How can I setup my domain correctly on MailGun? - email

Question

This might be my only problem. I get this message under my domain names in my account on mailgun:
Warning: Some of your domains (in red) have DNS configuration issues.
What can I do about that? I've tried a huge random domain name and it does the same thing.
Thank you for taking a look!
-------------------------- In case this is not my only problem --------------------------------
I am using parse.com with MailGun. I have all my parse stuff setup and I've made an account with MailGun and added a custom domain name with MailGun. Here is my iOS code:
NSDictionary *params = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:#"This is sent from your iPhone." forKey:#"text"];
[PFCloud callFunctionInBackground:#"emailGrocery" withParameters:params block:^(id object, NSError *error)
{
if(!error)
{
NSLog(#"Succeeded");
}
else
{
NSString *errorMsg = [[error userInfo] objectForKey:#"error"];
NSLog(#"%#", errorMsg);
}
}];
This is in an example from parse. And I think this is doing what it should, as I get the error message in my log.
Here is my cloud code that is being hit:
var Mailgun = require('mailgun');
Mailgun.initialize('domain.com', 'key');
Parse.Cloud.define("emailGrocery", function(request, response) {
Mailgun.sendEmail({
to: "myemail#gmail.com",
from: "myemail#gmail.com",
subject: "Hello from Cloud Code!",
text: "Using Parse and Mailgun is great!"
}, {
success: function(httpResponse) {
console.log(httpResponse);
response.success("Email sent!");
},
error: function(httpResponse) {
console.error(httpResponse);
response.error("Uh oh, something went wrong");
}
});
});
I have my actual email address in there as the sender and another known email address as the receiver. I always get the error response back. I have an actual domain and key in there. In my account on mailgun under my custom email domain names there is this message:
Warning: Some of your domains (in red) have DNS configuration issues.
I can't figure out what I should do about this. I realize that that might be my only issue, but what do I do to resolve this?

Answer 1

I want to share 2 screenshots that might help verifying custom domain for Mailgun in Namecheap... I banged my head against the wall for 2 days :)
Mailgun has a button check your DNS settings and sometimes it gives false negatives so try it a few times

Answer 2

You need to verify your domain with SPF and DKIM. You can do this by adding TXT DNS records.
See more info at
https://documentation.mailgun.com/user_manual.html#verifying-your-domain

Answer 3

I ran across this thread while troubleshooting my own and wanted to provide another host's configuration. I have a website on a VPS and the domain registar is the host. I am configuring the DNS in WHM. Please see my examples below:
This is the Mailgun page with the examples and check settings for the domain
This is the WHM DNS records