Email authentication and DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) are important helpers, necessary to protect your email domains against phishing and spoofing, but it’s not always clear where to start or how to measure progress.
Valimail Monitor gives you visibility into your domain’s configuration, and now, with the new Domain Report Card, you can take that visibility a step further. This free feature helps you assess your risk, identify gaps, and translate technical findings into clear next steps for improving your domain’s email security.
And this feature is completely free for all Valimail Monitor users.
Turn DMARC data into a business case
Valimail Monitor provides visibility into your domain’s DMARC configuration. But many users struggle to translate that visibility into a clear, compelling case for internal stakeholders.
The Domain Report Card helps by providing you with a snapshot of potential domain vulnerabilities and configuration gaps, insights into your authentication and compliance health, along with the option for a shareable PDF that you can utilize to support your case for improved domain protection.
Whether you are speaking to IT leaders, compliance officers, or executives, this report gives you the clarity and context to advocate for stronger authentication.
What’s included?
The Domain Report Card includes checks for both essential best practices, giving you a quick “at a glance” overview of these important email authentication essentials:
- Is your DMARC record pointed to Valimail?
- Is your DMARC policy at enforcement (p=reject or p=quarantine)?
- Is TLS reporting enabled and routed to Valimail?
- Is your SPF (Sender Policy Framework) record healthy?
- Are you meeting the bulk sender requirements from Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo?
Additional enhancements we highlight include whether or not you’ve got a BIMI (Brand Indicators for Message Identification) sender logo in place, your utilization status for our hosted SPF, DKIM, and DMARC functionality, hosted MTA-STS, and more.
Additional insights for deeper visibility
Beyond simple checks, the Domain Report Card also provides:
- Email Insights: View the total volume of mail, authentication pass/fail rates, and identify suspicious messages. All of this happens without impacting email delivery.
- Sender Insights: Detect and flag unknown or unauthorized services sending on behalf of your domain.
- SPF Lookup Count: Learn exactly how many DNS lookups your SPF record uses and whether you are approaching (or exceeding) the 10 DNS lookup limit.
- Suspicious Mail Map: See a world map that visualizes the origin of potentially malicious messages using your domain.
You can generate reports by selecting a specific domain and month, and easily download the output as a clean, professional PDF.
Bridging the gap between insight and action
Your domain is a core part of your brand. If others are spoofing it, that is not just a technical concern; it is a trust issue. The Domain Report Card helps technical teams identify misconfigurations, highlight progress toward enforcement, and surface areas where you can improve your email authentication and domain protection posture.
It doesn’t just show you where your domain stands. It guides you on what to improve, why it matters, and how to take action. Our specific feedback and recommendations help to move the conversation from “Why should we care?” to “What do we need to do next?”
This report is not just a summary. It is a stepping stone. Use it to build your case for upgrading to Valimail Enforce and achieving full DMARC protection.
Whether you’re an experienced email administrator or new to DMARC, the report makes it easier to understand what the data is telling you, prioritize actions based on impact, and share clear next steps with stakeholders and leadership.
Ready to turn visibility into action?
If you are a Valimail Monitor user, the Domain Report Card is already available. Just log in, select your domain and month, and download your report.
Log in to Valimail Monitor to get started. And if you’re not a Valimail Monitor customer, sign up to get access to all of this functionality, and more, for free, today!
