Preparing for Policy Upgrade

Checklist before upgrading DMARC

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Preparing for Policy Upgrade

Before upgrading from p=none to p=quarantine or p=reject:

Pre-Upgrade Checklist

DMARC Pass Rate: 95%+ (or 99% for reject)
Minimum 1,000 messages in monitoring period
Stable for 30+ days
All known email sources approved

After Upgrading

  1. Monitor daily for 1 week
  2. Watch for compliance drops
  3. Review any new failures immediately
  4. Be ready to rollback if legitimate email is blocked