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EmailToolTester: DMARC vs DKIM vs SPF What are the key differences?
- March 20, 2024
- Posted by: Top Deliverability
- Category: Email Services EmailToolTester Industry News
EmailToolTester just shared another brilliant post:
DMARC, DKIM, and SPF are all email authentication methods used by senders to combat email spoofing and phishing attacks. While you could use SPF and DKIM independently, you can’t use DMARC without also using at least one of the other methods. And the truth is: if you’re an email marketer, that’s sending emails to hundreds or thousands of people, you need to implement all three methods together to achieve respectable levels of authentication and deliverability. That’s because each method works differently, with its own strengths and weaknesses, and it’s only when they are implemented together that you will achieve comprehensive protection. Let’s look at each one in turn and compare them… SPF (Sender Policy Framework) SPF is an email authentication protocol that verifies the sender’s IP address. It allows domain owners to specify which mail servers are authorized to send emails on behalf of their domain. How SPF Authentication works
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