— Email Authentication & Deliverability

One in six of your emails vanish entirely. No bounce notification. No warning. Nothing.

Before your email is ever evaluated for content, the receiving server checks whether you're actually authorised to send on your domain's behalf. Without the right setup, legitimate business emails — invoices, proposals, follow-ups — are quietly rejected. And nobody tells you.

Email Authentication — yourdomain.com
SPF Failing
DKIM Misconfigured
DMARC Not Set
MTA-STS Pass
⚠ High Risk Detected Your domain can be spoofed. Emails may never arrive.

6.4%

of emails are dropped entirely — no spam folder, no bounce, no notification

1 in 6

business emails never reach the inbox — lost to spam or dropped entirely

84%

of domains actively sending email have no DMARC record published at all.

2.7x

Fully authenticated domains are 2.7× more likely to reach the inbox than unauthenticated ones.

63%

Of businesses that have implemented DMARC, 63% are still on "monitor only" mode — providing zero protection against spoofing.

You built your business on trust. Every email you send either reinforces that trust — or quietly undermines it. Before a single word of your message is read, receiving servers are already checking whether your domain is set up to send it. If it isn't, your email doesn't make it through. And nothing tells you.

Our 3-Step Engagement Process

Most businesses don't know what they don't know. We start there.

We handle the technical complexity so you can focus on running your business. Here's how a typical engagement works.

01

The Audit

Before anything can be fixed, we need to understand the full picture. We interview you about your environment, inventory every system that sends email on your domain's behalf, and produce a detailed report of your current state — and what it should look like.

Full review of your domain's email authentication records
Inventory of every service sending email on your behalf
Identification of gaps an automated tool would miss
Detailed written report with findings and next steps
02

Resolution

We don't just hand you a report and wish you luck. We fix it. Every change is coordinated with your existing IT or hosting provider, documented clearly, and validated before we move on.

Correct and update all required DNS records
Align every sending source with your domain policy
Implement enforcement settings in the right sequence
Validate and confirm each fix before moving on
03

Ongoing Monitoring

Email authentication isn't a one-time fix. Every time you add a new tool — a CRM, a billing platform, a marketing system — your setup can drift. We watch it continuously and alert you before problems reach your inbox.

Continuous reporting and analysis of your domain's email traffic
Alerts when an unauthorised sender attempts to use your domain
Record updates as your tech stack changes
Monthly email health summaries
What happens when email auth fails
📩

Your invoices and proposals disappear

Emails sent to clients may never arrive — no notification to you or them.

🎭

Your domain can be impersonated

Without the right protections, anyone can send email that appears to come from you.

🚫

Google and Microsoft now enforce stricter rules

Since February 2024, non-compliant domains face rejection at the server level.

📉

Reputation damage is silent and slow to recover

Poor sending history compounds over time — fixing it later takes significantly longer.

Why It Matters

If you've never thought about this, you're not alone. Most businesses haven't.

In 2024, major mailbox providers introduced strict new requirements for email senders. If your domain isn't properly configured, your emails won't reach the inbox — no matter how good your content is.

Set-it-and-forget-it doesn't work anymore

Every time you add a new tool to your business — an invoicing platform, a CRM, an email marketing service — it may need permission to send email on your domain's behalf. Without it, those emails go nowhere. And nothing tells you they failed.

It's not just about deliverability — it's about your reputation

If your domain isn't protected, bad actors can send emails that look like they came from you. Your customers receive phishing attempts. Your brand takes the hit. A doctor's office, a financial firm, a local business — the stakes are the same.

This isn't something most IT teams are actively watching

Even businesses with in-house technical support rarely monitor their domain's email authentication on an ongoing basis. Records drift. New senders get added. Problems accumulate quietly. This is a specialised discipline — and most teams simply don't have bandwidth for it.

Get Started

Not sure where you stand? Start with a conversation.

Book a free discovery call. We'll talk through your setup, answer your questions, and let you know whether there's anything worth looking at. No commitment, no pressure.