Technical Guidance articles

SPF Problems with MailChimp

By Becky Kobsik | Deployment, Technical Guidance

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...

How to Publish a DMARC Record with Wix

By Becky Kobsik | Deployment, Technical Guidance

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...

How to Publish a DMARC Record with DNS Made Easy

By John Bowers | Deployment, Technical Guidance

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...

How to Publish a DMARC Record with DYN

By John Bowers | Deployment, Technical Guidance

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...

How to implement DKIM and/or DMARC on Microsoft Exchange Server

By Vaughn Talbert | Deployment, Email Technology, Technical Guidance

Although many organizations are migrating to the cloud via Microsoft 365 or Exchange Online, we still see many operating their own on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server. Over the past few years...

How to Publish a DMARC Record with GoDaddy

By Vaughn Talbert | Deployment, Technical Guidance

For those of you that use GoDaddy as your DNS provider, here are brief instructions for adding a DMARC record. If your domain has been added to GoDaddy through one...

How to Publish a DMARC Record with Cloudflare

By Vaughn Talbert | Deployment, Technical Guidance

For those of you that use Cloudflare as your DNS provider, here are brief instructions for adding a DMARC record. If your domain has been added to Cloudflare through one...

What is the pct (percentage) tag in a DMARC Record?

By John Bowers | Technical Guidance

DMARC records are published in the DNS as text records and allow a domain owner to tell email receivers what to do with email that fails authentication based on the...

How to Publish a DMARC Record

By Vaughn Talbert | Deployment, Technical Guidance

A DMARC record exists as part of your Domain Name System (DNS) record, which routes traffic on the Internet. You can include additional information in the DNS, like your domain’s...

DKIM Records: How to Create and Add to Your DNS

By Vaughn Talbert | Deployment, Technical Guidance

In this article we explain: What is a DKIM Record? How do I create a DKIM record for a domain? How do I add a DKIM record? How can I...

SPF Management Challenges

By John Bowers | Technical Guidance

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...

How to Create and Add an SPF Record

By Vaughn Talbert | Deployment, Technical Guidance

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...

Vendor Management: The Importance of Identifying Third-Party Sources

By John Bowers | Deployment, Technical Guidance

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...

What is a DMARC Record?

By Vaughn Talbert | Deployment, Technical Guidance

What is a DMARC Record? As a mission-driven company, dmarcian is focused on spreading the adoption of DMARC. Because of this, we interface with a wide range of people with...

Top 5 DMARC Deployment Mistakes

By John Bowers | Deployment, Technical Guidance

With phishing exploits at an all-time high, there’s growing awareness of how DMARC can help protect domains and make email more trustworthy. It’s no secret that enacting DMARC can be...

DMARC Reporters Who Skip the DKIM Selectors

By Vaughn Talbert | Technical Guidance

Knowing the DKIM selector that is being used for an email domain is important for deploying domain security measures and troubleshooting email. With over seven years of email ecosystem experience,...

DKIM Selectors

By Vaughn Talbert | Deployment, Technical Guidance

This article takes a look at DKIM Selectors in particular. We explain: What DKIM Selectors are Where to find your own DKIM Selector How does DKIM work? To use DKIM,...

DMARC and Email Deliverability

By Vaughn Talbert | Technical Guidance

Deliverability, also referred to as inbox placement, is a key concern for today's marketers. With a background in email deliverability, dmarcian Strategic Alliances Manager Victor Minev discusses the effect that...

How to Handle Your Parked Domains

By Vaughn Talbert | Deployment, Technical Guidance

It is easy to overlook parked domains (also referred to as inactive domains) when it comes to email security. After all, these domains are typically inactive and in some cases...

RUF – What is it Good for?

By Vaughn Talbert | Deployment, Email Technology, Technical Guidance

Forensic (RUF) reporting was once widely used for email troubleshooting, but privacy concerns have now marginalized its use. With over seven years of email ecosystem experience, dmarcian Deployment Consultant Mohammed...