Protection plan and score
Lock down your event’s email domain, one simple step at a time
Your protection plan is a short list of steps, each closing a way scammers use your name. Your score out of 100 goes up as you finish them, and we check for you, so you never have to tell us something’s done.
The problem
Most event domains can be faked in a minute
Unless your email domain is set up to refuse impostors, anyone can send an email that appears to come from your exact address. No lookalike needed. Most event teams don’t know whether theirs is protected, and the settings are written for IT people.
Setting it up wrongly can stop your own emails arriving, so many teams leave it alone. That leaves the front door open.
How it works
4 simple steps
See your score
Out of 100, with plain words for what it means.
Follow the next step
Each one explained simply, with a ready-written note for whoever runs your IT.
We check it’s done
Your score updates by itself.
Stay protected
We tell you if something slips, or a new sender appears.
A score you can understand
Your protection level shows how hard it is to use your name. Each step on the plan says how many points it’s worth, how long it takes, and who usually needs to do it. Hand the technical ones over with the ready-made email; we’ll know when they’re done.
- Written for event people, not IT people
- Ready-made emails for your IT team or agency
- The score updates as you go
See who sends email in your name
With one small change to your domain, you get daily reports of every service sending email as you. We turn them into something readable: your real senders, and anyone who shouldn’t be there. Then we guide you safely to the point where fakes are refused, without blocking your own mail.
- Spot an unknown sender quickly
- Move to refusing fakes without breaking your own email
- Alerts when something new appears
From 32 to 81 in a fortnight
An association running two annual conferences signs up and scores 32. The plan’s first step is a five-minute change their web agency makes from the ready-written email. Within a week, reports show their real senders and one unknown service. Two weeks later they’re refusing fakes from their own domain, and their score reads 81.
Questions people ask
Do I need to be technical?
No. Each step is explained in plain words, and the technical ones come with a ready-written email to send to whoever looks after your domain.
Could this stop my own emails arriving?
Not if you follow the plan. We take you there in stages and only suggest refusing fakes once we can see all your genuine senders.
What does the score count?
How well your domains, emails and website are protected, and how easy it is for your exhibitors to check what’s yours. We don’t publish the exact formula, so it can’t be gamed.
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Protect your event today. It’s free.
Set up in an afternoon. Your exhibitors and attendees get a place to check what’s really you, and you get an early warning when someone uses your name.