Emails, Marketers, DNS Setup and Trolls
The Day I Discovered the DNS Troll
A Fairy Tale for Frustrated Email Marketers
Once upon a time in the land of Websites & Widgets, I decided to start email marketing. I had my course ready, my content written, and a shiny new domain name that was basically screaming, āSend me out!ā
So I signed up for a great email platform. It said:
āJust add these magic DNS records to your domain, and weāll make email miracles happen.ā
I passed the records along to my domain support, who replied, āDone!ā
I waited. Refreshed. Waited some more.
Nothing.
š§ And Thenā¦ I Met the DNS Troll
Not an evil troll... more like an old, crusty, well-meaning-but-stubborn guardian of the gates.
āUsers donāt need access,ā it grunted. āThey need trust and patience.ā
Exceptā¦ I really needed my DNS records to show up. Without them, my email platform just stared back at me, blank and unverified.
š§Ŗ The Clues
- My DNS records should have been public.
- They werenāt showing up in tools like DNSChecker.
- My provider said they were addedā¦ but I couldnāt confirm.
š§ The DNS Wizard Arrives
I called in a wizard (okay, a freelancer), who calmly said:
āLetās move your DNS to a place where you control the magic... like Cloudflare.ā
And thatās what we did.
Suddenly, I could see my records. Add them. Delete them. Adjust them. Within minutes, my email domain was verified. It was glorious.
š Moral of the Story
If youāre trying to:
- Set up email tools (like MailerLite, Kit, or ConvertKit),
- Verify your domain with DNS records,
- But canāt see or manage your own DNSā¦
Then you may be dealing with a āDNS Trollā scenario. š§
(Not evil... just old-school.)
š” What You Can Do
- Use DNS lookup tools (like DNSChecker.org) to see whatās really out there.
- Ask your provider clearly: āCan I access and edit DNS records myself?ā
- Consider external DNS management (like Cloudflare) for more freedom.
š”ļø Trolls Can Be Tricky, But Youāve Got This
If youāve felt stuck or frustrated trying to verify your email setup, you're not alone.''and itās not you.
Itās likely your DNS setup is hidden behind a gatekeeper.
But the good news? You donāt need a sword... just some guidance and a little DNS magic.āØ
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Your experience with... uh... email marketing?
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Thanks for the advice, Fleeky. We need to pay attention to the details and fix what is needed. Shrek or no Shrek.
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Yeah... that is the question...!
I made this article a while ago when 30.000 people signed up... š¤Æ
Problems start with numbers and how we adapt to that š„“
Not easy peas
āØ Fleeky When 3 Football Stadiums Invade Your Inbox 
I did not know "Cloudfare" could help(until Now). I had a problem trying to set up an email last year.
Larry
I am not sure if Dns was really the problem or not, can't remember, But last year, when I shut down my GoDaddy email account, I tried moving my email to Microsoft Outlook. Everything I tried could not get it to work, I eventually gave up and moved my email to Google workspace.
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Fleeky,
Thank you for this. It is very timely for me.
I have been trying to get my MailerLite account verified for a few weeks now. Site Support has been very helpful.
But it would be nice to have the ability to change things myself. Well, with Sparky's help. She wonāt goof it up like I might, lol.
Have you found Cloudflare to be the best long-term fix for this kind of issue? Iām leaning that way.
Mike G
P.S. I liked your āDNS Trollā image ā thatās exactly how it feels at times!
To be honest Mike?
I was taken by the numbers and not really up to it.
Tried a lot of stuff and since I am not MMO, dropped the whole burden.
Time-consuming and not a plus for me.
And yes, cloudflare would be an option
(ask Sparky for advice before running into that š).
So, ponder...
Better can be worse
āØ Fleeky
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For handling the mails? When 3 Football Stadiums Invade Your Inbox
Fleeky,
Thanks for explainingāI think I follow now. Just to be sure: when you said you were ātaken by the numbers,ā did you mean the huge subscriber numbers and costs (like you described in your 3 Football Stadiums post)? Not just the DNS record strings?
That makes sense why youād set aside the MMO-style list scaling if itās not your niche. I really appreciate the way you still share solutions even when you decide theyāre not a fit for you long-term. The Cloudflare angle and the FluentCRM + SES stack are both helpful for those of us who are still learning in this crazy world of Affiliate Marketing. š
ā Mike G
The DNS was not an issue Mike... the numbers were indeed š
Not really my cup of tea. Not seeking mass... and yet it happens...
Glad you can work with the proposed solutions. Let me know how it goes. Not easy peas...
āØ Fleeky
Sparky and I were working with Cloudflare to find the problem with our MailerLite verification. We had to contact Site Support here to be about to gain access to DNS.
I was advised of possible problems if switching to Cloudflare. I guess we will just keep working with Site Support and hope after several weeks we can actually get the issue resolved.
Mike G
Yes... best thing to do.
āØFleeky