Do SPF and DMARC still matter for email?

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I checked my own domain yesterday.

Root TXT was just a Google site verification. No SPF. _dmarc returned NXDOMAIN, so no DMARC either. DKIM was already there.

I published SPF and a DMARC p=none today so I at least get reports.

Do mailbox providers still punish missing SPF or DMARC, or a policy that's just p=none? Is p=none worth having at all? What else do you usually check, MX, DKIM, BIMI?

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