DMARC Tags

 

DMARC records are composed of various tag-value pairs, which tell an email server how it needs to treat a particular email based on sending domain's DMARC record. Each tag-value pair found in a record has its own unique meaning. For example, a record with "p=none" & "sp=quarantine; pct=100%" means that 1) Nothing should be done to messages sent from the primary domain that fail DMARC and 2) All messages sent by a subdomain that fails DMARC should be quarantined . The below section outlines all DMARC tags that can be applied to a DMARC record:

 

Tag Description  
Version (v) The v tag is required and represents the protocol version. An example is v=DMARC1  More Info
Policy (p) The required p tag demonstrates the policy for domain (or requested handling policy). It directs the receiver to report, quarantine, or reject emails that fail authentication checks. Policy options are: 1) None 2) Quarantine or 3) Reject.  More Info
Percentage (pct) This DMARC tag specifies the percentage of email messages subjected to filtering. For example, pct=25 means a quarter of your company’s emails will be filtered by the recipient.  More Info
RUA Report Email Address(s) (rua): This optional tag is designed for reporting URI(s) for aggregate data. An rua example is rua=mailto:CUSTOMER@for.example.com.  More Info
RUF Report Email Address(s) (ruf): Like the rua tag, the ruf designation is an optional tag. It directs addresses to which message-specific forensic information is to be reported (i.e., comma-separated plain-text list of URIs). An ruf example is ruf=mailto:CUSTOMER@for.example.com.  More Info
Failure Reporting Options (fo): The FO tag pertains to how forensic reports are created and presented to DMARC users.  More Info
ASPF Tag (aspf): The aspf tag represents alignment mode for SPF. An optional tag, aspf=r is a common example of its configuration.  More Info
ADKIM Tag (adkim): Similar to aspf, the optional adkim tag is the alignment mode for the DKIM protocol. A sample tag is adkim=r.  More Info
Report Format (rf): Forensic reporting format(s) is declared by the DMARC rf tag.  More Info
Report Interval (ri): The ri tag corresponds to the aggregate reporting interval and provides DMARC feedback for the outlined criteria.  More Info
Subdomain Policy (sp): This tag represents the requested handling policy for subdomains.  More Info

 

 

 

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