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Email Authentication: SPF, DKIM, DMARC

Official docs outline

7 sections
  1. SPF check_host

    Evaluating the SPF policy for a sender IP and domain.

  2. SPF mechanisms and modifiers

    ip4, include, a, mx, all, redirect and qualifiers.

  3. DKIM protocol elements

    DKIM-Signature header, canonicalization and key records in DNS.

  4. DKIM signer and verifier actions

    Signing and verification procedures.

  5. DMARC policy record

    DMARC TXT record tags: p, rua, pct, adkim, aspf.

  6. DMARC identifier alignment

    Relaxed vs strict alignment of From domain with SPF/DKIM.

  7. MTA-STS

    Policy for requiring TLS on SMTP delivery.

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