How to set up DMARC monitoring in Glockapps for improved email deliverability

Email deliverability is a mess. Spam filters get tougher, inboxes get smarter, and your legit emails still sometimes vanish into the void. If you’re sending emails for a business, a newsletter, or even just managing a domain with outbound mail, you need to pay attention to DMARC. And if you want real visibility—without getting buried in technical noise—setting up DMARC monitoring in Glockapps is one of the most practical moves you can make.

This guide is for anyone who manages email sending for a domain and wants to stop guessing about deliverability problems. It’ll walk you through the “why” and “how,” minus the hype or fluff.

Why Bother with DMARC Monitoring?

Before you dive in, here’s the honest truth: DMARC isn’t magic, and it won’t fix a broken sender reputation overnight. But it does give you two big things:

  • Visibility. DMARC lets you see who’s sending on your behalf, so you can spot spoofing or misconfigurations.
  • Control. With a monitoring tool, you can tweak your DMARC policy safely—without accidentally nuking legit emails.

Set-and-forget DMARC is a recipe for missing problems. If you want to see what’s really going on with your email (and not just hope for the best), you need to monitor, not just deploy.

Step 1: What You Need Before You Start

Don’t waste time setting up tools if you’re not ready. Here’s what you’ll need:

  • Access to your domain DNS settings. If you can’t add or edit DNS records, nothing else matters.
  • A registered account at Glockapps.
  • A DMARC record in your DNS. (If you don’t have one, Glockapps will walk you through it.)

Pro tip: If you’re not sure about your DNS access, stop now and figure that out first. Chasing down IT support later is a pain.

Step 2: Sign Up and Log In to Glockapps

Let’s not drag this out:

  1. Go to Glockapps and sign up. They have a free tier, which is fine for getting started.
  2. Log in. You’ll land on a dashboard that’s not too overwhelming, but don’t expect “Apple-level” polish.

Step 3: Add Your Domain for DMARC Monitoring

Here’s where you actually connect your domain:

  1. In the sidebar, find “DMARC Analytics” or “DMARC Monitoring” (Glockapps sometimes tweaks their UI labels).
  2. Click “Add Domain” or the big “+” button.
  3. Enter your domain name (just the root, like yourdomain.com).
  4. Glockapps will generate a unique DMARC “rua” reporting address for you—something like dmarc@yourdomain.glockapps.com. Copy this; you’ll need it in a second.

Why this matters: This unique address is where DMARC reports get sent, so Glockapps can analyze them for you.

Step 4: Update Your DNS with the Glockapps DMARC Record

Here’s the only slightly technical part, but honestly, it’s just copy-pasting:

  1. Go to your DNS host (GoDaddy, Cloudflare, wherever your domain’s DNS is managed).
  2. Find your existing DMARC record. It’ll look like this:

Name: _dmarc Type: TXT Value: v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:you@yourdomain.com;

  1. Edit the rua field to include the Glockapps address you copied. If you want to keep existing recipients (like your own inbox or another tool), just add a comma, like this:

rua=mailto:you@yourdomain.com,mailto:dmarc@yourdomain.glockapps.com;

  1. If you don’t have a DMARC record yet, create a new TXT record:

Name: _dmarc Type: TXT Value: v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@yourdomain.glockapps.com;

  1. Save the record.

Heads up: DNS changes can take anywhere from 5 minutes to a few hours to propagate. Don’t panic if you don’t see instant results.

Step 5: Wait for DMARC Reports to Roll In

DMARC reports aren’t instant. Here’s how it works:

  • ISPs (like Gmail, Microsoft, Yahoo) send daily aggregate reports to the rua addresses in your DMARC record.
  • Glockapps grabs these, parses them, and makes them human-readable.
  • You’ll start to see data in your Glockapps dashboard within 24-48 hours (sometimes sooner, sometimes not).

Don’t stress if you don’t see anything right away. Reports come in batches, and some providers are slower than others.

Step 6: Review and Take Action on Glockapps DMARC Reports

Once reports show up, Glockapps does the heavy lifting—turning cryptic XML into charts and summaries. Here’s what to look for:

a) Who’s Sending Mail on Your Behalf

  • Legit sources: These are your servers, your ESP (Mailgun, Google Workspace, etc.), or anything you recognize.
  • Rogue sources: Servers or IPs you don’t recognize. Could be spoofers, or just a forgotten server.

b) Authentication Results

  • SPF and DKIM pass/fail: Glockapps shows which senders pass or fail authentication. If you see fails from your legit sources, something’s misconfigured.
  • DMARC policy applied: Did the ISP reject, quarantine, or let messages through?

c) Volumes and Trends

  • Glockapps gives you daily breakdowns. Watch for sudden spikes or drops.

What to actually do:

  • If you see fails from sources you trust, fix SPF/DKIM for those services.
  • If you see unknown sources, investigate and block or correct them.
  • Don’t rush to set your DMARC policy to “reject” until you’re confident only legit mail is passing.

Step 7: Tune Your DMARC Policy (Cautiously)

“p=none” is the default, and it means “monitor only.” That’s fine while you’re learning. When you’re confident, consider moving to:

  • p=quarantine – suspicious mail goes to spam or junk.
  • p=reject – suspicious mail gets blocked entirely.

But don’t flip the switch just because everyone says you should. If you set “reject” before fixing all legit senders, you’ll break stuff. Always check Glockapps’ reports for a week or two before tightening your policy.

Pro tip: Move slowly. Go from “none” → “quarantine” → “reject” over a month or more, checking reports at each stage.

What Glockapps Gets Right (and Where It’s Lacking)

What works:

  • Makes DMARC reports understandable, even if you’re not an email nerd.
  • Spots obvious misconfigurations and spoofing attempts.
  • No crazy setup steps or arcane technical hoops.

What to ignore:

  • Glockapps offers deliverability tests, inbox placement, and other bells and whistles. These can be handy, but don’t get distracted—DMARC monitoring is where the real value is.

Limitations:

  • Doesn’t catch every phishing attempt—only what’s reported via DMARC.
  • Some ISPs (especially smaller ones) don’t send DMARC reports at all.
  • If you want forensic (“ruf”) DMARC reports, Glockapps can do it, but those reports are rare and often not worth the noise.

Keeping It Simple: Next Steps

Once Glockapps is running, check your DMARC reports every week or so. Fix what you find. Don’t obsess, and don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Email deliverability is a moving target, but with monitoring in place, you’re at least steering the ship.

Start small, iterate, and don’t get sucked into shiny tools or endless tweaking. DMARC monitoring with Glockapps is about getting visibility—so you can spend less time worrying, and more time sending emails that actually land.