# Apple Branded Mail
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/promote-grow/apple-branded-mail

Get a team's logo shown next to its emails in Apple Mail. A live DMARC check on the sending domain plus the hand-off to Apple Business Connect.
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## What it is [#what-it-is]

Apple Mail can show a brand's logo as the avatar next to its emails, the way a
contact photo appears next to a person. Apple calls it Branded Mail, and it
covers Mail on iPhone, iPad and Mac. The majority of where fans open email.

It isn't something Aden can switch on for you: Apple approves each brand
itself, in Apple Business Connect. What Aden does is check that your sending
domain meets Apple's two technical requirements before you apply, and give you
the exact DNS record to paste if it doesn't.

## Using it [#using-it]

Go to your team's **Settings → Email**. Once your sending domain is verified,
the **Apple Branded Mail** card shows a preview of how your logo will look in
an Apple inbox, plus where you stand on each requirement:

1. **DKIM signing**: comes from the domain setup on the same page. Apple does
   not accept mail authenticated by SPF alone, so this has to be green first.
2. **DMARC set to quarantine or reject**: Aden reads your domain's `_dmarc`
   record live. If it's missing, or still at `p=none`, the card shows the exact
   TXT record to add at your DNS provider. Add it, then press **Check again**
   (DNS changes can take a few hours to show up).
3. **Register with Apple**: when the first two are green, open **Apple
   Business Connect**, add your brand, upload a square logo of at least
   1024×1024 px, and add the same domain. Apple's own DNS check expires after
   14 days, and brand review takes up to 7 business days.

Once Apple approves you, the logo appears on its own. Nothing to change in
Aden.

Your logo only shows on mail actually sent from your domain. If you send a
campaign from an address on a domain that isn't verified here, Aden sends it
from the shared Aden address instead (with your address as Reply-To), and Apple
shows Aden's brand rather than yours.