architect-email-infrastructure

To set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC for Braze email infrastructure, you need to configure specific DNS records on your selected sending subdomains. This process authenticates your emails, verifying sender identity to prevent spoofing and improve inbox placement across ISPs.

IP warming is the gradual process of increasing email volume over new sending IPs to build sender reputation with ISPs. You plan it by configuring sending IP pools in Braze and gradually ramping up volume to establish trust and ensure reliable deliverability.

Braze email deliverability can fail due to incomplete SSL configuration, incorrect DMARC alignment, or poor sender reputation from skipped IP warming. Diagnosing these issues requires auditing your DNS records, verifying domain setup, and ensuring proper authentication alignment.

Yes, you need dedicated subdomains for Braze email sending to isolate your messaging infrastructure. Configuring these subdomains with SSL and proper DNS records ensures secure, authenticated delivery and prevents interference with your primary corporate email traffic.

The best way to diagnose deliverability issues across ISPs in Braze is to audit your SPF, DKIM, and DMARC authentication records, verify SSL configuration, and review your IP warming progress. This comprehensive infrastructure audit identifies DNS misconfigurations and reputation gaps.