Certification
The Certification program helps make sure your email is delivered to your subscribers’ inboxes. Getting and staying Certified positively influences inbox placement rates with major mailbox providers like Yahoo!, Microsoft, AOL, Comcast, and more. Use this section to find general information about the program, or get detailed answers about Certification compliance and Sender Reputation Data (SRD).
Standards and requirements
- ★ Certification Standards and Requirements (PDF)
- ★ Certification Padrões e requisitos (PDF) (Brazilian Portuguese)
- ★ Certification Normes et critères (PDF) (French)
- What are the security requirements for Certification?
- As a Certified sender, why do I need to represent myself truthfully and accurately and how do I do it?
- What is clear and conspicuous disclosure, and what, as a Certified sender, must I do to offer it?
Sender Reputation Data (SRD)
- Return Path Certification Group SRD standard update FAQs
- What is Sender Reputation Data (SRD)?
- How does the Microsoft Sender Reputation Data (SRD) voting system work?
- How are Sender Reputation Data (SRD) panelists selected?
- What do the Microsoft Sender Reputation Data (SRD) panelist emails look like?
- Why did my IP address suddenly show a big increase in Sender Reputation Data (SRD) votes?
Program information
- What should I do if the security of my Certified IP address has been compromised?
- How does Return Path detect a security compromise?
- What causes security compromises?
- What do the Certification security suspension notifications look like?
- Métricas para a Certificação (PDF) (Brazilian Portuguese)
- What does it mean when a Certified IP address has a security compromise?