email.de email servers, SPF and DMARC

email.de publishes 2 MX hosts, all at priority 100, so senders spread mail across them.

The record on 5 November 2026 was v=spf1 redirect=_spf.web.de.

In plain terms, it delegates to _spf.web.de. The top level uses 1 DNS-querying term; SPF allows 10 in total including nested includes (RFC 7208 §4.6.4).

The record is v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:[email protected].

p=quarantine asks receivers to send failing mail to spam.

Aggregate reports go to web.de, so the domain's owner sees who sends mail as @email.de.

What that means for you: if a contact gives an @email.de address and you send to them, nothing changes. But never put an @email.de address in the From line of mail sent through your own tool or ESP. It can't pass DMARC for email.de, and this policy tells receivers to junk it.

email.de shares mx-ha02.web.de and mx-ha03.web.de with web.de. When we tested those servers for web.de on 12 October 2026, the result was: Hard to verify. The server refuses connections it does not trust before answering about the mailbox.

Our checker treats @email.de 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 tested @email.de itself, but its mail goes to the same servers as web.de, so expect @email.de results to follow the pattern described there. Each result carries its own reason.

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.