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Mandrill DKIM setup with Hover.com as the registrar

On Hover DNS tab, add new record:

Hostname: mandrill._domainkey
Record Type: TXT
Value: PASTE IN THE KEY FROM MANDRILL, BUT REMOVE THE SLASH BEFORE THE SEMICOLONS (http://help.mandrill.com/entries/21681347-how-do-i-set-up-sending-domains)

Takes a few minutes to propogate, but you can test it with:

dig mandrill._domainkey.YOURDOMAIN.com TXT

If that shows the correct key, hit the Test button in Mandrill (under Sending Domains) and make sure it says Valid.

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RrNn commented Mar 26, 2022

Thanks so much for this @swanson. For those curious, the console output of the command
dig mandrill._domainkey.YOURDOMAIN.com TXT should look something like;

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> mandrill._domainkey.YOURDOMAIN.com TXT
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 40830
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mandrill._domainkey.YOURDOMAIN.com. IN	TXT

;; ANSWER SECTION:
mandrill._domainkey.YOURDOMAIN.com. 1800 IN TXT "YOUR_KEY_FROM_MANDRILL"

;; Query time: 544 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Mar 27 02:46:43 EAT 2022
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 312

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