What Is DMARC?
The Domain Based Message Authentication Reporting (DMARC) security email protocol leverages DNS and uses the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) open protocols to verify email senders.
If a DMARC record check detects a misalignment between an email sender and the address as it appears to the recipient of the email, DMARC activates an administered protocol that tells the receiving server to accept the message, quarantine it, or reject it based on policy the sender defines.
As part of the validation process, DMARC gives the sender reports on who is attempting to use their domain to send messages. This visibility allows the sender to fine-tune their policy as new threats emerge. In this way, DMARC helps companies establish brand trust by reducing the threat of nonvalidated or fraudulent email.