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| | 2 | = How do I add a DMARC record to my account? = |
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| | 4 | DMARC stands for [Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC). It's a way to tell the Internet what they should do if they get an email from your domain that seems suspicious. |
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| | 6 | A message will be considered suspicious if it fails either your DKIM signature test or your SPF test. |
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| | 8 | You must create DKIM and SPF records before you create a DMARC record. |
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| | 10 | Your doman's DMARC setting only affects email sent from your domain. It has no impact on the amount of spam that you may be receiving. |
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| | 12 | In addition, setting DMARC record may help messages sent from your domain avoid the spam folder, since some email providers seem to be punishing email senders who do not have a DMARC policy set. |
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| | 14 | If you would like to add a DMARC record, you can create one using the DNS Service in the [https://members.mayfirst.org/cp Members control panel]. |
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| | 16 | * Click Add item link to create a new record |
| | 17 | * For Type, choose "Text". |
| | 18 | * For the Full Domain field, enter "_dmarc." followed by your domain (without the www). For example: _dmarc.mayfirst.org or _dmarc.mygroup.net. |
| | 19 | * In the Text field, most groups will want to add `v=DMARC1; p=quarantine` |
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| | 21 | Please see below for more information. |
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| | 23 | The above example (`v=DMARC1; p=quarantine`) represents the minimal policy you can define. And, it specifies that if a message fails the test that it should be quarantined (which means sent to the spam folder) instead of rejected. |
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| | 25 | You may also consider adding: `ruf:emailto:you@youremail.org` which will cause any policy failures to be emailed to you. The full version would then be: `v=DMARC1; p=quarantine;ruf:emailto:you@youremail.org`. |
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| | 27 | For more options, please see the [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7489#page-17 General Record Format] of the spec. |
