---
title: "Vercel DNS"
description: "Vercel serves DNS only once your nameservers point at it, and then takes Mailfully's six records with no extra translation."
last_reviewed: "2026-09-17"
---

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Vercel only answers DNS queries for a domain once that domain's nameservers are delegated to Vercel: a domain attached to a project without that delegation doesn't get a working DNS Records panel. Once delegation is in place, open the Vercel dashboard, go to Domains, select `acme.com`, and add each record Mailfully returned under DNS Records.

## Add the records

<Steps>
<Step title="Add the three DKIM CNAMEs">

Each of the three DKIM tokens becomes one CNAME record:

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | `<token>._domainkey.mail` |
| Type | CNAME |
| Value | `<token>.dkim.amazonses.com` |

</Step>
<Step title="Add the MAIL FROM MX record">

MX carries its number in a Priority field next to the value, not folded into it:

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | `send.mail` |
| Type | MX |
| Value | `feedback-smtp.us-east-1.amazonses.com` |
| Priority | 10 |

</Step>
<Step title="Add the MAIL FROM SPF record">

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | `send.mail` |
| Type | TXT |
| Value | `v=spf1 include:amazonses.com ~all` |

</Step>
<Step title="Add the DMARC record">

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | `_dmarc.mail` |
| Type | TXT |
| Value | `v=DMARC1; p=none;` |

</Step>
</Steps>

Name values here are relative to `acme.com`, the same trap as every other host: paste the full name Mailfully returned instead of the relative form and the zone gets appended twice.

## If Vercel is not your nameserver

A domain can be attached to a Vercel project while its DNS is still managed elsewhere, and in that arrangement the DNS Records panel is the wrong place entirely: the records need to go to whichever host is actually authoritative. Check that before adding anything:

```bash
dig +short acme.com NS
```

If the answer doesn't list Vercel's nameservers, follow the provider guide that matches whichever host does.

## Verify

```bash
dig +short <token>._domainkey.mail.acme.com CNAME
dig +short send.mail.acme.com MX
dig +short send.mail.acme.com TXT
dig +short _dmarc.mail.acme.com TXT
```

Each of these four should answer as [Verify with dig](/dns/overview#verify-with-dig) describes.