Managing domains

DMARCdrift monitors one domain per entry in your account. Each domain gets its own inbound reporting address, its own dashboard, and its own alert configuration.

Adding a domain

From the dashboard, click Add domain and enter the apex domain — yourdomain.com, not www.yourdomain.com or a subdomain. DMARCdrift creates an entry for the domain and assigns a unique inbound address in the format d-abc123@in.dmarcdrift.com.

After adding the domain, the next step is publishing that address in your DMARC record's rua= tag. See add DMARCdrift to your DMARC record for DNS record examples.

Domain limits by plan

Each plan allows a maximum number of monitored domains:

If you're on the free plan and want to monitor a second domain, you'll need to upgrade. The upgrade page is accessible from settings.

What "monitoring" means for a domain

A domain is actively monitored as soon as it's added. DMARCdrift:

• Polls _dmarc.yourdomain.com daily to check the DMARC record and detect policy changes
• Accepts aggregate reports sent to your assigned inbound address
• Evaluates alert conditions daily after aggregate report processing

Monitoring doesn't require DNS verification in the traditional sense — you don't need to add a verification TXT record. The domain is considered set up when your inbound address appears in the published rua= tag and reports start arriving.

Removing a domain

To remove a domain, go to the domain's settings and select Remove domain. Removal is permanent and non-recoverable. Before removing:

• Any aggregate reports received up to the point of removal are deleted from storage
• The inbound address is decommissioned; any reports sent to it after removal are discarded
• Alert history and policy history for the domain are deleted

If you're removing a domain because you're restructuring your account (for example, moving from one email domain to another), wait until you've set up the new domain before removing the old one — there's no way to recover historical report data after deletion.

Reassigning the inbound address

Each domain's inbound address is derived from its internal identifier and cannot be changed. If you remove a domain and re-add it, it will receive a different inbound address. You'd need to update the rua= tag in your DNS record with the new address.

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Next: Report history and data retention: how long reports are stored and what happens at plan limits. Add DMARCdrift to your DMARC record: DNS record format and examples.