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Fixes for the errors that actually show up in support tickets — written by someone who has worked them, with the exact commands to confirm each diagnosis and the tool to verify the fix.

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Email Deliverability Tools

Add MX Records for Google Workspace

The current single-MX setup, verified, with per-registrar steps.

MX Priority Explained

How mail servers choose between MX records, and common priority mistakes.

Mail Bouncing After a DNS Change? Start Here

The diagnostic order that finds what a nameserver change broke.

SPF PermError: Too Many DNS Lookups — How to Fix It

Why SPF breaks at 10 lookups and how to flatten your record safely.

The Correct SPF Record for Google Workspace

Exactly what to publish, what not to add, and how to verify it.

SPF ~all vs -all: Softfail or Hardfail?

What each qualifier does at real mailbox providers in the DMARC era.

Fix "550 5.7.15 Access Denied" Bounces

The authentication failures behind this rejection and the records that clear it.

Gmail "550 5.7.26 Unauthenticated Email" — the Fix

Gmail now requires SPF or DKIM alignment. Here is the exact remediation.

"DMARC Record Not Found" — What to Publish

A safe starter DMARC record and where to put it.

"DMARC Policy Not Enabled" — What It Means

Why p=none triggers this warning and when to move to quarantine.

DMARC p=none vs quarantine vs reject

A staged rollout plan that will not eat your legitimate mail.

How to Find Your DKIM Selector

Headers, provider defaults, and brute-force discovery — three ways to find it.

dkim=fail "Body Hash Did Not Verify" — Causes and Fixes

What modifies a message in transit and how to stop it breaking DKIM.

Microsoft 365 DKIM Setup, Step by Step

Enabling both selectors and publishing the CNAMEs correctly.

Add a DMARC Record on Cloudflare

The exact host name and value fields for _dmarc on Cloudflare.

Add a DMARC Record in cPanel

Using the Zone Editor to publish DMARC on shared hosting.

Is Port 25 Blocked? How to Check and What to Do

Testing outbound and inbound port 25, and your options when it is filtered.

Port 465 vs 587 vs 25: Which SMTP Port to Use

Submission, relay, and implicit TLS — the right port for each job.

IP & Network Tools

SSL Tools

Domain Tools