First Bank: email security grade A

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First Bank, Strasburg, Virginia, is the 574th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets ($2.1bn). On 4 November 2026 the public email records of fbvirginia.com graded A: MX pass, SPF pass, DMARC p=quarantine, mail handled by Own mail servers.

Grade A. Nothing in the records will stop mail. Read by DNS on 4 November 2026; the records are shown as published.

What was found on fbvirginia.com

Check	Result	What was published
MX	Pass	`10 extmail.fbvirginia.com`, `15 extmail2.fbvirginia.com`. Mail handled by Own mail servers
SPF	Pass	`v=spf1 ip4:204.111.41.198 ip4:204.111.204.198 ip4:54.240.45.212/31 ip4:23.251.229.224 ip4:44.214.246.148 include:spf.zixsmbhosted.com include:gateways.firstdata.com include:spfref.jackhenry.com include:mkt.fbvirginia.com include:mailgun.org ~all`. DNS lookups: 9 of 10 allowed; ends ~all
DMARC	Pass	`v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc@fbvirginia.com`. Policy p=quarantine; reports collected (rua= set)
DKIM	Pass, not graded	Key found on selectors s1, s2 (of 10 common selectors tried)

Where First Bank ranks

First Bank is the 574th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets, at $2.1bn as reported to the FDIC (certificate 6917; Strasburg, Virginia). Among the 999 graded banks, First Bank ranks 390th by grade (ties broken by assets, larger first). In its asset band, $1bn to $10bn, it ranks 275th of 846; among the 28 graded banks in Virginia, 15th. 66% of its band and 82.1% of its state graded A.

What this means for the bank

The checker's own notes on each record:

MX, pass: 2 MX records. Replies have somewhere to land.
SPF, pass: One SPF record, ending in ~all (softfail): mail from a server that is not on the list is treated as suspect.
SPF, info: DNS lookups: about 9 of the 10 allowed. One more sending service could push it over. This count is an estimate.
DMARC, pass: Policy p=quarantine: receivers are asked to put mail that fails in spam.
DMARC, info: Reports go to dmarc@fbvirginia.com.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at s1._domainkey.fbvirginia.com, about 2048-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at s2._domainkey.fbvirginia.com, about 1024-bit RSA.

What this means if you sell to First Bank

First Bank lists MX hosts under its own domain, so it runs or fronts its own mail servers. What filters sit behind them is not visible from DNS; assume they check SPF, DKIM and DMARC like everyone else, and that a bank-run gateway is at least as strict as a commercial one. Before you send, run your own domain through the email setup checker and publish a policy with the DMARC record generator. For how a bank buys, see the selling to banks playbook.

Check it live

The records above are from 4 November 2026. Run the same check on fbvirginia.com now for today's result. The FDIC's record of the bank is at BankFind, certificate 6917.

This page is one of 1,000 in the Bank Email Readiness Index Q4 2026, published 4 November 2026 and re-read every quarter; the next edition is due 2 February 2027. If you work at First Bank and the records have changed, email moe@roimaxi.com and we will re-check and update this page.

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