What is relaxed SPF alignment?

Relaxed alignment allows a subdomain to be used and still meet the domain alignment requirement. Examples: If your MFrom domain is mail.example.com and your Header From is example.com, your email would pass SPF alignment.

Does DMARC require both DKIM and SPF?

DMARC not only requires that SPF or DKIM PASS, but it also requires the domains used by either one of those two protocols to ALIGN with the domain found in the “From” address.

What is DMARC SPF alignment?

SPF Alignment is the alignment of two (2) headers found in an email message, meaning the value found in those two headers(a domain) needs to align with one another. This alignment basically means that the value found in each header, which is a domain, must match with the domain found in the other header.

Why is DMARC failing?

A message will fail DMARC if the message fails both (1) SPF or SPF alignment and (2) DKIM or DKIM alignment. DMARC allows senders to instruct email providers on how to handle unauthenticated mail via a DMARC policy, removing any guesswork on how they should handle messages that fail DMARC authentication.

Can DMARC pass if SPF fails?

To pass DMARC, a message must pass SPF authentication and SPF alignment and/or DKIM authentication and DKIM alignment. A message will fail DMARC if the message fails both (1) SPF or SPF alignment and (2) DKIM or DKIM alignment.

Do I need both DMARC and DKIM?

Does DMARC require DKIM? No. DKIM is not required by DMARC. However, setting up DKIM keeps false negatives in DMARC authentication at the minimum.

What is DKIM and SPF?

SPF and DKIM are the authentication procedure of sender and message(email) while sending the emails from sender to receiver. SPF stands for Sender proof identity. DKIM stands for domain key indentification mail. SPF checks is done for the authentication of the user or user domain or email domain.

What is SPF and DKIM alignment?

SPF and DKIM validate email from any registered domain . Alignment is what ties authentication to your domain . When you implement DMARC, you tie the results of SPF and DKIM to authenticate all emails coming from your domain.

What is a DMARC policy?

A DMARC policy allows a sender’s domain to indicate that their emails are protected by SPF and/or DKIM , and tells a receiver what to do if neither of those authentication methods passes – such as junk or reject the message.

What is DMARC analyzer?

DMARC Analyzer is one of the pioneers of DMARC and has been helping customers since the introduction of the DMARC standard in 2012. DMARC Analyzer provides user friendly DMARC analyzing software and act as your expert guide to move you towards a reject policy as fast as possible.