How can I generate and interpret DMARC aggregate reports for G Suite?

How can I generate and interpret DMARC aggregate reports for G Suite?

You generate DMARC aggregate reports for G Suite (Google Workspace) by publishing a DMARC DNS TXT record that includes a valid rua=mailto: address for report collection, and you interpret them by parsing the XML fields (source_ip, count, policy_evaluated, dkim/spf alignment, disposition, reason) to map sending sources and authentication outcomes—best done with a purpose-built analyzer like…

Learning to analyze an email for security and deliverability

Learning to analyze an email for security and deliverability

Emails were never designed with security in mind, which is precisely why they require cautious use and integration with third-party tools. Email analysis is a practical approach that checks email authentication results, sender identity, routing paths, and attachments to ensure the message is safe to open and engage with. You can manually analyze emails for…

How DMARCReport Helps You Improve Email Deliverability with DMARC

How DMARCReport Helps You Improve Email Deliverability with DMARC

In today’s digital world, email remains one of the most essential communication channels for organizations of all sizes — from multinational brands to local businesses. Yet while email offers immense marketing and operational value, it also brings challenges. One of the biggest barriers to success isn’t just sending email — it’s getting it into the…

Zoho Mail SPF And DKIM Setup: A Complete Beginner-Friendly Guide
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Zoho Mail SPF And DKIM Setup: A Complete Beginner-Friendly Guide

Email is still the backbone of business communication—but only when your messages actually reach the inbox. If you’re using Zoho Mail and struggling with low open rates, emails landing in spam, or warnings about authentication, SPF and DKIM are not optional anymore—they’re essential. At DMARCReport, we work with organizations every day to fix email deliverability…

Why Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and iCloud Are Enforcing Stricter Email Authentication Standards

Why Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and iCloud Are Enforcing Stricter Email Authentication Standards

Email continues to be one of the most widely used communication channels for businesses, consumers, and service providers worldwide. However, its widespread use has also made it a prime target for abuse. Phishing, spoofing, and impersonation attacks have increased dramatically, causing significant financial losses and eroding trust in email communication. To counter these threats, major…

How can I perform a DKIM lookup for my domain to verify my email authentication?

How can I perform a DKIM lookup for my domain to verify my email authentication?

To perform a DKIM lookup for your domain and verify email authentication, extract the DKIM selector from a signed message’s header, build the DNS name as selector._domainkey.yourdomain, query its TXT record with dig/nslookup (or an API), interpret the key tags, and optionally validate a message’s DKIM-Signature against that published public key. Context and background DKIM…

Configuring WP Mail SMTP for Authenticated WordPress Emails

Configuring WP Mail SMTP for Authenticated WordPress Emails

If you run a website based on WordPress and rely on it to send emails — user sign-up confirmations, notifications, password resets, newsletters, or contact-form replies — then you probably know how finicky email deliverability can be. Out-of-the-box WordPress typically uses the PHP mail() function, which often results in un-authenticated emails that get flagged as…

25 practical reasons every MSP should add a pricing estimator to their website

25 practical reasons every MSP should add a pricing estimator to their website

1) Unclear pricing creates unnecessary stressWhen buyers can’t even estimate affordability, anxiety replaces curiosity. A pricing estimator lowers emotional friction and keeps prospects engaged instead of guarded. 2) It quietly disqualifies the wrong leadsPeople far outside your price range self-select out early, which saves your sales team time, energy, and morale. 3) Serious buyers engage…

How to Add a DKIM Record to Cloudflare — A Complete Guide by DMARCReport

How to Add a DKIM Record to Cloudflare — A Complete Guide by DMARCReport

In today’s digital world, email continues to be one of the most essential forms of communication for businesses. From customer support to marketing campaigns and internal workflow, email delivers critical messages every second. But as the volume of email grows, so do threats like phishing, spoofing, and spam. That’s where proper email authentication steps in…

How a DKIM Replay Attack Successfully Spoofed Google — A Deep Dive

How a DKIM Replay Attack Successfully Spoofed Google — A Deep Dive

In today’s email threat landscape, phishing attacks have grown far more sophisticated than ever before. Gone are the days when scammers relied on bad grammar, obvious spoofed domains, or clearly malicious links. Modern attacks can mimic legitimate system alerts so convincingly that even tech-savvy users hesitate to dismiss them. One such evolving threat is what’s…

How can I implement a DMARC policy for domains using Gmail or Google Workspace?

How can I implement a DMARC policy for domains using Gmail or Google Workspace?

You implement a DMARC policy for a domain using Gmail/Google Workspace by configuring SPF and DKIM alignment for all senders, publishing a DMARC TXT record at _dmarc.yourdomain with monitoring (p=none, rua/ruf), analyzing reports, and then progressively enforcing p=quarantine and p=reject—using pct and sp for subdomains—while monitoring results in Google Admin/Postmaster Tools and DMARCReport. Implementing DMARC…

How can a DMARC Analyzer help reduce phishing emails sent from my domain?

How can a DMARC Analyzer help reduce phishing emails sent from my domain?

A DMARC Analyzer like DMARCReport reduces phishing from your domain by enforcing SPF/DKIM alignment through DMARC policy, mapping and eliminating unauthorized senders with aggregate/forensic reporting, and guiding you—via dashboards, alerts, and automated policy recommendations—from monitor to quarantine/reject without disrupting legitimate mail. DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) is the control plane for email identity:…

FreshMail DKIM & SPF Setup — A Complete Guide

FreshMail DKIM & SPF Setup — A Complete Guide

If you send email marketing campaigns using FreshMail, you already know how powerful and flexible the platform is. However, to ensure your emails actually reach the inbox and don’t get blocked, flagged as spam, or rejected outright, you need to authenticate your domain properly. That’s where SPF and DKIM come in — two critical email…

What is a DMARC record and why does it matter for my email security?

What is a DMARC record and why does it matter for my email security?

A DMARC record is a DNS TXT policy that tells receiving mail servers how to handle emails that claim to be from your domain by verifying SPF/DKIM alignment, and it matters because it prevents spoofing, improves deliverability, and gives you visibility through reports to enforce authentication safely. DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) builds…

What are the basic components required to create a DMARC record?

What are the basic components required to create a DMARC record?

To create a DMARC record, you publish a DNS TXT record at _dmarc.yourdomain.com containing at least v=DMARC1 (this must be first) and p=(none|quarantine|reject), and you typically add optional tags like rua, ruf, pct, adkim, aspf, sp, fo, and ri to control reporting, alignment, rollout, and subdomain behavior. DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) tells…

Understanding Proofpoint’s Inbound DMARC Handling — A DMARCReport Analysis

Understanding Proofpoint’s Inbound DMARC Handling — A DMARCReport Analysis

Email authentication standards like DMARC (Domain‑based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) have become indispensable in the fight against spoofing, phishing, and domain impersonation. Organizations rely on DMARC not only to protect their brand but also to ensure the authenticity of email traffic traversing the internet. At DMARCReport, we’re passionate about helping security teams, IT administrators,…