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DMARC record contains no policy

CODE RED

DMARC · Critical · costs 40 points · RFC 9989 section 4.8

What it means

The record at _dmarc.example.com is just a version tag with nothing after it. It parses, and it does nothing.

How to fix it

Add a policy and a reporting address: v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@example.com

Check your own domain

This page describes the condition. To find out whether your domain has it, run the DMARC test or the full checkup, which examines every record at once.

Understand it properly

This page covers one condition. For the whole picture, The DMARC guide, from a first record to enforcement, or start at the Health Library.

Where this comes from

We judge this against RFC 9989 section 4.8. Every finding on this site cites the specification behind it so you can check the work rather than take our word for it.

Other DMARC conditions

DMARC_EMPTY_RECORD

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