domain report
Is act.edu a business email?
act.edu is an education domain: a school, college or university.
Education domain — a school or university.
- category
- education
- recommendation
- allow
- confidence
- 93%
- Google Workspace: detected
- Microsoft tenant: detected
Mail setup
- Receives mail
- Yes
- Mail provider
- google workspace
- SPF
- v=spf1 include:moodle.act.edu include:www.act.edu include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:144174809.spf05.hubspotemail.net ~all
- DMARC policy
- quarantine
| Priority | MX host |
|---|---|
| 1 | aspmx.l.google.com |
| 5 | alt1.aspmx.l.google.com |
| 5 | alt2.aspmx.l.google.com |
| 10 | alt3.aspmx.l.google.com |
| 10 | alt4.aspmx.l.google.com |
| 550 | www.act.edu |
| 550 | moodle.act.edu |
Workspace
- Google WorkspaceDetected
- Microsoft 365Tenant only: Microsoft sign-in works, email runs elsewhere · region EU · managed sign-in
Detected per company domain from public DNS and Microsoft's documented tenant discovery — never per person.
Why this verdict
- education_domain
- mx_google_workspace
- spf_present
- spf_business_saas
- dmarc_quarantine
- txt_saas_tokens:4
- dkim_google
- ms_tenant
Confidence 93% · recommendation allow under the default b2b policy.
What this means
Addresses at act.edu belong to an institution's own domain, so isBusinessEmail treats them as organizational: is_business is true and the recommendation is allow under every policy. It is on our education domains list.
Students and staff use these addresses, which makes them useful for academic discounts and verification. act.edu receives mail through aspmx.l.google.com, alt1.aspmx.l.google.com, alt2.aspmx.l.google.com and more.
Questions about act.edu
Is act.edu a business email?
It is an organizational email on an education domain. isBusinessEmail returns category "education" with is_business: true.
Can I use act.edu to verify students?
An address on an education domain shows the person has an account at the institution, which many companies accept for student discounts. Alumni and staff may have one too.
Should I allow act.edu sign-ups?
isBusinessEmail recommends allow for education domains under the b2b, strict and lenient policies.