Email is a major part of our daily communication, yet many people overlook the importance of securing it. Imagine sending an email that never reaches your intended recipient due to poor setup—frustrating, right? That’s where tools like Kitterman SPF Check come in. They help you ensure your email settings are just right, making it less…
Email has become a lifeline for communication, both in our personal lives and in the world of business. Yet, with increasing threats of phishing and spoofing attacks, protecting your email domain is more important than ever. That’s where SPF, or Sender Policy Framework, comes into play. Setting up a proper SPF record for Office 365…
Email security is a two-way street, which means both the client and the email service provider are responsible for maintaining the legitimacy and authenticity of the communication process. It is not only the company sending out emails that should take action against spoofing and phishing attacks but also the platforms through which the emails are…
In the digital age, sending emails is as routine as breathing, but did you know that simply hitting “send” doesn’t guarantee your message will land where you intended? Without proper email authentication, you might find your emails drifting into spam folders or worse, faked by someone pretending to be you. That’s where Google SPF records…
In SPF, a DNS lookup is the process using which the receiving mail server fetches the SPF TXT record of the sender’s domain. This is done to verify if the sender is authorized to send messages on behalf of the domain owner. However, to prevent abuse and overburdening, RFC has imposed a limit of a…
Has it ever happened to you that you sent an email, but it never reached the recipient despite doing everything right? You authenticated your email-sending domain with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, but somehow, your emails aren’t getting through. Well, one of the reasons behind this could be that your authentication protocols aren’t correctly configured, particularly…
Email security has seen many developments over the years. Starting in February 2024, Google and Yahoo made it mandatory for bulk senders to implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to combat the growing menaces attempted through phishing and spoofing. Now, Yahoo Japan has also taken a step further in the same direction— it has made it…
You would be surprised to know that as many as 3.4 billion emails are sent by threat actors every single day around the globe to gain illegitimate access to sensitive user data. That’s precisely why email authentication plays a significant role in safeguarding your business email communications by securing your domain from phishing and spoofing…
It’s common for legitimate emails to be falsely marked as spam or rejected because they failed the SPF verification checks. While this is not a one-off occurrence, it does leave room for missed conversations, which can lead to reputational and financial damages. SPF is a strong tool against phishing and spoofing emails sent from your…
A broken SPF record means there is some issue in it; either it’s misconfigured, incomplete, or exceeds the technical limits. Such an SPF record fails to perform its responsibility of checking if the email sent from your domain is authenticated. This may also disrupt the flow of legitimate emails from your domain, leaving security gaps…
