SPF, DKIM & DMARC, in plain English
Without these three DNS records, anyone can send email that looks like it came from your domain —
phishing your customers and staff, and quietly wrecking your deliverability. They work together:
- SPF publishes the list of servers allowed to send mail for you. End it with
-all to reject everyone else.
- DKIM attaches a cryptographic signature so receivers can verify a message really came from you and wasn’t altered.
- DMARC ties SPF and DKIM together and tells receivers to
quarantine or reject anything that fails — and emails you reports. Start at p=none to observe, then tighten.