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startmail.com email servers, SPF and DMARC
Mail for @startmail.com goes to mx1.startmail.com (MX priority 10) and 3 backup hosts, as DNS showed on 5 November 2026. The host sits under startmail.com. The domain publishes an SPF record ending in ~all and a DMARC policy of p=quarantine, which decide whether mail claiming to be from @startmail.com is trusted.
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startmail.com mail DNS on 5 November 2026
| Priority | MX host | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | mx1.startmail.com | Not identified |
| 10 | mx2.startmail.com | Not identified |
| 20 | mx3.startmail.com | Not identified |
| 30 | mx4.startmail.com | Not identified |
| SPF | v=spf1 include:spf.startmail.com include:mail.zendesk.com ~all |
|---|---|
| DMARC | v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; sp=quarantine; adkim=r; aspf=r; pct=100 |
| MTA-STS | v=STSv1; id=2023100501 |
| TLS reporting | v=TLSRPTv1; rua=mailto:[email protected] |
Read on 5 November 2026 with dig against 1.1.1.1 (8.8.8.8 as fallback); nothing sent to the mail servers. Check the records today with the email provider lookup.
startmail.com MX records
startmail.com publishes 4 MX hosts; senders try the lowest priority number first (mx1.startmail.com, 10) and fall back to the others in order.
startmail.com SPF record
The record on 5 November 2026 was v=spf1 include:spf.startmail.com include:mail.zendesk.com ~all.
In plain terms, it delegates to spf.startmail.com and mail.zendesk.com. The top level uses 2 DNS-querying terms; SPF allows 10 in total including nested includes (RFC 7208 §4.6.4).
It ends in a soft fail (~all): mail from unlisted servers should be accepted but treated as suspicious.
startmail.com DMARC policy
The record is v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; sp=quarantine; adkim=r; aspf=r; pct=100.
p=quarantine asks receivers to send failing mail to spam.
What that means for you: if a contact gives an @startmail.com address and you send to them, nothing changes. But never put an @startmail.com address in the From line of mail sent through your own tool or ESP. It can't pass DMARC for startmail.com, and this policy tells receivers to junk it.
startmail.com TLS policy
_mta-sts.startmail.com publishes v=STSv1; id=2023100501, so startmail.com uses MTA-STS: sending servers that support it must deliver over verified TLS or not at all (RFC 8461).
It also asks for TLS reports with v=TLSRPTv1; rua=mailto:[email protected] (RFC 8460).
Can you verify @startmail.com addresses?
Our checker treats @startmail.com like any domain: syntax, MX, disposable and role checks first, then a made-up address to rule out a catch-all, then your address at RCPT TO, disconnecting without sending. We have not published a test of how mx1.startmail.com answers for @startmail.com, so we make no claim here about whether single mailboxes can be confirmed; each result carries its own reason.
Cleaning a list with these addresses
DNS tells you where mail goes, not whether one person's mailbox still exists. For a list, run the whole file through a verifier before you send: invalid rows come out, risky rows (catch-all, unknown, refused) go in their own segment, and valid rows are safe to mail.
Common questions
- What are the MX records for startmail.com?
- On 5 November 2026:
mx1.startmail.com(priority 10),mx2.startmail.com(priority 10),mx3.startmail.com(priority 20),mx4.startmail.com(priority 30). - Does startmail.com have SPF and DMARC?
- On 5 November 2026
startmail.compublished an SPF record ending in~alland a DMARC policy ofp=quarantine. - Is startmail.com a disposable email domain?
- No.
startmail.comis not on the disposable domain list our checker uses, so @startmail.com addresses are checked like any other mailbox. See the disposable domain checker for the list.
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