Glossary · Updated 2026-10-20

What is DMARC?

DMARC is a DNS policy that tells receivers what to do with email that fails SPF or DKIM checks for a domain.

DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) is a TXT record at _dmarc.<domain> that tells receiving servers how to treat mail that fails authentication, and where to send reports:

_dmarc.acme.com.  TXT  "v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:dmarc@acme.com"

Since 2024, Google and Yahoo require DMARC from bulk senders, so active business domains increasingly publish it. Veqen reports whether a domain has DMARC in the domain and email checks.

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