MTA-STS · New Zealand (domains)

What share of domains in New Zealand have no enforcing MTA-STS policy (absent or testing mode)?

98.84%

98.84% of domains in New Zealand (95% CI 96.64–99.6%), measured across 258 domains on 2026-08-10.

enforce: 1.16%no record: 98.84%
enforce · 1.16%no record · 98.84%
Trend

Measured every Monday since 2026-08-01 — 4 observations to date. Last measured 2026-08-10.

How this is measured

Tier 0 + 3a. TXT at _mta-sts.<domain>; if present, fetch https://mta- sts.<domain>/.well-known/mta-sts.txt and read mode. Denominator: has_mx.

Passive measurement: a single DNS lookup, TLS handshake, or homepage GET per domain. Aggregate-only; no individual company is named. 95% Wilson confidence intervals. Population: domains sampled from the Common Crawl web graph, filtered to those that do email. Parked domains excluded. Snapshot: common-crawl-domain-stratified-c400-g2500-seed20260729.

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Why it matters

The declared-vs-enforcing split is exactly the brand thesis. mode: testing publishes a policy, produces reports, and does not require TLS — downgrade attacks still work. The DNS record alone looks like adoption; only the fetched policy reveals whether it bites.

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