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DMARC

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance, an email policy signal built on SPF and DKIM alignment.

Why it matters

DMARC helps domains guide receivers on how to handle unauthenticated mail.

Example pattern

Authentication-Results includes dmarc=fail for a message claiming to be from a brand.

How CheckLink can help

CheckLink can show DMARC results found in pasted headers as one context signal.

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