Title: Email authentication
Last modified: May 4, 2024

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# Email authentication

 *  Resolved [davexr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davexrt/)
 * (@davexrt)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-authentication-2/)
 * Hi Everyone,
 * Im getting ready for email campaigns. I have read that in order to keep your 
   emails from going to spam (in general, not specific to wordpress), they need 
   to be authenticated with DKIM or SPF.
 * I have several questions about this:
   1- Is this necessary for a wordpress site?
   2- My current domain email comes from the site hosting provider- bluehost. Is
   DKIM or SPF necessary with bluehost?3- There are several wordpress plugins that
   offer SMTP service to prevent emails from going to spam. Which one should I do?
   DKIM/ SPF or SMTP plugin?
 * Thanks in advance for any help!!

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-authentication-2/#post-17733255)
 * Authenticated DKIM/SPF is necessary for all sent email campaigns.
 * WordPress, it’s plugins, and your hosting provider (unless they’re your DNS or
   email provider) have nothing to do with that.
 * You’ll set that up following instructions from your either your DNS or email 
   provider (or both).
    -  This reply was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/).
      Reason: clarified that the hosting provider could also be the DNS or email
      provider
 *  Thread Starter [davexr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davexrt/)
 * (@davexrt)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-authentication-2/#post-17733266)
 * Appreciate the fast reply!!
 * Bluehost is the website host, and email provider.
   I will be using hubspot for
   managing email campaigns.
 * With who do I do the SPF/DKIM authentication?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-authentication-2/#post-17733268)
 * If Bluehost is also your email provider, consult their documentation or support
   for the next steps.
 *  Thread Starter [davexr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davexrt/)
 * (@davexrt)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-authentication-2/#post-17733279)
 * Thanks for the help! I got it figured out from here!
 *  Thread Starter [davexr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davexrt/)
 * (@davexrt)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-authentication-2/#post-17733286)
 * after the dkim/spf/dmarc authentication with email provider, is there any need
   for the SMTP plugin?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-authentication-2/#post-17734070)
 * You can check that by leaving a comment on your site and seeing if you receive
   an email. Another alternative would be to use the [Health Check](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/)
   plugin and send yourself a test email from the plugin’s Tools tab to see if it
   works.
 * If you didn’t receive a test email, you’ could try using’ll need to use an [SMTP plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/smtp/)
   to configure your WordPress site to use your email’s outgoing mail server instead
   of PHP’s `mail()` function. And, if the chosen SMTP plugin doesn’t work either,
   I recommend reaching out to their support.

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-authentication-2/#post-17734070)
 * Status: resolved

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