{"id":4538,"date":"2019-10-30T17:46:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T09:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=4538"},"modified":"2022-10-08T19:01:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T11:01:47","slug":"all-about-email-spoofing","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/all-about-email-spoofing","title":{"rendered":"All about Email Spoofing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4538\" class=\"elementor elementor-4538\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ac1367c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ac1367c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e8cf4f0\" data-id=\"1e8cf4f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-263a0b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"263a0b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Email Works<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7ff448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7ff448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"758\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/es-how-email-work.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"how email work\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/es-how-email-work.png 758w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/es-how-email-work-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-932b6be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"932b6be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Email Spoofing<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7de7ffd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7de7ffd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">Email spoofing refers to the email messages with a forged sender address, which means the message appears to have originated from one source that may not exist than the actual source. Spammer intercepts user network to get his\/her information, some might contain malware and pose security risks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dd7e7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0dd7e7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/es-email-spoofing-process.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"email spoofing process\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/es-email-spoofing-process.png 590w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/es-email-spoofing-process-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6812382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6812382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to prevent email spoofing<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2d9531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2d9531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Sender Policy Framework (SPF)<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c01694 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c01694\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">An SPF identifies which mail servers are permitted to send an email on the behalf. Of your domain and prevent spammers from sending messages with forged. From addresses at your domain. If an SPF record is published, a receiving server is able to validate if an email is coming from an authorized server. Receiving mail server verifies SPF by checking a specific TXT DNS entry in your domain, which includes a list of approved IP addresses. Depending on the SPF policy, email may pass(accept), softfail(move to spam), and fail(fail).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3704888 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3704888\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"389\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spf.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"sender policy framework spf\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spf.png 389w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spf-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b79e10d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b79e10d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)\u00a0<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be2dec3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be2dec3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">DKIM uses cryptographic keys to add signatures on emails, which can be verified with a cryptographic public key in DNS by receiving mail servers. This process verifies that the message was not altered during transit. If an email has been signed with DKIM, the headers will have a DKIM-Signature which consists of hashed values (header fields and message body). These values are generated with the private key, which is only known by the owner of the sending domain. Once the hash made with the private key is verified with the public key by the recipient server, the message passes DKIM and is considered authentic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c29deb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c29deb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"402\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dkim.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"dkim DomainKeys Identified Mail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dkim.png 402w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dkim-251x300.png 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2f1345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b2f1345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC)<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7ba7fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7ba7fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">DMARC is an anti-spoofing protection built on top of SPF and DKIM as well as \u00a0checks the header-from address of an email. It allows the owner of a domain to control email for a domain by publishing a DMARC policy in DNS. The policy tells a receiving server to either move to spam or reject the email if validation fails. ISPs who support DMARC will also generate reports on sending activity for your domain. This gives you deep visibility into who is sending on your behalf AND if they are signing with DKIM or passing SPF.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae75414 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae75414\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"437\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dmarc.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"dmarc\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dmarc.png 437w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dmarc-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-010deca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"010deca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to know it was spoofing<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dd1ff4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dd1ff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">The easiest way to identify spoofing is to check the email header of an email. This header is important since it tells you the IP address of the computer that had sent the email. To find the original sender\u2019s IP address is by looking the first line of the Received header (HTTP) . Return-path or Reply-to also stated the originator\u2019s email address.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db16ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1db16ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>If you are looking for more articles about Email Hosting, kindly visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/\">Knowledge Base<\/a>. (Topics: Email Hosting)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Email Works Email Spoofing Email spoofing refers to the email messages with a forged sender address, which means the message appears to have originated from one source that may not exist than the actual source. Spammer intercepts user network to get his\/her information, some might contain malware and pose security risks. 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