DNS & email security check
Email and DNS security
Records
How to read it
- SPF: who may send mail for your domain. Should end in -all (hard) or ~all (soft); +all allows everyone. More than 10 DNS lookups make the record invalid.
- DMARC: what to do when SPF/DKIM fail: p=none only monitors; quarantine and reject protect. Cloudflare → Email → DMARC Management is a free way to receive rua= reports.
- DKIM: Common selectors plus those of the provider recognised from SPF/MX are tried (e.g. Hostinger: hostingermail-a/b/c, Zoho, Fastmail, Proton, iCloud). Not found does not mean missing; your provider may use another selector.
- MTA-STS: forces inbound mail to arrive over TLS; recommended when you have MX records.
- DNSSEC: whether DNS answers were validated as signed (resolver's AD flag). Cloudflare → DNS → Settings → DNSSEC.
- CAA: which certificate authorities may issue certificates; without it, any CA can.