gmail.com

Authentication

DNSSEC

DNSSEC provides a way to ensure that the DNS answers a client is receiving from a DNS resolver are correct and have not been tampered with. DNSSEC must be configured at the domain's registrar and nameservers.

Learn more about DNSSEC.

SPF

Sender Policy Framework (SPF) authenticates email by checking the sending email server IP address against a list of domains provided by the SPF record of the envelope from domain. The SPF record can include other records, with up to 10 DNS lookups.

Learn more about SPF.

Record: v=spf1 redirect=_spf.google.com
all: softfail

DNS Lookups

DNS lookups used: 3/10
Void lookups: 0/2

SPF mechanisms that require DNS lookups
Mechanism Lookups
redirect:_spf.google.com 1
include:_netblocks.google.com 1
include:_netblocks2.google.com 1

DMARC

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) ensures that the SPF and DKIM authentication mechanisms actually authenticate against the same base domain that the end user sees.

Learn more about DMARC.

Record: v=DMARC1; p=none; sp=quarantine; rua=mailto:[email protected]
Location: gmail.com

DMARC record tag values
Tag Value
p none
sp quarantine
rua
  1. [email protected]

BIMI

Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) is an emerging email specification that allows brand images such as logos to appear in the inbox and/or next to the from address in supporting mailbox providers.

Learn more about BIMI.

Email Infrastructure

Mail servers

Preference 5
Hostname gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
Addresses
  • 2607:f8b0:4004:c21::1a
  • 64.233.180.26
DNSSEC False
TLSA False
Preference 10
Hostname alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
Addresses
  • 172.253.116.27
  • 2a00:1450:400b:c02::1a
DNSSEC False
TLSA False
Preference 20
Hostname alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
Addresses
  • 173.194.76.27
  • 2a00:1450:400c:c00::1a
DNSSEC False
TLSA False
Preference 30
Hostname alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
Addresses
  • 142.250.102.27
  • 2a00:1450:4025:402::1a
DNSSEC False
TLSA False
Preference 40
Hostname alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
Addresses
  • 192.178.213.26
  • 2a00:1450:4013:c1e::1b
DNSSEC False
TLSA False

MTA-STS

SMTP MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS) provides a way for domain owners to tell email services that they should only send email to the domain over a verified TLS connection to specific email servers. This prevents man-in-the-middle attacks when the sending email server supports it.

Learn more about MTA-STS.

MTA-STS configuration
id 20190429T010101
mode enforce
max age 86400
mx
  • gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
  • *.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com

TLSRPT

SMTP TLS Reporting (TLSRPT) is a mechanism for sending email servers to provide statistics to domain owners about failures to establish TLS connections for SMTP. This allows domain owners to proactively identify TLS misconfigurations and man-in-the-middle attacks.

Learn more about TLSRPT.

SMTP TLS reporting tags
Tag Value
rua
  1. mailto:[email protected]

DNS Infrastructure

SOA

Record: ns1.google.com. dns-admin.google.com. 826808877 900 900 1800 60

SOA record values
Primary nameserver ns1.google.com
Rname email address [email protected]
Serial 826808877
Refresh 900
Retry 900
Expire 1800
Minimum 60

Nameservers

  • ns2.google.com
  • ns3.google.com
  • ns1.google.com
  • ns4.google.com