DMARC monitoring
How SealedMail monitors your DMARC reports and turns them into one plain-English summary every Monday: who is sending as your domain, and whether it passed.
DMARC is the standard that finally tells you who is really sending email in your name. Here is what SealedMail watches for your domain, what it means for your business, and what lands in your inbox every Monday.
Watch: DMARC in plain English
What DMARC is
DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) ties SPF and DKIM together and tells receiving mail servers what to do with email that claims to be from your domain but fails the checks: deliver it, quarantine it, or reject it. Just as importantly, it sends reports back so you can see exactly who is using your email identity. For the full technical breakdown, see our plain-English guide: What is DMARC?
Why it matters to your business
Without DMARC monitoring, anyone can send email that appears to come from your domain and you would never know. Those reports are the only window into who is using your name, which is why they matter most to law firms, accountants, healthcare and finance, where a single spoofed email can move client money or breach a compliance obligation.
How SealedMail monitors it
Your DMARC record’s reporting address points to SealedMail. We receive the aggregate reports, interrogate them, and explain the findings in plain English every Monday: who sent as your domain, from where, and whether it passed authentication. No XML, no dashboard, no jargon.
What commonly goes wrong
Most businesses publish a DMARC record at p=none, feel protected, and never read a report again. A policy of none gives you monitoring data but no protection at all, and left unmonitored it gives you nothing. We watch for exactly that, and guide you safely towards enforcement (p=reject) using your real report data, so genuine email is never blocked.
Want the full technical detail? Read our plain-English guide: What is DMARC?
Scope: reporting only
SealedMail monitors, interprets and reports. It does not change your DNS, configure your systems, or remediate problems. Your reports tell you clearly what is wrong and what kind of fix is needed, and the changes remain in your hands (or your IT provider’s). That boundary keeps the service simple, affordable and honest.
