SMTP TLS Reporting
SMTP TLS Reporting is about receiving reports from the internet regarding possible connection security issues that servers experience when connecting to your inbound email systems.
News & Knowledge
MTA-STS
MTA-STS is an inbound mail protocol designed to add a layer of encryption/security between sending and receiving mail servers.
The purpose of MTA-STS is to encrypt and secure communications between SMTP servers via TLS (Transport Layer Security) preventing man-in-the-middle attackers from viewing and manipulating in-transit emails.
Source Viewer Overview
The Source Viewer is where you get a quick, digestible view of where your mail is coming from and most importantly, what level of SPF, DKIM, and DMARC coverage each of your domains have. A Source is either a server under your control or a third-party platform that’s sending email... Read more »
FBI Releases 2020 Internet Crime Report
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released the 2020 Internet Crime Report, which includes information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime—an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019—and reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion. 2020 was a record year for internet crime complaints from the American public... Read more »
SPF Problems with MailChimp
We sometimes hear from our customers who have problems with how Mailchimp handles SPF. They see the following in their dmarcian dashboard: SPF is not possible as Mailchimp uses their own domain in the bounce address. And sometimes they’ll message us with some variation of the following: I chatted with... Read more »
How to Publish a DMARC Record with Wix
For those of you that use Wix as your DNS provider, here are brief instructions for adding a DMARC record. If your domain has been added through one of their partners, you’ll manage your DNS records through that hosting partner. NOTE: It’s always good practice to check the primary instructions... Read more »
Track DMARC Compliance with Account Progress Report
We’ve helped organizations and individuals deploy DMARC by monitoring over 2.5 million domains and counting. Throughout this experience we have found that showing our work and maintaining visibility to our goals is important. We are now rolling out an automated report that you can receive on a regular basis to... Read more »
DMARC Policy Modes: Quarantine vs Reject
Published in the DNS, a DMARC policy allows a domain owner to indicate that their email messages are protected by SPF and/or DKIM and is used to determine what is done to non-compliant email: People often ask us, “What’s the difference between the DMARC policies quarantine and reject, and what... Read more »
How to Publish a DMARC Record with DNS Made Easy
For those of you that use DNS Made Easy as your DNS provider, here are brief instructions for adding a DMARC record. If your domain has been added through one of their partners, you’ll manage your DNS records through that hosting partner. NOTE: It’s always good practice to check the... Read more »
How to Publish a DMARC Record with DYN
For those of you that use DYN as your DNS provider, here are brief instructions for adding a DMARC record. If your domain has been added to DYN through one of their partners you’ll manage your DNS records through that hosting partner. NOTE: It’s always good practice to check the... Read more »