Welcome to Mailtarget Production Environment
Prepare what to do for sending your first email
Complete all the information needed before sending your first email, you must complete the onboarding form as a required condition for validation process.
Provide user information, you need to fill your full name and your phone number
Provide your business information, including company name, websites and others related to your business
All set, now you’re ready to use our production environment
Congratulations! Now you’re ready to use the production environment, here’s what you need to know when you first time landed in our production environment.
In here, you will get instructions what you need to do:
Add your sending domain
Send your emails
Show analytics
Add your sending domain
Open the Configuration > Sending Domain menu then click Add Domain button then you will be directed into new page to add your sending domain.
Fill the sending domain name, by default the domain will be assigned to the primary account, you can assign it to a subaccount if needed, then click Add Domain button
Sending domain status will be unverified by default, you need to verify by adding the following records into your DNS Managers.
For SPF:
Create a TXT record named yourdomainname with value v=spf1 include:spf.mailtarget.co ~all
In some DNS Managers you might be able to add SPF records directly without having to go through TXT. Thats because there are some DNS Managers that provide SPF records directly, some are just TXT. So, if your DNS Manager only provides TXT records, then you need to add SPF via TXT. If your DNS Manager provides SPF records, then you can add them directly through the SPF records.
Don’t make more than one TXT for SPF. However, you can add additional records in one configuration. In some cases, we need an additional configuration if indeed your domain has an additional configuration, like your domain that uses IPv4, A records and MX records. If you really need to install the configuration, add a record like the following
v=spf1 ip4: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx +a +mx include:spf.(yourdomain).com include:spf.mailtarget.co ~all.This is an example of a TXT record for an incorrect SPF:
v=spf1 include:spf.mailtarget.co ~all include:spf.(yourdomain).com ~all
So make sure the TXT record is only one line like the example above.
For DKIM:
Create a TXT record mt1._domainkey.yourdomainname and copy the value which is shown below.
Please wait approximately once every 24 hours so that your domain can propagate properly
After your domain has been propagated properly, check the I have completed the setup then click Verify Domain button.
Also, you can delete your domain by clicking the Delete Domain button if you need to.
Domain status will change into Verified and the next step is you need to generate your API Key before you can send your first emails.
Send your emails
To start sending emails, you need to generate API key.
Open the Configuration > API Key menu then click Create API Key button.
In Create API Key menu, user should fill API Key Name. By default, the API key will be assigned to the primary account, you can assign the API key into subaccount that created before, then choose API permission. You can only allow access by certain valid API key by fill the Allowed IPs field with your IP, then click Create API Key button to finish the process.
After completing the process, you can test the API key that has been created by clicking the API Instruction button. You will be taken to a new page which contains instructions for using the API key. You can adjust it according to your needs (API, SDK or SMTP) and replace the token with the production environment API key that has been created.
Show Analytics
After sending an email, you need to know the report on your email delivery, many users need analytics to help them see email delivery reports every day.
Open the Analytics menu, then adjust the time required for the report. You can choose a time filter for the last 1 day, last 7 days, last 30 days, even last 90 days. You can also customize the time according to your needs, then click Apply.
In Analytics Results, the delivery report will be break down based on the results of the email sent:
Injection = number of emails that have been successfully relayed to Mailtarget
Delivery = number of emails that have been successfully sent to the recipient
Open = number of emails opened by the recipient
Click = number of recipients who clicked on the link in the emails
Delay = number of delayed emails, usually due to soft bounce
Bounce = number of emails that failed to be sent to the recipient
If you hover your cursor over the blue line in the analytics result, the dashboard will display the number of each email sent before.
Another method for finding out analytical results is in the bottom section, you can breakdown the results based on:
IP Pool
Recipient Domain
Sending Domain
Subaccount Id