Local Policy or Local Policy Override
Local Policy or Local Policy Override
- April 21, 2021
- Posted by: Nicola Selenu

In the context of DMARC, the term Local Policy refers to any internal policy or reason a Message Receiver may have for not enforcing a Blocking Policy published by the Domain Owner for a particular message. It is often indicated as a message like “local policy override” for messages that failed Email Authentication but were never not blocked – for example, because they were received from a mailing list operator that is known to the message receiver.
Author:Nicola Selenu
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- Term: Message Receiver
- Term: Blocking policy
- Term: Authentication
- Term: Domain Owner
- Term: Mailing List
- Term: Receiver
- Term: Domain Message Authentication Reporting & Conformance (DMARC)
- Term: Email Service Provider (ESP)
- Term: Deliverability
- Term: SpamAssassin
- Term: Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (ESMTP)
- Term: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
- Term: Domain Name System (DNS)
Local Policy or Local Policy Override
In the context of DMARC, the term Local Policy refers to any internal policy or reason a Message Receiver may have for not enforcing a Blocking Policy published by the Domain Owner for a particular message. It is often indicated as a message like “local policy override” for messages that failed Email Authentication but were never not blocked – for example, because they were received from a mailing list operator that is known to the message receiver.
« Back to Glossary Index- Term: Message Receiver
- Term: Blocking policy
- Term: Authentication
- Term: Domain Owner
- Term: Mailing List
- Term: Receiver
- Term: Domain Message Authentication Reporting & Conformance (DMARC)
- Term: Email Service Provider (ESP)
- Term: Deliverability
- Term: SpamAssassin
- Term: Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (ESMTP)
- Term: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
- Term: Domain Name System (DNS)
- Term: Local Policy or Local Policy Override
Author:Nicola Selenu
Email Service Providers Handbook
The most comprehensive “Handbook of Email Service Providers“!
SPAMASSASSIN RULES
All SpamAssassin rules in one place, EXPLAINED!
SMTP COMMANDS
& REPLY CODES
All SMTP/ESMTP commands and reply codes in one place, EXPLAINED!
Free DNS Tool
Check the DNS records of your domain with our free DNS tool.
Deliverability Glossary
The most comprehensive Email Deliverability and Marketing Glossary!
« Back to Glossary Index- Term: Message Receiver
- Term: Blocking policy
- Term: Authentication
- Term: Domain Owner
- Term: Mailing List
- Term: Receiver
- Term: Domain Message Authentication Reporting & Conformance (DMARC)
- Term: Email Service Provider (ESP)
- Term: Deliverability
- Term: SpamAssassin
- Term: Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (ESMTP)
- Term: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
- Term: Domain Name System (DNS)
- Term: Local Policy or Local Policy Override