Email Security - DMARC

Ibrahim S - Apr 7 '23 - - Dev Community

Emails are still the major threat to IT Security.

So how to improve your email security and also your deliverability in 5 minutes? By implementing DMARC.

𝗗𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 🛡

  1. It uses SPF and DKIM to check the authenticity of an email sent.

  2. It tells the server how to handle the malicious ones.

Two options:

1️⃣ Quarantine | Spam folder

2️⃣ Reject | Emails are totally denied.

𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥 ✅

👉Better control.

👉 Better reputation

👉 Better deliverability

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖 😶

You can retrieve your DMARC through Google, email monitoring tools or email marketing tools then you need to access your DNS and add a TXT Record.

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