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Check 9 / 16 LOW impact Free

Domain email DNS SPF / DKIM / DMARC setup

What this check is

Without SPF, DKIM and DMARC the transactional mail lands in spam and the domain becomes spoofable. This is the difference between a customer reading their order confirmation and never seeing it.

How to implement it

Add the SPF record for every service that sends mail on the domain, publish the DKIM keys from the email host as TXT records, and set a DMARC TXT record starting with p=none and a reporting address before moving to quarantine. Keep one SPF record per domain: flattening multiple includes is the usual failure.

How to verify it

Send a test message to a Gmail address and use Show original to check SPF=pass and DKIM=pass with the correct domain, then read the DMARC aggregate report after a few days to confirm alignment.

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