Built for the 2026 inbox · Gmail now enforces DMARC

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Inboxproof runs a real deliverability audit on your domain: MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, TLS and IP reputation. It hands you a score, the exact records to fix, and daily monitoring. No setup. No XML forwarding. No sales call.

Every audit checks the records that actually decide delivery
MXSPFDKIMDMARCTLSPTRIP reputation
30s
from your domain to a full score and an exact fix list
$0
to run the audit. You pay only if you want monitoring
Daily
re-check cadence on Pro, so a broken record never ships unnoticed
How it works

From broken to inbox-ready
before your coffee cools

STEP 01

Type your domain

We query live DNS for MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, TLS and IP reputation. No account, no DNS changes, nothing to install.

STEP 02

Get your score + fixes

A 0–100 deliverability score with every check itemized. Each failure comes with the exact TXT record to paste into your DNS.

STEP 03

Monitor daily

Pro re-runs the full audit every 24 hours and alerts you the moment a record breaks, expires, or a provider changes your sending IP.

What we check

Seven real checks. One honest score.

No marketing score. Every check is a live lookup against your DNS and your mail servers, run the same way inbox providers do.

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MX & mail routing

Valid MX records, resolvable targets, no CNAME loops, correct priority ordering. If mail can't route, nothing else matters.

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SPF

Present, syntactically valid, under the 10-lookup limit, and ending in -all so receivers reject spoofed senders.

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DKIM

We scan 50+ common selectors (google, selector1, s1, mandrill, sendgrid, amazonses…). Key found? We check it's 1024-bit or stronger.

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DMARC

The big one for 2026. We verify the record exists, parses, and enforces (p=quarantine or reject), not just p=none on paper.

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TLS & STARTTLS

We open a real SMTP connection to your MX, negotiate STARTTLS, and validate the certificate chain and expiry.

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IP reputation (RBL)

Your sending IPs checked against Spamhaus, SpamCop and Barracuda lists. One bad IP and every message you send gets flagged.

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Reverse DNS (PTR)

Mail servers increasingly reject hosts without a clean PTR record matching the sending hostname.

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Score history

Every audit is stored. Watch your score climb as you fix records, and catch regressions the day they happen.

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24h monitoring

Pro domains are re-audited daily. The moment SPF breaks or a cert expires, you get the email, not your customers.

Why 2026 is different
Inboxes are now a machine-to-machine frontier. Gmail's 2026 DMARC crackdown, a billion agent-generated messages a day, and AI spam that passes human eyes but fails authentication. If your domain can't prove who it is, your email dies before anyone reads it.
Authentication is the new deliverability. Inboxproof measures it.
Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when email is revenue.

The free audit is the real product, not a teaser. Pro adds the monitoring that keeps it true.

Free

$0 / forever
For the one-off check before launch.
  • Unlimited full audits
  • 0–100 score, all 7 checks
  • Exact fix records for every failure
  • Instant results, no account
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Pro

$29$14.50 / month
For founders and teams whose revenue rides on email.
  • Everything in Free
  • Daily re-audit of up to 5 domains
  • Score history & trend view
  • Alerts when a record breaks or expires
  • API access

Agency

$99$49.50 / month
For MSPs and agencies managing client inboxes.
  • Everything in Pro
  • Up to 25 domains
  • Client-ready white-label reports
  • Priority support

Launch offer: 50% off your first month, applied automatically at checkout. Cancel anytime from your dashboard, no lock-in. Backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.

No marketing score

How the score is built

Every check is a live lookup, weighted by how much it affects real inbox placement. Pass = full weight, warning = half, fail = zero. The same method runs on the free audit and on Pro monitoring.

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Weighted, not vibes

DMARC and MX carry the most weight because they decide delivery first. A domain can't score well by fixing only the easy checks.

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Live, not cached

Each audit queries your DNS and opens a real SMTP connection to your MX. What you see is what a receiver sees right now.

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Exact fixes, not hints

Every failure comes with the record to add or change: the host, the type, and the value. No "consider improving your SPF".

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Read-only

We never write to your DNS, your mailbox, or your ESP. The audit is the same read-only lookups Gmail and Microsoft run.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Do I need to change my DNS or install anything?

No. The audit is read-only: we query your public DNS and talk to your mail servers the same way Gmail and Microsoft do. To fix issues, we hand you the exact records to add. You or your DNS provider applies them.

Why does 2026 make deliverability more important?

Three things converged: inbox providers (starting with Gmail) now hard-enforce DMARC, AI agents generate and read a huge share of business email, and AI spam is sophisticated enough to pass human review but fail authentication. Domains that can't prove identity get filtered before a human ever sees them.

What's the difference between this and Mail-Tester or a free DMARC checker?

Point checkers test one message or one record. Inboxproof scores the whole domain across seven live checks, weights them the way receivers do, stores every result as history, and on Pro re-runs everything daily so you find out when something breaks, not when your customers stop replying.

Is my email address used for anything else?

Your address is used to save your audit history and, if you start Pro, to deliver daily monitoring alerts. We don't sell data or send marketing. Delete your data any time.

What does the score actually mean?

Each check has a weight reflecting how much it affects real inbox placement (DMARC and MX carry the most). Pass = full weight, warning = half, fail = zero. 90+ is inbox-ready, 70+ is good, 50+ is at risk, below that your mail is likely being filtered.

Guides

Learn the three records that matter

Short, practical explainers. No fluff, no fake stats. Every claim is something you can verify with a DNS lookup.

What is DMARC?

What p=none actually does, alignment, and the safe order to go from monitoring to enforcement.

SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC

What each record proves, what breaks when one is missing, and the exact TXT to start from.

Is your domain being spoofed?

The three lookups that answer it in 30 seconds, and what to do if the answer is yes.

Email auth for startups

The complete 2026 checklist: SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and the other records you need to get into the inbox.

Gmail SMTP error 550-5.7.26

Why Gmail rejects your email with this error, and how to fix it by configuring SPF, DKIM, and DMARC correctly.

DKIM not signing emails?

Why your DKIM signature might not be working, and how to fix it.

Best cold email tools in 2026

A practical comparison of the main tools, and the deliverability layer that decides whether any of them land in the inbox.

Deliverability for agencies

The stack that keeps every client inbox-ready: per-domain auth, daily monitoring, and white-label reports.

Get out of the spam folder

The order that matters: fix authentication, clear blocklists, correct the sending behavior, then monitor so it stays out.

Improve your cold email reply rate

Reply rate is decided before your first word of copy: by whether the email reaches the primary inbox.

Gmail Postmaster Tools, explained

What each metric means, how to read reputation, and what to do when a number moves the wrong way.

How to check email deliverability

The DNS records to look up, what each result means, and the order to check them in.

Email deliverability software

The checks that matter, what is worth paying for, and how to avoid the marketing fluff.

Outlook SMTP error 550 5.7.1

What the code means, the three records to check, and the order to fix it.

Email not delivering to Outlook

The four causes in order of likelihood, and the exact check for each one.

Yahoo email in spam

What Yahoo checks, the records it requires, and the order to get out of spam.

Yahoo 550 5.7.1 error

What the code means, the five causes in order of likelihood, and the exact fix for each one.

Email rejected by Microsoft

The five causes in order of likelihood, the exact check for each one, and the fix that works.

Email not landing in Yahoo

The four causes in order of likelihood, and the exact check for each one.

Cold email bounce rate

What's a good number, why it matters, and how to bring a high bounce rate back under control.

See all 42 guides →

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