Universities

Understanding the Security Status

✓ Green (Secure): A valid DMARC policy is active. The domain is protected because the policy is set to either quarantine or reject, effectively blocking or flagging unauthorized emails as mandated in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
× Red (Inadequate): The domain fails to meet the "low bar" set by PCI DSS as the minimum requirement for protection. This occurs if the record is missing, duplicated, or if the policy is set to none (monitoring mode only), which does not stop spoofing attempts.

DMARC records are cached and refreshed periodically. The logic has been updated in line with RFC 9989, published in May 2026, and now uses DNS Tree Walk.

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Abertay University

abertay.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.abertay.ac.uk
v=DMARC1;p=none;rua=mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email;
× Warning: Main policy (p=none) is for monitoring only and does not prevent spoofing

Edinburgh Napier University

napier.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.napier.ac.uk
v=DMARC1;p=quarantine;pct=100;rua=mailto:6AX1xZqQkwg@dmarc-rua.mailcheck.service.ncsc.gov.uk;
✓ Secure: Single valid policy detected

Glasgow Caledonian University

gcu.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.gcu.ac.uk
v=DMARC1;p=none;rua=mailto:dmarc-rua@gcu.ac.uk
× Warning: Main policy (p=none) is for monitoring only and does not prevent spoofing

Glasgow School of Art

gsa.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.gsa.ac.uk
v=DMARC1; p=reject; ruf=mailto:dmarc@gsa.ac.uk; rua=mailto:dmarc-rua@gsa.ac.uk
✓ Secure: Single valid policy detected

Heriot-Watt University

hw.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.hw.ac.uk
v=DMARC1;p=quarantine;pct=100;fo=1;ri=3600;rua=mailto:346c7534@inbox.ondmarc.com,mailto:dmarc-rua@dmarc.service.gov.uk;ruf=mailto:346c7534@inbox.ondmarc.com;
✓ Secure: Single valid policy detected

Queen Margaret University

qmu.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.qmu.ac.uk
v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email;
✓ Secure: Single valid policy detected

Robert Gordon University

rgu.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.rgu.ac.uk
v=DMARC1;p=reject;pct=100;rua=mailto:JM1eW3KzZc4@dmarc-rua.mailcheck.service.ncsc.gov.uk,mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email;
✓ Secure: Single valid policy detected

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

rcs.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.rcs.ac.uk
v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc-rua@dmarc.service.gov.uk,mailto:dmarc@rcs.ac.uk;
✓ Secure: Single valid policy detected

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)

sruc.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.sruc.ac.uk
v=DMARC1;p=quarantine;rua=mailto:Infrastructure@sruc.ac.uk;
✓ Secure: Single valid policy detected

University of Aberdeen

abdn.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.abdn.ac.uk
v=DMARC1;p=quarantine;sp=reject;rua=mailto:dmarc-reports@abdn.ac.uk;
✓ Secure: Single valid policy detected

University of Dundee

dundee.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.dundee.ac.uk
v=DMARC1; p=none; sp=none; aspf=r; pct=100; fo=1; rua=mailto:D3xWowVdLUK@dmarc-rua.mailcheck.service.ncsc.gov.uk,mailto:re+xmdwuidsrma@dmarc.postmarkapp.com,mailto:dmarc-notify@dundee.ac.uk; ruf=mailto:dmarc-ruf@dundee.ac.uk;
× Warning: Main policy (p=none) is for monitoring only and does not prevent spoofing
× Warning: Subdomain policy (sp=none) leaves subdomains vulnerable

University of Edinburgh

ed.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.ed.ac.uk
v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc-rua@dmarc.service.gov.uk,mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email; ruf=mailto:dmarc@ed.ac.uk; sp=none; fo=1; pct=100; rf=afrf;
× Warning: Main policy (p=none) is for monitoring only and does not prevent spoofing
× Warning: Subdomain policy (sp=none) leaves subdomains vulnerable

University of Glasgow

glasgow.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.glasgow.ac.uk
v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc-rua@gla.ac.uk;
× Warning: Main policy (p=none) is for monitoring only and does not prevent spoofing

University of St Andrews

st-andrews.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.st-andrews.ac.uk
v=DMARC1;p=reject;rua=mailto:dmarc@st-andrews.ac.uk;ruf=mailto:dmarc@st-andrews.ac.uk;adkim=r;aspf=r;sp=reject
✓ Secure: Single valid policy detected

University of Stirling

stir.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.stir.ac.uk
v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc-reports@stir.ac.uk; ruf=mailto:dmarc-forensics@stir.ac.uk; fo=1;
× Warning: Main policy (p=none) is for monitoring only and does not prevent spoofing

University of Strathclyde

strath.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.strath.ac.uk
v=DMARC1; p=none; sp=none; pct=100; rua=mailto:dmarc-reports@strath.ac.uk,mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email; ruf=mailto:dmarc-reports@strath.ac.uk;
× Warning: Main policy (p=none) is for monitoring only and does not prevent spoofing
× Warning: Subdomain policy (sp=none) leaves subdomains vulnerable

University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

uhi.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.uhi.ac.uk
v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; pct=100; ruf=mailto:dmra@uhi.ac.uk; rua=mailto:dmra@uhi.ac.uk; sp=quarantine; adkim=r; aspf=s
✓ Secure: Single valid policy detected

University of the West of Scotland (UWS)

uws.ac.uk →

DMARC Record: _dmarc.uws.ac.uk
v=DMARC1;p=reject;rua=mailto:ALzr3ZcvwmB@dmarc-rua.mailcheck.service.ncsc.gov.uk,mailto:dmark.test@uws.ac.uk;ruf=mailto:dmark.test@uws.ac.uk;fo=1;
✓ Secure: Single valid policy detected

Summary

✓ 11 Secure  |  × 7 Inadequate