# \[RÉSOLU\] Bloqué à la vérification du domaine d'envoi - SparkPost **URL:** \ **Category:** Self-hosting\ **Created:** [Octobre 11, 2018, 1:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-stuck-at-verify-sending-domain-sparkpost/99285 "2018-10-11T13:35:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![izatismail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@izatismail](https://meta.discourse.org/u/izatismail)\ **Post date:** [Octobre 11, 2018, 1:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-stuck-at-verify-sending-domain-sparkpost/99285/1 "2018-10-11T13:35:56Z")
Hi all… i have tried to search for similar problem but still couldn’t solve this … hope to get some help here… I am following the step to setup the Discourse One Click Application on Digital Ocean and use SparkPost as the SMTP server… but currently stuck at verify sending domain (this is my first time experience with SMTP.. mail server etc) Below is currently the setting for my domain .. does it look ok? What are the steps that I need to do to actually verify sending domain? I am totally clueless… so any help will be very much appreciated Digital Ocean Domain DNS ![discourse2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/1/4102054b49c556372cee4021c4e48f0b0a7a10f3.jpeg) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![izatismail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@izatismail](https://meta.discourse.org/u/izatismail)\ **Post date:** [Octobre 11, 2018, 1:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-stuck-at-verify-sending-domain-sparkpost/99285/2 "2018-10-11T13:37:11Z")
This is the verify sending domain part from SparkPost in case it can help ![SmartSelect_20181011-212036_Chrome](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/c/dc2ea2c00377308a1f7d189e1fd9fc7e9a9f2bb3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\ **Post date:** [Octobre 11, 2018, 2:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-stuck-at-verify-sending-domain-sparkpost/99285/3 "2018-10-11T14:58:33Z")
It looks correct to me, according to Sparkpost’s instructions. But this is a question for Sparkpost, not Discourse. ---
**Author:** ![izatismail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@izatismail](https://meta.discourse.org/u/izatismail)\ **Post date:** [Octobre 11, 2018, 3:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-stuck-at-verify-sending-domain-sparkpost/99285/4 "2018-10-11T15:15:25Z")
Thanks for your reply! I see.. actually am not sure where to ask but since my ultimate goal is create a discourse forum.. so i thought will start here instead.. but will check with sparkpost as well after this Actually am not even sure whether i really understand the whole DNS.. nameserver thingy.. i registered my domain with namecheap and found an old thread here where people are saying it’s better to use the namecheap nameserver instead Since am new to all these.. i just followed the tutorial on digitalocean and hence set the domain in namecheap (use custom dns) to direct to digitalocean nameservers. Am i making any sense here? So by saying that it’s better to use the namecheap nameserver… does it mean that i should use the namecheap basicDns instead and don’t add any domain to digitalocean? How do i make digitalocean to recognize my domain then? ---
**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\ **Post date:** [Octobre 11, 2018, 4:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-stuck-at-verify-sending-domain-sparkpost/99285/5 "2018-10-11T16:01:49Z")
Don’t use DigitalOcean’s nameservers, no. Use Namecheap DNS and then edit the DNS records to add the SparkPost entries. ---
**Author:** ![izatismail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@izatismail](https://meta.discourse.org/u/izatismail)\ **Post date:** [Octobre 11, 2018, 5:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-stuck-at-verify-sending-domain-sparkpost/99285/6 "2018-10-11T17:59:39Z")
Thanks for your reply ! I dig deeper and found some older threads about namecheap… and end up with these DNS records that I set in namecheap. Also deleted my domain from digitalocean. ![discourse](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/6/061cfbac20c6fb362ea54f517a5b26616bd75c2d.png) However… still can’t verify sending domain… i checked those dns at dnschecker and all seems ok except for the mail one (scphxxxx.\_domainkey.unggunapi.com) but i will check again perhaps after 24 hours and check with sparkpost as well later on if necessary I will keep on updating here just in case it will help other clueless ppl like me in future ---
**Author:** ![izatismail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@izatismail](https://meta.discourse.org/u/izatismail)\ **Post date:** [Octobre 12, 2018, 2:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-stuck-at-verify-sending-domain-sparkpost/99285/7 "2018-10-12T02:47:52Z")
SOLVED !!! found this doc about setting SparkPost (i referred to a different one previously) > **[Setting up Domains](https://support.sparkpost.com/docs/getting-started/setting-up-domains/?sp=true)** > > How to set up domains and verify DNS Records. quote: " To add the DKIM record to your DNS, first copy the “Hostname” portion provided in the _Set Up For Sending_ section of the SparkPost UI and paste it in the “Host” section of your DNS TXT record. This value should be similar to `scphxxxx._domainkey.yourdomain.xxx` . Please note that some providers are particular about the “Host” and may require that the value be added as just `scphxxxx._domainkey` " apparently.. for namecheap… the value must just be `scphxxxx._domainkey` thanks for all the help 🙂