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Public suffix flag value is invalid

ATTENTION

DMARC · Needs attention · costs 15 points · RFC 9989 section 4.7

What it means

psd=the offending value is not valid. The tag takes y, n or u, and an invalid value falls back to u, leaving receivers to work out for themselves whether this is an organizational domain.

How to fix it

Use psd=n if this is a normal domain, psd=y only if you operate a public suffix, or remove the tag entirely.

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 4.7. 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_PSD_INVALID

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