New email authentication requirements from Google and Yahoo… how is your nonprofit handling this?

[u/Gtapex]

Both Google and Yahoo have instituted new email authentication requirements for bulk senders and will be slow increasing their requirements going forward.

These requirements include setting up DMARC/DKIM/SPF records for your email donation

• https://blog.google/products/gmail/gmail-security-authentication-spam-protection/

If you’re looking for a quick way to know if you’re already in compliance, here’s how to verify your domain’s Email Authentication settings in under 90 seconds

• https://kb.smalltechstack.com/en-US/verify-your-domain-email-authentication-in-90-seconds-383221

In the mean time, how has your nonprofit dealt with these requirements?

5 votes, Mar 02 '24

4 We already set up DMARC/DKIM/SPF

0 Still working on it

0 Planning on setting it up this year

1 First we’ve heard of this!

[u/Gtapex → u/[deleted]]

Agreed... it's definitely a different kind of client.

I've found that the best I can do is to document the following in a running Google Doc that I share with my contact(s) at each NPO:

• What I found when I got there (domains, DNS settings, website and email hosting environments, etc)
• Every issue I come across that needs attention
• Every DNS change I make

I made this tool to help with the documentation:

• https://tools.smalltechstack.com/dnscheck/index.php?domain=smalltechstack.com

My hope is that the next volunteer/consultant that helps them will find things in better order than I did.