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Is .email safe? The state of .email domain security
.email is about average for the internet. Across 127,063 graded .email domains, 77.9% score an F — roughly in line with the 78.3% global average. 2.8% earn a B or better. Most .email domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
Of 117,574 graded .email domains, 76% earn an F — above the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 24.1% — above the 11.8% census-wide rate.
How do .email domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .email domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 151 | 0.1% |
| A | 544 | 0.4% |
| B | 2,900 | 2.3% |
| C | 9,768 | 7.7% |
| D | 14,734 | 11.6% |
| F | 98,966 | 77.9% |
Does .email make a domain secure?
No — and that's the most important thing to know. A domain's grade is decided by how it is configured (SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS), not by its ending. Choosing .email doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .email domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .email safe?
On average, .email is about average for the internet: 77.9% of its 127,063 graded domains score an F as of 2026-08-16, against a 78.3% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .email domains?
22.1% of .email domains score above an F and 2.8% earn a B or better. The rest fail the basic externally observable protections, most importantly enforced SPF and DMARC, so they can be impersonated in email.
Does choosing .email make my domain secure?
No. A domain's grade comes from how it is configured — SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS — not from its ending. A well-configured domain earns an A on any ending; an unconfigured one sits at F on .email too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .email domain?
It fails the basic protections we can observe from outside — above all, it has no enforced SPF and DMARC, so its email can be forged and its customers targeted with convincing fakes.
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