Why it is essential to have a Domain-based email for your business.

As a technical support and cyber security specialist, I cannot overstate the importance of domain-based email for your business eg you@yourbusiness.com. It's critical to establish your brand's online presence and credibility. Customers often associate domain-based emails with professionalism, significantly boosting their trust in your business.

Benefits of Domain-based Email

• Professionalism: A custom email address reflects your professionalism and shows that you are serious about your business.
• Branding: Every email you send is a branding opportunity. It reinforces your brand name with every communication.
• Trust: Customers are more likely to trust an email from a domain-based email, as it appears more legitimate than a generic one such as gmail.

Creating Your Own Domain-based Email

1. Purchase a Domain: Choose a domain name representing your business and purchase it through a registrar.
2. Set Up a Tenant: If you're using services like Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, you'll need to set up a tenant for your organisation.
3. Use Domain Registrar Services: Many domain registrars offer email services, making it easier to manage everything in one place, but I would suggest setting up a tenant. You will have more control of the settings associated with your emails, e.g., living for Office products, etc.

Securing Your Email Settings, the techy bits

• DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance): Helps protect your business from email spoofing.
• DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) ensures that your emails' content Validates that emails sent from your domain come remains trusted and hasn't been tampered with during transit.
• SPF (Sender Policy Framework) Validates that emails sent from your domain come from authorized mail servers.

These settings are crucial for preventing phishing attacks and protecting your business and customers from potential cyber threats.

I must stress the importance of DMARC, DKIM, and SPF protocols for your organization’s email security. These standards work in tandem to authenticate email sources, ensuring that the emails your organization sends and receives are legitimate and secure. DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) is a policy framework that helps detect and prevent email spoofing. It builds on the widely deployed SPF (Sender Policy Framework) and DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) protocols, adding a reporting function that allows senders to improve and monitor the protection of the domain from fraudulent email.

You can check your DMARC, SPF, and DKIM records using the following website:

• MXToolbox: A well-known site that offers a variety of tools to check your email authentication records.

This site will help you verify that your email security configurations are correctly set up and functioning as intended.

Need Help with DMARC?
If you're unsure about how to check or implement DMARC for your business, I'm here to assist. Protecting your email domain is vital; I can help you secure it.