Summary
- Registrar
- Registrar NIC .DO (midominio.do)
- Status
- clientTransferProhibited
- Created on
- September 2, 2018
- Expires on
- September 2, 2027
- Name servers
- mary.ns.cloudflare.com, kanye.ns.cloudflare.com
- Mail servers
- —
- DKIM
- No key found among the common selectors
- Website
- See the website
MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC: the e-mail records
Four DNS records make a domain's e-mail work. MX says where e-mails sent to contact.do arrive; SPF, DKIM and DMARC let mail servers check that an e-mail claiming to come from contact.do was really sent by this domain, which protects it against spoofing.
MX
An MX (Mail Exchanger) record designates a server that receives e-mails sent to the domain. When someone writes to an @contact.do address, their mail server queries the DNS for the domain's MX records, then delivers the message to the server they point to.
Example record
contact.do MX 10 mx1.contact.do. contact.do MX 20 mx2.contact.do.
What the record contains
- 10, 20
- Priority: the server with the lowest number is tried first. Servers with equal priority share the load.
- mx1.contact.do.
- Host name of the mail server. It must point to an A or AAAA record: an IP address or an alias (CNAME) is not allowed here.
- 0 .
- An MX "0 .", called a null MX, declares that the domain accepts no e-mail: sending servers give up at once instead of retrying.
Declaring at least two servers with different priorities avoids losing e-mails during an outage: sending servers retry for several days and fall back on the backup server. Without any MX, they try to deliver directly to the IP address of the domain.
SPF
SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is a TXT record listing the servers allowed to send e-mails on behalf of the domain. The receiving server checks that the sender is on this list. The final "all" rule says what to do with other servers: reject them (-all), flag their e-mails as suspicious (~all) or make no decision (?all).
Example record
contact.do TXT "v=spf1 mx include:_spf.google.com ip4:192.0.2.10 -all"
What the record contains
- v=spf1
- Identifies the record as an SPF policy. It must come first.
- ip4, ip6
- Allows a specific IP address or an address range, for example ip4:192.0.2.0/24.
- a, mx
- Allows the addresses of the domain itself (A record) or those of its mail servers (MX).
- include
- Allows the servers of another domain, usually a sending service: include:_spf.google.com for Google Workspace.
- -all, ~all
- Final rule, applied to every other server. Its qualifier decides what happens to them: - rejects them, ~ flags their e-mails as suspicious, ? makes no decision, + accepts them (avoid it).
A domain must publish only one SPF record, and its evaluation cannot exceed 10 DNS lookups (include, a, mx, exists, redirect). Beyond that, mail servers treat it as invalid.
DKIM
DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) signs every outgoing e-mail with a private key. The matching public key is published in a TXT record at selector._domainkey.contact.do, so the recipient can check that the message really comes from the domain and was not altered on the way. The selector is chosen by each sending service and cannot be guessed: Dataweaz checks the most common ones (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Mailchimp, SendGrid…), so a key published under another selector may exist without appearing here.
Example record
google._domainkey.contact.do TXT "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA…"
What the record contains
- v=DKIM1
- Protocol version. Optional but recommended, in which case it must come first.
- k
- Key algorithm: rsa, the most common, or ed25519.
- p
- Public key, base64-encoded. An empty value means the key has been revoked.
- t
- Flags: y marks a key in testing, whose failures must not be penalized; s forbids its use for subdomains.
Each sending service publishes its key under its own selector (google, selector1, k1…), which allows several keys and seamless rotation. A 2048-bit RSA key is recommended today.
DMARC
DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) builds on SPF and DKIM. Published on _dmarc.contact.do, it tells mail servers what to do with an e-mail that fails these checks (let it through, send it to spam or reject it) and where to send reports.
Example record
_dmarc.contact.do TXT "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:[email protected]; adkim=r; aspf=r"
What the record contains
- v=DMARC1
- Identifies the record as a DMARC policy. It must come first.
- p
- Policy applied to e-mails that fail the checks: none (monitoring only), quarantine (spam folder) or reject.
- sp
- Subdomain policy. Without it, subdomains follow the domain's policy.
- rua
- Address that receives daily aggregate reports about e-mails sent on behalf of the domain, whether they pass the checks or not.
