{
  "is": "issue",
  "title": "Change to default SPF and DMARC policies",
  "body": "\u003cp\u003eOn 23 January 2024 we began publishing default SPF and DMARC DNS records for domains that use Opalstack\u0026rsquo;s DNS and mail systems.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe default policies that we published were somewhat restrictive and were causing mail sent from some customer domains to go to spam so we\u0026rsquo;ve made the following changes to the policies:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe policy for SPF has been changed from hard fail \u0026ldquo;-all\u0026rdquo; to soft fail \u0026ldquo;~all\u0026rdquo;.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe policy for DMARC has been changed from \u0026ldquo;quarantine\u0026rdquo; to \u0026ldquo;none\u0026rdquo;.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe net result of these changes is that customer mail is still compliant with SPF and DMARC but with a less-restrictive policy to help legitimate mail arrive in your inbox. \n  \u003cspan class=\"faded\"\u003e(20:03 UTC — Jan 24)\u003c/span\u003e\n\n\u003c/p\u003e\n",
  "createdAt": "2024-01-24 20:03:12 +0000 UTC",
  "lastMod": "2024-01-24 20:03:12 +0000 UTC",
  "permalink": "https://opalstackstatus.com/issues/2024-01-24-change-to-default-spf-and-dmarc-policies/",
  "severity": "down",
  "resolved": true,
  "informational": false,
  "resolvedAt": "2024-01-24 20:03:12",
  "affected": ["IMAP/POP3 (USA)", "MX (USA)", "SMTP (USA)", "Webmail (USA)"],
  "filename": "2024-01-24-change-to-default-spf-and-dmarc-policies.md"
}