Yahoo! Mail Now DMARC Compliant
Every day Yahoo! sees hundreds of millions of forged emails pretending to come from trusted institutions. These abusive emails range from annoying spam, to phishing attacks, to potential malware that can take over your computer. Whether it’s downright nasty or just unpleasant, that’s all email you don’t want. To combat this abuse, Yahoo! helped create the Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC), a specification spearheaded by major technology providers and email senders to collectively fight spam and phishing.
We’re pleased to announce that we have successfully completed the work required to support DMARC and will be rolling it out globally this week.
DMARC builds upon DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) and Sender Policy Framework (SPF), existing email validation standards that use cryptography to prove the identity of the sender domain by using the Domain Name System (DNS). With the addition of DMARC, emails have to prove that they are coming from a trusted sender. Non-verifiable emails will never reach a recipient’s inbox. As a result, DMARC eliminates an email user’s exposure to potentially fraudulent and harmful messages.
What does this mean for you?
For Yahoo! Mail users, it means less email in your inbox from a non-verifiable source. For example, if you receive an email claiming that it is from your bank, the applicable DMARC policies require the email to prove that is indeed from your bank in order to be delivered to your mailbox. If the incoming email cannot be verified, Yahoo! Mail will not deliver the email to your mailbox.
For senders, it means you can protect your recipients and the reputation of your domain. You can tell Yahoo! how to handle non-verifiable emails, either keep it out of the inbox, or deliver to bulk. Yahoo! can also provide you with a report on emails from your domain that could not be verified.
Looking Ahead
In the coming months, we’ll be working with ISPs, email senders, and other email providers to encourage the creation and deployment of DMARC policies. At Yahoo! Mail, we’re working to make your email safer and are actively collaborating with other industry players to crack down on spam and phishing traffic.
Ajay Gopalkrishna
Sr. Product Manager
Yahoo! Mail