Email Security Analysis of 42northprivate.com

Recommendations

1. 1Upgrade your DMARC policy from p=quarantine to p=reject for full blocking▾

   With p=quarantine, spoofed emails are sent to spam instead of being blocked outright. Some recipients still check spam folders, and sophisticated attacks can be flagged as legitimate by users. p=reject ensures fraudulent emails never reach any folder.

2. 2Harden your SPF by replacing ~all with -all (hardfail)▾

   With ~all (softfail), unauthorized senders are flagged but emails are usually still delivered. Switching to -all (hardfail) explicitly tells receiving servers to reject emails from unauthorized sources, providing much stronger protection against spoofing.

3. 3Enable DKIM in your email provider and add the public key to your DNS zone▾

   DKIM adds a cryptographic signature to your emails, proving they haven't been tampered with in transit and genuinely originated from your domain. Without it, attackers can forge emails that pass basic checks, and your legitimate emails are more likely to land in spam.

4. 4Switch your MTA-STS policy from testing to enforce mode▾

   In testing mode, MTA-STS only reports TLS failures without blocking delivery. Switching to enforce mode ensures that emails are only delivered over encrypted connections, providing real protection against interception.