Skip to content
emailrules.today

Authentication history · 60 days observed

paypal.com

Observed from 4 Aug 2026 to 3 Oct 2026. Nothing published in DNS has moved in that window.

Where it stands today

Live lookup, 3 Oct 2026. The same check /check/paypal.com runs.

  • 3fine
  • 2context

  • Looks fine

    present, ending ~all

    Soft fail. Accepted everywhere, though -all is stronger once your sender list is complete.

    v=spf1 include:pp._spf.paypal.com include:3ph1._spf.paypal.com include:3ph2._spf.paypal.com include:3ph3._spf.paypal.com include:3ph4._spf.paypal.com include:sendgrid.net include:aspmx.pardot.com ~all

    See what this looks like →

  • Looks fine

    present with p=reject

    A policy that actually instructs receivers, which is more than most senders publish.

    v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:d@rua.agari.com,mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email; ruf=mailto:d@ruf.agari.com,mailto:MTc4Mzcw@ruf.vali.email

    From DMARC p=none is monitoring, not enforcementSee what this looks like →

  • Looks fine

    keys published on 2 selectors

    A key existing is not the same as working. Read a real received header and check the d= value matches your before you call this done.

    s2._domainkey (SendGrid), s1._domainkey (SendGrid)

    From DKIM passing is not DKIM alignedSee what this looks like →

    Part platform, part you

    The key is SendGrid's to publish and it has. Whether it signs the domain in your is yours to confirm, and cannot show it — send one campaign to yourself and look for =pass header.d=paypal.com in the Authentication-Results header.

  • Context

    record published

    Your logo can appear in supporting clients, which needs at quarantine or reject.

    See what this looks like →

  • Context

    MX records present

    Where you receive mail says nothing about where you send it. Marketing sends usually leave through a different platform entirely.

    mx1.paypalcorp.com, mx2.paypalcorp.com

    See what this looks like →

What has moved

One entry per day a published record actually changed. Days we looked and found nothing different are counted, not listed.

  1. First observation — what was already published

    SPF published.

    v=spf1 include:pp._spf.paypal.com include:3ph1._spf.paypal.com include:3ph2._spf.paypal.com include:3ph3._spf.paypal.com include:3ph4._spf.paypal.com include:sendgrid.net include:aspmx.pardot.com ~all

    DMARC published.

    v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:d@rua.agari.com,mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email; ruf=mailto:d@ruf.agari.com,mailto:MTc4Mzcw@ruf.vali.email

    DKIM keys on selectors we probe.

    s1._domainkey (SendGrid), s2._domainkey (SendGrid)

    BIMI published.

    v=BIMI1; l=https://www.paypalobjects.com/marketing/web/logos/paypal_ppe.svg; a=https://www.paypalobjects.com/marketing/web/logos/PPE_UK_DE_paypal_inc.pem

    MX records present.

    mx1.paypalcorp.com, mx2.paypalcorp.com
Where this comes from. Public DNS, and nothing else. We read the same TXT and MX records any mail server reads before accepting a message, on the days someone looked. There is no scan, no login, no mail, and no score here — only what was published and the date we saw it. Gaps are days we did not get a clean answer from a resolver, and we would rather leave those blank than guess at them.
Run the full checkSee which rules are yours