- ruf
- Address that receives detailed failure reports, message by message. Few providers still send them.
- pct
- Percentage of e-mails subject to the policy, for a gradual rollout. 100 by default.
- adkim, aspf
- DKIM and SPF alignment: r (relaxed, a subdomain of the same domain is enough) or s (strict, the domain must be identical).
To roll out DMARC without blocking legitimate e-mails, start with p=none and an rua address, analyze the reports to find every service sending on behalf of the domain, then move to quarantine and finally to reject.
DNS records of contact.do
IP addresses (A and AAAA)
An A record maps the domain name to an IPv4 address: the address of the server that browsers contact to display the website. The AAAA record does the same for an IPv6 address. A domain can have several of them to spread visits across several servers.
| Type | IP address |
|---|---|
| A | 188.114.96.2 |
| A | 188.114.97.2 |
| AAAA | 2a06:98c1:3120::2 |
| AAAA | 2a06:98c1:3121::2 |
Name servers (NS)
NS records designate the authoritative DNS servers of the domain: they answer every question about its other records (A, MX, TXT…). They are provided by the registrar, the hosting provider or a dedicated DNS service, and several servers are declared so that the domain keeps working if one of them fails.
| Server | IP address |
|---|---|
| mary.ns.cloudflare.com | 173.245.58.134 |
| kanye.ns.cloudflare.com | 173.245.59.189 |
Mail servers (MX)
MX records point to the servers that receive e-mails sent to the domain, that is to @contact.do addresses. Each server has a priority: the one with the lowest number is tried first, the others take over if it fails. Without an MX record, the domain cannot receive e-mails.
No mail server: the domain does not receive e-mails.
TXT records
TXT records hold free text. They are used to prove ownership of the domain to online services (Google, Microsoft, Facebook…) and to publish e-mail security rules: SPF on the domain itself, DMARC on _dmarc.contact.do.
No TXT record.
Related IP addresses
IPv4 addresses used by contact.do: website, name servers, mail servers and senders authorized by SPF.
| IP address | Used for | /24 block |
|---|---|---|
| 188.114.96.2 | Website | 188.114.96.0/24 |
| 188.114.97.2 | Website | 188.114.97.0/24 |
| 173.245.58.134 | Name server mary.ns.cloudflare.com | 173.245.58.0/24 |
| 173.245.59.189 | Name server kanye.ns.cloudflare.com | 173.245.59.0/24 |
WHOIS of the domain contact.do
Domain Name: contact.do Updated Date: 2026-08-22T09:08:53Z Creation Date: 2018-09-02T21:11:30Z Registry Expiry Date: 2027-09-02T21:11:30Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2027-09-02T21:11:30Z Registrar: Registrar NIC .DO (midominio.do) Registrar Address: Av. Rómulo Betancourt 1108, La Julia Apartado postal 2748, Santo Domingo Registrar Country: DO Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Registry Registrant ID: 271400-DO Registrant Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Organization: Toni Manolache Registrant Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Country: Registrant Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Email: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registry Admin ID: 271363-DO Admin Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Organization: 101domain grs ltd Admin Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Country: Admin Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Email: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registry Tech ID: 271363-DO Tech Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Organization: 101domain grs ltd Tech Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Country: Tech Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Email: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registry Billing ID: 271363-DO Billing Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Billing Organization: 101domain grs ltd Billing Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Billing City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Billing State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Billing Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Billing Country: Billing Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Billing Email: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Name Server: mary.ns.cloudflare.com Name Server: kanye.ns.cloudflare.com DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/ >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2026-10-02T22:58:15.489Z <<< For more information on domain status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp TERMS OF USE: You are not authorized to access or query our WHOIS database through the use of electronic processes that are high-volume and automated. This WHOIS database is provided by as a service to the internet community. The data is for information purposes only. We do not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting a WHOIS query, you agree to abide by the following terms of use: You agree that you may use this Data only for lawful purposes and that under no circumstances will you use this Data to: (1) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail, telephone, or facsimile; or (2) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that apply to NIC.DO. The compilation, repackaging, dissemination or other use of this Data is expressly prohibited. % Query time: 595 msec % WHEN: Fri Oct 02 22:58:14 UTC 2026