I have clients who want me to come in and do something for them. Set up a NAS, set up computers, etc. But I have other clients who want me to point them in the right direction. Then I get out of the way and let them carry it forward. Ironically, I was dealing with a client who wanted to not only make sure that their emails were going to get delivered to their recipients, but to keep things like scam and phishing attempts out of their inbox. One of the ways that we achieved both goals was to implement DMARC. And I pointed them towards a very good on line reference that I found for guiding you towards implementing DMARC. That reference is called The DMARC Academy. And to be completely honest, I wish I had this when I was implementing DMARC on both of my domains in the last year or so.
Before I go down what DMARC academy is, a quick refresher about what DMARC is and why you should care. In simple terms, DMARC is like a digital checkpoint for your emails that confirms they are from the correct organization and not someone pretending to be you. Or your company. So if you want to guarantee that emails are going to get from point A to B, you need to implement DMARC. In fact, Yahoo, Google and Microsoft require it. Which means that other organizations will require it as well. But it goes beyond deliverability of email. DMARC can help to keep things like phishing attempts out of your inbox because it will validate that an email that is intended for your inbox is coming from a source that is likely to be trustworthy. For example, about 90% of phishing and scam attempts that are directed towards me end up in the junk mail folder. While I have a quick look to make sure that nothing that shouldn’t be in there ended up in there, they get deleted and I remain safe from phishing.
Now I could help you implement DMARC, but the reality is that if you have administrative access to your email server, you could likely do it yourself if you educated yourself as to what you need to do and why. That’s where The DMARC Academy come in. These are free courses that educate you about what DMARC is and how it works. And guides you down a path to help you to implement DMARC. Not to mention related technologies like SPF and DKIM. And all of this comes from the people who invented DMARC. By the time you are done with these courses, you should be in a place where you should be able to implement DMARC on your own. Though as I always say, if you’re unsure about something, you should consult a professional before you do anything. But you likely won’t have to do that as when I looked at these courses, they are clear and comprehensive.
The DMARC academy is something that I would strongly recommend to anyone who is implementing DMARC. It’s an excellent resource that should be considered as mandatory reading if you’re responsible for email in your organization.
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The DMARC Academy: An Excellent Resource For Anyone Who Is Implementing DMARC
I have clients who want me to come in and do something for them. Set up a NAS, set up computers, etc. But I have other clients who want me to point them in the right direction. Then I get out of the way and let them carry it forward. Ironically, I was dealing with a client who wanted to not only make sure that their emails were going to get delivered to their recipients, but to keep things like scam and phishing attempts out of their inbox. One of the ways that we achieved both goals was to implement DMARC. And I pointed them towards a very good on line reference that I found for guiding you towards implementing DMARC. That reference is called The DMARC Academy. And to be completely honest, I wish I had this when I was implementing DMARC on both of my domains in the last year or so.
Before I go down what DMARC academy is, a quick refresher about what DMARC is and why you should care. In simple terms, DMARC is like a digital checkpoint for your emails that confirms they are from the correct organization and not someone pretending to be you. Or your company. So if you want to guarantee that emails are going to get from point A to B, you need to implement DMARC. In fact, Yahoo, Google and Microsoft require it. Which means that other organizations will require it as well. But it goes beyond deliverability of email. DMARC can help to keep things like phishing attempts out of your inbox because it will validate that an email that is intended for your inbox is coming from a source that is likely to be trustworthy. For example, about 90% of phishing and scam attempts that are directed towards me end up in the junk mail folder. While I have a quick look to make sure that nothing that shouldn’t be in there ended up in there, they get deleted and I remain safe from phishing.
Now I could help you implement DMARC, but the reality is that if you have administrative access to your email server, you could likely do it yourself if you educated yourself as to what you need to do and why. That’s where The DMARC Academy come in. These are free courses that educate you about what DMARC is and how it works. And guides you down a path to help you to implement DMARC. Not to mention related technologies like SPF and DKIM. And all of this comes from the people who invented DMARC. By the time you are done with these courses, you should be in a place where you should be able to implement DMARC on your own. Though as I always say, if you’re unsure about something, you should consult a professional before you do anything. But you likely won’t have to do that as when I looked at these courses, they are clear and comprehensive.
The DMARC academy is something that I would strongly recommend to anyone who is implementing DMARC. It’s an excellent resource that should be considered as mandatory reading if you’re responsible for email in your organization.
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