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Why hasn't DMARC enforcement grown despite widespread SPF/DKIM adoption? [closed]

I've been analyzing email DNS records across the Tranco Top-1M over a ten-year period. The data shows that while SPF and DKIM adoption has increased steadily, the percentage of domains with an enforced DMARC policy (p=reject or p=quarantine) has remained nearly flat for several years.

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I've been analyzing email DNS records across the Tranco Top-1M over a ten-year period.

The data shows that while SPF and DKIM adoption has increased steadily, the percentage of domains with an enforced DMARC policy (p=reject or p=quarantine) has remained nearly flat for several years.

Full analysis and methodology: https://labs.ripe.net/author/artem-berezin/two-providers-a-stubborn-plateau-and-a-very-long-tail-email-in-the-tranco-top-1m/ Is this consistent with what you observe in your...

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I've been analyzing email DNS records across the Tranco Top-1M over a ten-year period. The data shows that while SPF and DKIM adoption has increased steadily, the percentage of domains with an enforced DMARC policy (p=reject or p=quarantine) has remained nearly flat for several years. Full analysis and methodology: https://labs.ripe.net/author/artem-berezin/two-providers-a-stubborn-plateau-and-a-very-long-tail-email-in-the-tranco-top-1m/ Is this consistent with what you observe in your own networks?

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