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How APRF Helps You Understand Your Email Reputation

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There is a new standard for email deliverability feedback that could help you better understand your sending reputation. It's backed by contributors from Comcast, Google, and Iterable. It's called _Aggregate Performance

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What is APRF?

APRF is an aggregated feedback mechanism that tells senders two things: Classification: where do mailbox providers place your emails Engagement: how real users interact with your emails Classification details whether you

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An example report

Reports are JSON documents that look like this: The report contains two basic sections: - : details about the mailbox provider that sent the report - : data for the reporting time period The body further breaks into two

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How do you set up APRF?

APRF reports are sent to an email address that you configure with DNS. In order to receive APRF reports, set up a DNS record. The record name is derived from the DKIM signature used to sign your emails. The spec offers t

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What this means for you

The reporting prioritizes bulk senders and provides an overall picture of the reception for your sending. As of writing, APRF is an Internet-Draft specification; it hasn't yet been adopted by an IETF working group. Comca

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