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80% -- email block or spam risk rate for Emails without properly configured SPF, DKIM, or DMARC authentication (2024)

2024  · Email on Acid

Over 80% of emails are at risk of being blocked or marked as spam if not properly configured with SPF, DKIM, or DMARC authentication.

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2024
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Emails without properly configured SPF, DKIM, or DMARC authentication
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Email on Acid Primary Tier C
https://www.mailwarm.com/blog/solving-email-warmup-issues ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2024 Channel: Wayback
Source Article
Solving Email Warmup Issues: Why It's Not Working and How to Fix It
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Email on Acid · Original study ↗

Reported as 'over 80%' in an Email on Acid study on email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) configuration risk; cited secondhand by Mailwarm.

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Emails without properly configured SPF, DKIM, or DMARC authentication: 80% email block or spam risk rate. Source: Email on Acid (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/emails-at-risk-spam-without-authentication
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/emails-at-risk-spam-without-authentication" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>80%</strong> -- email block or spam risk rate for Emails without properly configured SPF, DKIM, or DMARC authentication<br><small>Source: Email on Acid (2024) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/emails-at-risk-spam-without-authentication" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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