Email diagnostics

Email header analyzer

Paste raw message headers to unpack SPF, DKIM, DMARC, delivery hops and common message metadata locally on this request.

Quick guide

Reading raw email headers

Mail systems add headers as a message moves between servers. Authentication-Results records what a receiving system concluded about SPF, DKIM and DMARC, while Received headers show the delivery path in reverse chronological order.

A pass result means the receiving system reported that check as passing for that message. It is not a guarantee that the message itself is trustworthy, and forwarded mail can legitimately produce more complicated authentication results.

SPF

Checks whether the sending IP is authorized by the envelope sender domain.

DKIM

Verifies a cryptographic signature using a public key published in DNS.

DMARC

Applies domain alignment and policy on top of SPF and/or DKIM.

How it works

Raw message headers are unfolded and parsed locally for common authentication results, Received hops and message metadata. The pasted header is not placed in the URL.