Forwarding authentication forensics

ARC & Forwarding Analyzer

Reconstruct ARC sets, instance continuity and preserved authentication evidence after forwarding or mailing-list transformations.

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Reconstruct ARC evidence across forwarding boundariesStructural ARC analysis is separated from receiver-stamped cryptographic validation.

What this analysis does

Paste headers containing ARC-Seal, ARC-Message-Signature and ARC-Authentication-Results. Mailybox groups each ARC instance, checks whether the structural sets are complete and contiguous, surfaces chain-validation declarations and separates structural evidence from a trusted receiver’s cryptographic ARC result.

How to use the result

Use real evidence

Paste the exact domain, header, message or configuration. The result is only as useful as the evidence supplied.

Review the findings

Mailybox separates observations from inferred causes so you can see what is known and what still needs verification.

Retest after changes

Email authentication and routing are stateful. Re-run the analysis after publishing a fix.

Interpretation matters

Email systems combine DNS, message-level evidence, provider policy and intermediate infrastructure. A single passing check is not proof that every message will deliver, and a single warning is not proof that a domain is misconfigured. Mailybox is designed to expose the evidence and the relationship between signals so the next action is clear.

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