blogs.ft.com

Checked 22 October 2026, 08:01 UTC · via 8.8.8.8
✗Problems found
9 passed 1 warning 2 failed 2 info

SPF

fail

No SPF record found

Checks

  • ✗
    No SPF record
    No SPF record was found for this domain. SPF is important for preventing email spoofing. Add an SPF record to specify which servers are authorized to send email for your domain.
    #6

DMARC

pass

p=reject (_dmarc.ft.com)

Found

Record
v=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100; rua=mailto:dmarc@ft.com; ruf=mailto:dmarc@ft.com
Found at
_dmarc.ft.com
TagValueMeaning
vDMARC1Version
prejectPolicy
pct100Percentage of mail the policy applies to
ruamailto:dmarc@ft.comAggregate report addresses
rufmailto:dmarc@ft.comFailure report addresses

Checks

  • ✓ Policy: reject #4
    DMARC policy is set to 'reject', which provides the strongest protection against email spoofing.
  • ✓ Inherited from organizational domain #5
    No DMARC record at _dmarc.blogs.ft.com; the organizational domain record at _dmarc.ft.com applies.
  • ✓ Valid syntax #17
    DMARC record syntax is valid.
  • ✓ Applies to 100% of mail #18
    DMARC policy applies to all failing mail.
  • ✓ Aggregate reports enabled #19
    Aggregate reports are sent to: mailto:dmarc@ft.com
  • ✓ Subdomain policy: reject #20
    Subdomains are covered by policy 'reject'.
  • ✓ Report addresses in own domain #29
    All report addresses are in your own organizational domain.

DKIM

fail

No keys found under the checked selectors

Found

Selectors
None found
_domainkey
NXDOMAIN

Checks

  • ✗
    No DKIM keys published
    _domainkey.blogs.ft.com does not exist (NXDOMAIN), so no DKIM keys are published. DKIM helps prevent email spoofing. Configure DKIM with your email service provider.
    #7

DNSSEC

info

DNS query for blogs.ft.com returned SERVFAIL

Checks

  • i
    Could not be checked
    The DNSSEC lookup failed, so this could not be checked: DNS query for blogs.ft.com returned SERVFAIL
    #8

MX

warn

No MX records found

Checks

  • !
    No MX records
    No MX records found. If this domain is used for email, add MX records to specify mail servers. If it never receives mail, publish a null MX ("MX 0 .").
    #9
  • i
    Not protected against spoofing
    The domain has no MX records. If it does not send mail, publish SPF "v=spf1 -all" so nobody can send mail as this domain.
    #28

BIMI

pass

https://vmc.digicert.com/83152f36-9c5a-4c7f-b6a0-767fffeae1f5.svg

Found

Record
v=BIMI1; l=https://vmc.digicert.com/83152f36-9c5a-4c7f-b6a0-767fffeae1f5.svg; a=https://vmc.digicert.com/83152f36-9c5a-4c7f-b6a0-767fffeae1f5.pem;
Found at
default._bimi.ft.com
Logo
https://vmc.digicert.com/83152f36-9c5a-4c7f-b6a0-767fffeae1f5.svg
Certificate
https://vmc.digicert.com/83152f36-9c5a-4c7f-b6a0-767fffeae1f5.pem

Checks

  • ✓ Logo and certificate published #38
    BIMI logo: https://vmc.digicert.com/83152f36-9c5a-4c7f-b6a0-767fffeae1f5.svg; certificate: https://vmc.digicert.com/83152f36-9c5a-4c7f-b6a0-767fffeae1f5.pem
  • ✓ DMARC meets BIMI requirements #39
    DMARC is enforced on all mail, as BIMI requires.