder. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends refused with limit-exceeded; unanswered by its deadline, it ends canceled.