Most businesses assume their email is fine until something proves otherwise, a customer reports a phishing attempt, or their own emails start landing in spam. An authentication audit answers the question before it becomes a problem: exactly what's configured, what's missing, and what's quietly working against you.
A surface-level look at your SPF record only tells part of the story. Our audits go through every DNS record tied to your domain's mail flow, cross-reference it against who's actually sending mail on your behalf, and flag anything that's missing, conflicting, or configured too loosely to be effective.
For businesses using booking platforms like Boulevard or GlossGenius, we also account for how those platforms send email on your behalf, since they often complicate a root-domain-only DNS review if they aren't factored in correctly.
We identify every platform and service that sends email on your behalf, including your website, booking system, and marketing tools.
We pull and analyze your current SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records against best practices and against what senders are actually in use.
We identify missing records, overly permissive settings, conflicting entries, and senders that were never properly authorized.
You receive a plain-language report of what we found, what it means for your domain, and a prioritized plan to fix it.
Most domains we audit have at least one of these problems, often without the business ever realizing it.
Every new marketing tool, CRM, booking platform, or email service you adopt is a new sender that needs to be accounted for in your records. Records that were accurate a year ago can quietly drift out of alignment as your business changes, which is exactly why a one-time audit isn't the same thing as staying protected.
Having a record published isn't the same as having it configured correctly. We regularly find SPF records in place that are too permissive, missing legitimate senders, or duplicated in a way that breaks them entirely.
Most audits are completed within a few business days, depending on how many sending platforms and domains are involved.
You get a prioritized findings report. From there, you can choose to have us implement the fixes directly, or use the report as a roadmap for your own team.
Our team will review your current setup, flag every gap and misconfiguration, and hand you a clear plan to fix it, or handle the fix for you.
MDA Insights helps businesses lock down their email domains against spoofing, phishing, and impersonation with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC configured right the first time, and monitored so they stay that way.
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