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DMARC record uses retired tags

MINOR

DMARC · Minor · costs 8 points · RFC 9989 Appendix A.6

What it means

The tags the offending value were removed in the current DMARC standard. Receivers ignore them, so any rollout you think they are controlling is not happening.

How to fix it

Delete the offending value. Use t=y for a staged rollout instead of pct.

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 Appendix A.6. 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_OBSOLETE_TAGS

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