[nerdjon]

I am confused about what exactly this means if we just have a personal domain for my professional emails. Which are just a couple a day at a max (really depends on if I am looking for a new job or not).

Does this make having email accounts like this viable anymore? Am I at risk of my emails not getting where I expect them too, particularly important if I am looking for a new job?

I use Amazon WorkMail so will need to see if that has done what is necessary, but still worried what exactly this will mean.

Edit: Is there a tool to validate that things are setup how we need it to be?

[brightball]

Everything I have read to this point is that it will only affect you if you're sending > 5,000 message / day. Admittedly, there's no excuse for not having DMARC setup at that scale at this point as it's been a decade.

But as far as the policy, it doesn't have to be enforced. For most people, this just means that they'll need to a quick DNS entry to their domain for an unenforced policy.

Example...

TXT _dmarc.example.com "v=DMARC1; p=none;"

I did a 3 part DMARC writeup a while back if you're curious to learn more. It's not hard to setup. In fact, the smaller you are, the easier it is.

https://www.brightball.com/tag/dmarc-guide

[sbuk]

I'd add that DKIM is relitively simple to configue and, along with SPF, is a worthwhile endovour. It's considered as basic hygiene by spam filters.

[StuntPope]

You'll still be able to to run personal email from your domain - I'd add SPF and a minimal DMARC and you'll be fine.

[sbuk]

> Edit: Is there a tool to validate that things are setup how we need it to be?

There are plenty, but mxtoolbox.com is your friend for most things email related.