Preparing for Policy Upgrade
Checklist before upgrading DMARC
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Common Workflows
Preparing for Policy Upgrade
Before upgrading from p=none to p=quarantine or p=reject:
Pre-Upgrade Checklist
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DMARC Pass Rate: 95%+ (or 99% for reject)
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Minimum 1,000 messages in monitoring period
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Stable for 30+ days
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All known email sources approved
After Upgrading
- Monitor daily for 1 week
- Watch for compliance drops
- Review any new failures immediately
- Be ready to rollback if legitimate email is blocked