Having verified whether or not the client had in fact been following deliverability best practices as claimed, we decided to recon their Salesforce instance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As expected, the Email Relay feature was not enabled. We went on to explain what it was, and with every bit of new information, the client\u2019s face seemed to glow at the potential of Salesforce Email Relay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We wasted no time enabling the feature, and two weeks later the company saw a substantial improvement in their open rates and CTR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what exactly is Email Relay in Salesforce? How do you set it up? Keep reading! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
- What is Salesforce Email Relay?
<\/a><\/li>- Salesforce Email Relay Setup Best Practices
<\/a><\/li>- How to Set Up Email Relay in Salesforce?
<\/a><\/li>- Salesforce Email Relay: The Dividing Lines<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
What is Salesforce Email Relay?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Salesforce Email Relay is a feature that allows you to route Salesforce-generated emails through your SMTP server. Now this has significant benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Since you\u2019ll be sending emails from your own server, your recipients will be more familiar with your brand than with a generic Salesforce address.
<\/li> - You exercise greater control over the email sending process. You can adjust settings in your email infrastructure according to your needs.
<\/li> - You can stem excessive filtering by the spam filters since you\u2019ll be sending emails from your server. If Salesforce gets blacklisted (a rare possibility), your emails would still land in the recipient\u2019s inbox, not the spam folder.
<\/li> - Ensure compliance with government regulations for various industries. Since emails are sent through your server, you can archive these emails in a centralized location according to your organization\u2019s retention policies.
<\/li> - You can apply existing content scan filters to identify any content or data in your email that does not align with your organization\u2019s best practices.
<\/li> - The feature automatically appends all org-wide messages\/disclaimers in the footer of every email you send. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Read more:<\/strong> Ask The Trailheader: How to Send Emails through Salesforce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
![\"Salesforce\"](\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Build-result-oriented-email-marketing-campaigns-with-ease-on-Salesforce.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nSalesforce Email Relay Setup Best Practices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Before you set up Email Relay in Salesforce, it\u2019s important to factor in the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Make sure your company owns its domain. Do not use relay for emails that are not sent using your mail domain.
<\/li> - To avoid SPF failure, establish a DMARC policy for your domain, and sign all outgoing emails with Salesforce\u2019s DKIM signing. Go through SPF and DKIM FAQ<\/a>.
<\/li>- Disable \u201cEnable compliance with standard email security mechanisms\u201d and \u201cbounce management.\u201d Both of these are deliverability settings in Salesforce, and they may affect email delivery to your server. Your emails may get sent with Salesforce\u2019s domain added to your address, which defeats the purpose of using Email Relay in the first place.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Verify the hostname on Salesforce\u2019s certificate. In simpler terms, your email server will check the name on the digital certificate issued to Salesforce. The certificate authenticates Salesforcer\u2019s identity as a legitimate sender.
<\/li> - Only relay emails from Salesforce that have the proper org id. You can verify your org id by looking for it in the email header. Salesforce adds custom headers (X-SFDC-LK, for instance) to all emails sent through its platform.
<\/li> - Enforce SMTP authentication between Salesforce servers and your email relay host. Test the authentication in a sandbox environment.
<\/li> - Enable Transport Layer Security (TLS). TLS encrypts email content during inter-server transmission. Learn how to set up TLS in Salesforce.<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Now it\u2019s time to set up Email Relay in Salesforce!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How to Set Up Email Relay in Salesforce?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
- Log in to your Salesforce account, and go to Set up from the Settings menu. (This is exclusively for Salesforce Lightning users)
<\/li> - In the Quick Find box, enter Email relays. Select Email Relays. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
![\"Set](\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image1-5.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- In the Host section, enter hostname, mail domain, or IP address.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
![\"Configure](\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image5-3.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- In the Port section, enter the number of your org\u2019s SMTP server. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
![\"Email](\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image6-4.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Choose a TLS setting. We recommend applying Required Verifying as it is the strictest setting. It performs rigorous audits on the TLS handshake. TLS Preferred, on the other hand, allows email delivery if the TLS handoff doesn\u2019t happen. This is known as opportunistic TLS in email lingo.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
![\"Email](\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image7-5.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Save your changes. You have successfully created an Email Relay.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
![\"Email](\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image4-4.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Next, you need to set up an email domain filter for the relay to work. So, go to the Quick Find Box again, and enter \u201cEmail Domain Filter.\u201d
<\/li> - Select the Create Email Domain Filter option, as shown below. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
![\"Email](\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image2-5.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Now add the Sender Domain, Recipient Domain, enable the Active checkbox, and click Save. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
![\"Configure](\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image3-4.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Once Email Relay is set up, it\u2019s good practice to test email deliverability. Back to the Quick Find Box! Enter Deliverability, and select Test Deliverability.
<\/li> - Enter an email address. Click Send. You should see the following message. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
![\"Test](\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image8-3.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nFor more information, feel free to consult Salesforce\u2019s documentation on setting up an Email Relay<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Salesforce Email Relay: The Dividing Lines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
- The Email Relay feature is only available on Professional, Enterprise, Unlimited, Developer, and Performance editions of Salesforce. You could still play around with it in the sandbox version.
<\/li> - Email Relay is available in the North and South Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
<\/li> - You cannot use the Email Relay feature if your business\/company\/org does not own its domain.
<\/li> - Your SMTP server should be configured for compliance with Salesforce\u2019s security requirements.
<\/li> - The limitation of 1000 emails a day per Salesforce user and 500 emails a day per organization will still be in effect when you use Email Relay.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Read more<\/strong>: 6 Best Practices For Improving Email Deliverability In SFMC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
- The Email Relay feature is only available on Professional, Enterprise, Unlimited, Developer, and Performance editions of Salesforce. You could still play around with it in the sandbox version.
- Once Email Relay is set up, it\u2019s good practice to test email deliverability. Back to the Quick Find Box! Enter Deliverability, and select Test Deliverability.
- Now add the Sender Domain, Recipient Domain, enable the Active checkbox, and click Save. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Next, you need to set up an email domain filter for the relay to work. So, go to the Quick Find Box again, and enter \u201cEmail Domain Filter.\u201d
- Save your changes. You have successfully created an Email Relay.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Choose a TLS setting. We recommend applying Required Verifying as it is the strictest setting. It performs rigorous audits on the TLS handshake. TLS Preferred, on the other hand, allows email delivery if the TLS handoff doesn\u2019t happen. This is known as opportunistic TLS in email lingo.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- In the Port section, enter the number of your org\u2019s SMTP server. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- In the Host section, enter hostname, mail domain, or IP address.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Log in to your Salesforce account, and go to Set up from the Settings menu. (This is exclusively for Salesforce Lightning users)
- Disable \u201cEnable compliance with standard email security mechanisms\u201d and \u201cbounce management.\u201d Both of these are deliverability settings in Salesforce, and they may affect email delivery to your server. Your emails may get sent with Salesforce\u2019s domain added to your address, which defeats the purpose of using Email Relay in the first place.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Make sure your company owns its domain. Do not use relay for emails that are not sent using your mail domain.
- Salesforce Email Relay Setup Best Practices
![\"Salesforce\"](\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Build-result-oriented-email-marketing-campaigns-with-ease-on-Salesforce.jpg\")
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