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About DMARC email authentication
Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, & Conformance (DMARC) is an email authentication specification used to protect internet domains against attackers attempting to use those domains to send fraudulent email to users. DMARC is used in conjunction with one or both of the following email authentication systems: *…
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About Email
Administrators can set up and configure how the Email tool works in Brightspace. Prerequisites for setting up email for your organization Before you begin setting up your D2L email system you must: Determine the organization’s domain Your organization must determine what domain to use for sending and receiving D2L email.…
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Mail Exchanger (MX) records requirements
As part of the alignment to industry standards, depending on the type of mail being used, you might be required to maintain several additional DNS records. One of the following scenarios might apply to your organization: Scenario 1: Client uses D2L mail domain D2L handles the creation and management of the required email…
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Set up email for your organization
In the d2l.Tools.Mail.D2LMailDomain configuration variable, save your organization’s domain. In the d2l.Tools.Mail.PostmasterAddress configuration variable, save the Postmaster’s Address. For Course email or Full email, in the d2l.Tools.Mail.StorageSpace configuration variable, save the per user storage space limit (in…
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Best practices for outgoing mail
You must add SPF and CNAME records for your domain to allow D2L to send mail on your behalf. Note: If your organization is using a non-D2L domain that they do not own, DMARC is unsupported with Brightspace. SPF record If no current SPF record exists, create the SPF record including: {Client mailDomain} TXT -> "v=spf1…
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Set up mail templates
Types of mail templates available Template Message is sent to user when New User Their Brightspace account is created either manually or through the Bulk User Management tool (via an imported CSV file). Typically contains a welcome message, username, password, and URL. Forgot Password They forgot their password and they…
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Set up Address Book
Enable instructors to turn off Address Book in courses Enable the following form elements:* CourseInfo > Address Book * CourseOfferingInfo > Address Book * CreateCourse > Address Book In the Roles and Permissions section, for the Email tool, give applicable instructors the Can Enable the Course's Address Book permission at…