The reporter’s verdict does not match its own evidence

What it means

On N messages, the receiver recorded a DMARC result that the authentication details in the same report do not support, fail% pass by the reporter’s summary against pass% by the identifiers it actually listed. This is almost always relayed mail credited to the forwarder rather than to you.

How to fix it

Trust the detail over the summary. Open those sources below and look at which domain each SPF or DKIM result belongs to, if it is not yours, that message did not pass DMARC for you.

Check your own domain

This page describes the condition. To find out whether your domain has it, run the RUA 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, including how reporting works, or start at the Health Library.

Where this comes from

We judge this against RFC 9990 section 3.1.1. Every finding on this site cites the specification behind it so you can check the work rather than take our word for it.

Other RUA conditions

• You are ready to turn enforcement on
• Some of this is forwarded mail, not an attack
• Somebody is sending as you, and it is being delivered
• Unauthenticated mail is getting past your policy
• Your policy stopped forged mail
• Your own mail is failing authentication