Blogs
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DMARC
ARC in Email Gateways: Who Supports It, How It Works, and Why It Matters for DMARC
Authenticated Received Chain (ARC) preserves email authentication results across forwarding and mailing-list intermediaries. Here is how ARC works, which gateways actually seal or validate it today, and why it is the missing piece if you enforce DMARC p=reject on a domain that is also forwarded.
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SPF
Why a Mail Security Gateway Says No SPF Record on Legitimate Emails That Have Valid SPF
When Barracuda, Proofpoint, or Mimecast flags legitimate inbound mail as No SPF Record, the sender is rarely the problem. The SEG almost always looked at a different domain than the one the user is reading in Outlook.
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Deliverability
Why Outlook Sends a New Domain to Junk Even With Perfect SPF, DKIM, and DMARC
Microsoft's content filter and your authentication records are two different decisions. Here is what is actually happening and what to do about it.
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DMARC
Do You Actually Have DNS Visibility for Email Authentication?
SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records drift more than most admins realize. A practical checklist for spotting silent DNS changes before they break delivery.
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Deliverability
Why Google Postmaster Tools Still Shows "Issues Detected" After You Fix DKIM
A stale "Issues Detected" badge after a DKIM fix usually means the dashboard is lagging, not that the fix failed. Here is how to verify the fix in real time and what to expect from the refresh.
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DMARC
Why Docker Mail Server DMARC Alignment Fails: How to Fix It
Container mail stacks fail DMARC alignment in specific ways that generic guides miss. Here is the checklist that finds which piece is misaligned.
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DMARC
How to Make a Third-Party Email Marketing Platform Pass DMARC on Your Custom Domain
Marketing platforms sign mail with their own DKIM and use their own return-path. Here is the vendor-agnostic pattern that puts the alignment back under your control, with a verification checklist that works for any platform.
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DMARC
Why Enforcing DMARC on Your Parent Domain Is Not Enough
DMARC policies on your primary domain do not automatically cover subdomains. Each domain and subdomain needs its own DMARC record, or attackers can spoof your subdomains even when your parent domain is fully protected.
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DMARC
How to Monitor SPF, DKIM, and DMARC Across Many Domains Without Enterprise Prices
A practical, three-tier stack for keeping SPF, DKIM, and DMARC healthy across a portfolio of brand domains without paying enterprise prices.
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DMARC
Why Google Stops Sending DMARC Reports When GoDaddy Is in the rua Tag
Google sometimes stops sending DMARC aggregate reports the moment a GoDaddy-hosted rua address appears in your DMARC record. Here is what is happening and how to fix it.