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I need to understand/read a dmarc report to understand as to whether my emails are being sent properly (not to receivers spam) and being received without being ignored/deleted. Any help is appreciated! Thanks, Dan

The report is below.

<feedback>
<version>1.0</version>
<report_metadata>
<org_name>zoho.com</org_name>
<email>noreply-dmarc@zoho.com</email>
<extra_contact_info>https://www.zoho.com/mail/help/adminconsole/dmarc-policy.html</extra_contact_info>
<report_id>dd909efb-2609-42e7-97a8-199267b26fc2</report_id>
<date_range>
<begin>1661756400</begin>
<end>1661842800</end>
</date_range>
</report_metadata>
<policy_published>
<domain>flankaudio.com</domain>
<adkim>r</adkim>
<aspf>r</aspf>
<p>none</p>
<pct>100</pct>
<fo>0</fo>
</policy_published>
<record>
<row>
<source_ip>209.85.208.48</source_ip>
<count>1</count>
<policy_evaluated>
<disposition>none</disposition>
<dkim>fail</dkim>
<spf>pass</spf>
</policy_evaluated>
</row>
<identifiers>
<header_from>flankaudio.com</header_from>
</identifiers>
<auth_results>
<dkim>
<result>fail</result>
<domain>flankaudio.com</domain>
<selector>google</selector>
</dkim>
<spf>
<domain>flankaudio.com</domain>
<result>pass</result>
<scope>mfrom</scope>
</spf>
</auth_results>
</record>
</feedback>
glts
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Check the <policy_evaluated> block in the XML report. In your case it is:

<policy_evaluated>
<disposition>none</disposition>
<dkim>fail</dkim>
<spf>pass</spf>
</policy_evaluated>

Here's what they mean:

  • <dkim>fail</dkim> - DKIM failed
  • <spf>pass</spf> - SPF passed
  • <disposition>none</disposition> - DMARC passed (meaning: email could be delivered)
fvsdpl
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  • Awesome thank you for your help. By could be delivered, does that mean it was delivered? – Dan Streeter Sep 20 '22 at 09:28
  • You can't tell that by just looking at a DMARC record. A DMARC _pass_ only indicates that the email is okay as far as the DMARC policy published by the domain owner is concerned. Emails servers may or may not use a DMARC _pass_ as a factor when ranking emails, but this is a local decision, outside of the scope of DMARC. – fvsdpl Sep 21 '22 at 23:52