CaptainDNS

DNS Lookup

Choose a DNS record type to search for.

Propagation & diagnostics

Compare resolvers worldwide and inspect returned answers.

Propagation testPublic resolvers, remaining TTLs, divergent responses.
Domain DNS auditParent/local NS, authority and response times.
API & integrations
Keep history, monitor your zones and automate recurring checks.

Email authentication

Tools to verify and validate your email authentication setup.

Syntax validation

Record inspectors

Generators

SPF syntax validator

Review include chains and DNS query limits before publishing changes.

SPF record inspector

Resolve the published TXT record, flag lookup limits and decode each mechanism.

DKIM syntax validator

Quickly check the syntax of your DKIM records.

DKIM record check

Resolve a selector and analyse the published DKIM TXT record.

DMARC syntax validator

Check rua/ruf destinations, alignment modes and the active policy before publishing.

DMARC record inspector

Resolve the published policy, surface diagnostics and confirm enforcement before switching to reject.

BIMI syntax validator

Validate BIMI tags, the logo fetch and the VMC certificate before publishing.

BIMI record inspector

Resolve the published BIMI record, inspect logo and VMC diagnostics in one place.

Email deliverability audit

Audit MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC to confirm a domain is ready to send.

Mail header analyzer

Decode participants, authentication results and routing from raw headers.

DMARC record generator

Create compliant DMARC records with all policy and reporting options.

Text

Transform, encode and measure your content in seconds.

Text case converter

Convert any block of text to upper or lower case instantly.

Base64 encoder / decoder

Encode or decode any content in Base64 without leaving the browser.

Slug generator

Transform any sentence into an SEO-friendly slug in seconds.

Word & character counter

Measure the length of any text, with instant word and character counts.

Images

Preview and validate your BIMI logos before publishing.

BIMI logo lookup

Inspect a BIMI logo URL—format, metadata and live rendering—before rollout.

Certificates

Inspect CSRs, BIMI logos and VMC certificates before you deploy.

CSR parser

Inspect a CSR, extract subject details, fingerprints and requested SANs.

VMC inspector

Inspect a Verified Mark Certificate—issuer, validity and SAN coverage—before you publish BIMI.

Look up addresses, owners, reverse records and ranges.

Reverse lookup

Resolve a PTR record and validate DNS consistency.

IP WhoIs

Identify the owner of an IP range and its contacts.

IPv4 netmask

Calculate network, broadcast and usable hosts for any IPv4 block.

My IP address

Detect your IPv4/IPv6 addresses and their geolocation.

SPF

Sender Policy Framework records, include mechanisms, and lookup limits.

3 articles

January 2026

SendGrid dashboard with Domain Authentication and Web API v3 configuration

January 19, 2026

Twilio SendGrid: Complete Technical Guide for Transactional Email

A detailed technical guide for developers: DNS configuration (SPF, 2048-bit DKIM), Web API v3, SMTP Relay, dedicated vs shared IP, limits and webhooks.

December 2025

Illustration of the 3 CaptainDNS MCP widgets in ChatGPT

December 17, 2025

Connect CaptainDNS to ChatGPT via MCP: 3 widgets for DNS audits and deliverability

Add the CaptainDNS MCP server to ChatGPT and use 3 widgets to troubleshoot DMARC/DNS and analyze email headers without leaving the conversation.

October 2025

What Is ARC (Authenticated Received Chain)?

October 23, 2025

ARC: keeping trust in an email as it crosses intermediaries

ARC (Authenticated Received Chain) lets every relay forward, sign, and seal the authentication results it observed so the final server can decide whether to trust the message.