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DMARC with no rua= — you are flying blind

The rua= tag tells receivers where to send daily aggregate reports listing who sent mail claiming to be your domain and whether it authenticated. Without it, you have no way to know whether moving to enforcement will break legitimate mail.

Adding it costs one tag and changes nothing about mail handling.

How to fix it

  1. 1Add rua=mailto:dmarc@yourdomain.com to the record.
  2. 2Use a dedicated mailbox — the reports are gzipped XML and arrive daily from every large receiver.
  3. 3If you point it at a third-party analytics service, verify their authorization record exists (see the external destination guide).

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