Add a DMARC record in TransIP

Updated 2026-09-30 · Setup Guides

If your domain's nameservers are ns0.transip.net, ns1.transip.nl and ns2.transip.eu, its DNS is at TransIP — those are TransIP's nameservers, used for domains registered through TransIP. You publish the record in the control panel's DNS settings.

The record you're publishing

The Value is your DMARC policy. If you're setting up monitoring with DMARCmetric, Add your first domain generates the full value for you, including your workspace's unique rua= reporting address — copy it from the wizard with the copy button rather than retyping it. p=none is the right starting policy: it monitors everything and blocks nothing.

One thing to know first. While TransIP settings is switched on, TransIP manages your domain's records itself — and says the DMARC record is added automatically. To add or edit your own records you switch it off, and switching it back on later overwrites every record you configured, _dmarc included.

Don't add quote marks around the value: TransIP's DKIM guide says not to copy the quotation marks at the start and end of a value, because its DNS software adds them in the background.

The steps below add a new record, for a domain with no DMARC record yet. If _dmarc already has one, don't add another — edit the one you have instead.

Step by step

1. In the control panel, go to Domain and select your domain in the left column (don't tick its box).
2. Scroll to DNS settings, then DNS.
3. If you don't see your records yet, click the switch behind TransIP settings to switch them off. Your domain's DNS records become visible and editable.
4. Look for a TXT record whose Name is _dmarc. If there is one, edit it instead.
5. Add a record with Name _dmarc — without your domain; TransIP adds it in the background — and Type TXT.
6. In Value, paste your v=DMARC1; … value, without quote marks.
7. Click Save in the bottom right of the DNS section.

TransIP says DNS changes may take up to 24 hours before they're effective.

If you already have a DMARC record

A domain can have only one DMARC record, so don't add a new record — change the one that's there. Never add a second _dmarc record next to the old one: with two, email providers ignore both.

1. In the DNS section, find the existing TXT record whose Name is _dmarc.
2. Edit that record.
3. What you change depends on what DMARCmetric shows you — check which of these two it is before you touch anything:
   • If DMARCmetric shows only an address (mailto:rua+…, shown when it couldn't read your DNS at that moment), don't replace anything. Add that address to your existing rua= tag, separated by a comma. If the record has no rua= tag, add one: rua= followed by the address, separated from the tag before it by a semicolon. Leave your policy and every other tag as they are.
   • If DMARCmetric shows a full record (starting with v=DMARC1), replace the record's whole Value with it. That value is built from your existing record: your policy and tags are kept, and it includes your DMARCmetric reporting address.
4. Save the record.

If there are several. If the list shows more than one TXT record at _dmarc that starts with v=DMARC1, delete the extras and keep one, then change the one you keep exactly as in step 3: if DMARCmetric shows a full record, that record becomes its Value; if it shows only an address, add the address to its rua= tag. Until only one is left, receivers treat the domain as having no DMARC policy at all.

Verify it's live

From a terminal:

dig TXT _dmarc.example.com +short

You should see your v=DMARC1; … value echoed back in quotes. No terminal handy? Run your domain through the free DMARC checker — it fetches the live record and validates the syntax, which dig won't do. And if you added the record as part of DMARCmetric onboarding, press Verify DNS in the wizard; Verify your domain explains each result it can give you.

Common mistakes

• Switching TransIP settings back on. TransIP then overwrites all the DNS records you configured with its own — your _dmarc record included.
• Adding quote marks. TransIP's DKIM guide says not to copy them: its DNS software adds them in the background.
• Copying TransIP's example reporting address. Its TXT guide shows rua=example@… without mailto:, which a DMARC reporting address needs. Paste DMARCmetric's full value instead.
• Two _dmarc records. A domain may have only one DMARC record; receivers treat two TXT records at _dmarc as no valid policy at all. If a record already exists, edit it — don't add a second.
• Editing the value by hand. A missing semicolon between tags, mailto; instead of mailto:, or a mangled reporting address all invalidate the record or send your reports nowhere. Copy-paste the whole value, then confirm with the checker.

If some of your domains live at other providers, the same record works everywhere — the Cloudflare and GoDaddy walkthroughs cover those panels.