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SPF Management Challenges

The email world was a much different place back in 1997 when the idea of SPF was taking shape. It went mostly unnoticed when first publicly mentioned around 2000, but fast-forward 20 years, and it is now one of the most widespread forms of email authentication in use, along with DKIM and DMARC. Ensuring the accuracy of your record then was a much different challenge to undertake compared to now. The accuracy of your SPF record relies on your understanding…
John Bowers
23 March 2020
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Not Another COVID-19 Sales Pitch

We at dmarcian help companies with DMARC—a niche technology that sits at the intersection of email and the DNS. As the world digs in for a long battle against a pandemic, what we offer won’t help people right now as nations get ready for a wave of sickness. We wish we had something relevant like a vaccine or ICU beds, or even N95 masks to donate. We’re a Remote-First, B-Corp certified, 1%-for-the-Planet, mission-focused, SaaS software organization; it’s still not enough.…
John Bowers
18 March 2020
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Top 5 DMARC Insights From Our Live Chat

With extensive training and experience in cybercrime technology, IT support, and research, dmarcian advisor Ernest McLeod shares his insights on working the front lines as users and customers engage with our online chat feature. “Working in this role has given me a unique perspective on how critical email is to businesses, regardless of size. While a project varies in scope and complexity, it is interesting to see how the goals of a freelance graphic designer are the same as the…
Vaughn Talbert
13 March 2020
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How to Create and Add an SPF Record

In this article we explain: What an SPF Record is How to Add an SPF Record How to Create an SPF Record Already have an SPF Record but not sure if its setup correctly? Use our free SPF Surveyor to perform an SPF Check.An SPF record or SPF txt Record is a record that is part of your domain’s DNS — similar to a DMARC record. It contains a list of all the IP addresses that are permitted to send email…
Vaughn Talbert
24 February 2020
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Vendor Management: The Importance of Identifying Third-Party Sources

For many organizations, the deployment of DMARC across their domain catalog can involve many challenges. One such challenge is the identification of all third-party services, also called sources, that send email on behalf of one or more domains. Our Deployment Team recommends the important step of developing a strong process surrounding the risk assessment, procurement and management of third-party services that send emails on behalf of your domains.An organization’s vendor-management process can identify DMARC maintenance issues whenever vendors are onboarded,…
John Bowers
19 February 2020

Obstacles along the Path to Wider DMARC Adoption

With over 18 years of relationship management experience in the digital realm, dmarcian’s Senior Technical Account Manager Dan Levinson shares his insights on DMARC as a best practice and obstacles to adoption within the email ecosystem.As a mission-driven company, dmarcian is dedicated to improving and securing the entire world’s email by making DMARC accessible to all. We are interested in the pathways people take to learn about and adopt domain security measures, along with any obstacles they encounter along the…
Vaughn Talbert
11 February 2020