About Mail Sender Authentication statuses

August 21, 2023

ID 149345

Based on the results of all types of Mail Sender Authentication, the program assigns the message one of the following statuses:

  • ViolationNotFound – message authentication violations were not detected.
  • ViolationFound – one or several message authentication violations were detected.

Based on the results of DMARC Mail Sender Authentication, the program assigns the message one of the following statuses:

  • Pass – a message authentication violation was not detected.
  • Fail – a message authentication violation was detected.
  • TempError – temporary error in Mail Sender Authentication.
  • PermError – permanent error in Mail Sender Authentication.

Based on the results of DKIM Mail Sender Authentication, the program assigns the message one of the following statuses:

  • Pass – a message authentication violation was not detected.
  • Fail – a message authentication violation was detected.
  • TempError – temporary error in Mail Sender Authentication.
  • PermError – permanent error in Mail Sender Authentication.
  • Neutral – the message contains a digital signature in an incorrect format.

Based on the results of SPF Mail Sender Authentication, the program assigns the message one of the following statuses:

  • Pass – a message authentication violation was not detected.
  • Fail – a message authentication violation was detected.
  • SoftFail – a minor authentication violation was detected.
  • TempError – temporary error in Mail Sender Authentication.
  • PermError – permanent error in Mail Sender Authentication.
  • Neutral – the message contains a digital signature in an incorrect format.

See also

Mail Sender Authentication

Connecting to a DNS to perform message authentication

Enabling and disabling SPF message authentication

Enabling and disabling DKIM message authentication

Enabling and disabling DMARC message authentication

Enabling and disabling Mail Sender Authentication for a rule

Configuring detection of TempError and PermError during message authentication

Configuring additional DMARC message authentication settings for a rule

Configuring additional SPF message authentication settings for a rule

Configuring additional DKIM message authentication settings for a rule

Configuring tags added to message subjects after SPF message authentication

Configuring tags added to message subjects after DKIM message authentication

Configuring tags added to message subjects after DMARC message authentication

Configuring actions on messages during DMARC, SPF and DKIM message authentication

Preparing to configure SPF and DMARC Mail Sender Authentication for outgoing messages

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