You are never locked into using Valimail Enforce. Valimail does not control your DNS, so you can switch to managing your SPF, DKIM, and/or DMARC yourself (or switch to another vendor) at any time by simply changing your DNS.
In the case that you’d like to leave Valimail, the following steps can be taken:
NOTIFY VALIMAIL OF INTENT TO LEAVE
Open as upport ticket with Valimail at https://support.valimail.com
Indicate if you would like to continue to use Valimail’s free DMARC Monitor product
CAPTURE LIST OF ENABLED SERVICES
Take notes or screenshots of all services and netblocks that have been configured in Valimail
Ensure you capture this data for all domains/sub-domains
CAPTURE AND RECREATE ALL DKIM KEYS
Document the keys and values for all configured DKIM keys in Valimail
Publish the DKIM key sand values in your DNS
Do this for all domains/sub-domains
CREATE SPF RECORD IN YOUR DNS
Formulate SP Frecords for all domains/sub-domains and list the include statements and IP addresses for the services you captured from Step 2
Publish the updated SPF records to your DNS
Make sure to remove all references to Valimail
STOP POINTING DKIM TO VALIMAIL
Ensure that you’ve published all your DKIM keys from Step3 in your DNS
Remove the NS record in your DNS for _domainkey
Ensure performing this for all domains/sub-domains
STOP POINTING DMARC TO VALIMAIL (SKIP this step If you intend to continue using Valimail’s free DMARC Monitor TM product)
Capture the existing DMARC TXT record and preserve your policy
Remove the NS record in your DNS for _dmarc
Publish the DMARC TXT record for your domain
Ensure performing this for all domains pointed to Valimail
NOTIFY VALIMAIL OF STEPS COMPLETION
Alert Valimail that the steps above were completed via your support ticket at https://support.valimail.com
NOTE: Steps 4, 5 and 6 must be performed in a timely manner or you could run the risk of deliverability issues