Practical, no-nonsense guides on email authentication, deliverability, blacklists and inbox placement — written by the operations team behind a high-volume transactional mail platform.
Every factor that decides whether your message lands in the inbox or the spam folder, in one comprehensive walkthrough.
Read more → AuthenticationHow the three protocols fit together, the right setup order, and how to test the whole chain end-to-end.
Read more → SPFHow SPF works, the syntax of an SPF record, the most common mistakes, and how to verify yours is correct.
Read more → DKIMGenerate the keys, publish the DNS record, sign your mail and verify the signature is valid — in plain English.
Read more → DMARCThe difference between p=none, quarantine and reject, what alignment means, and why every domain owner needs DMARC.
Read more → BlacklistsThe blacklists that actually matter, how to query them, and what a listing on each one means for delivery.
Read more → BouncesDefinitions, common causes, the impact on your sender reputation, and the right way to handle each type.
Read more → DMARCThe structure of a DMARC report, the key fields, what each failure means, and the best tools to parse them.
Read more → DiagnosticsWalk through every header that matters — Received chain, DKIM-Signature, Authentication-Results and more.
Read more → DNSForward-confirmed reverse DNS, how to set a PTR with your provider, and what happens when it's missing.
Read more → ReputationWhy a fresh IP needs warming, a 30-day schedule that actually works, and the metrics to monitor along the way.
Read more → GmailSet it up, read your reputation panels, understand the spam-rate threshold, and act on what the data tells you.
Read more → FundamentalsMTA vs MUA vs MSA, how SMTP actually moves a message, and a tour of the most popular MTAs in production today.
Read more → BlacklistsIdentify which list flagged you, fix the root cause first, then submit a delisting request that actually gets approved.
Read more → Best PracticesDefinitions, the legal implications under CAN-SPAM and GDPR, infrastructure separation, and why mixing them ruins delivery.
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All outbound messages signed with a 2048-bit RSA key. Selector published in DNS.
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