The Ephrata National Bank: email security grade B

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The Ephrata National Bank, Ephrata, Pennsylvania, is the 504th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets ($2.4bn). On 4 November 2026 the public email records of epnb.com graded B: MX pass, SPF pass, DMARC p=none, mail handled by Cisco Secure Email.

Grade B. One setting does less than it seems to. Read by DNS on 4 November 2026; the records are shown as published.

What was found on epnb.com

Check	Result	What was published
MX	Pass	`10 mx1.hc5220-75.iphmx.com`, `20 mx2.hc5220-75.iphmx.com`. Mail handled by Cisco Secure Email
SPF	Pass	`v=spf1 mx ip4:68.178.203.134 ip4:206.71.80.64 a:documatix.com include:secureserver.net include:%{i}.spf.hc5220-75.iphmx.com include:spf.meridianlink.com include:u19729755.wl006.sendgrid.net include:spfhost.messageprovider.com include:spf.e2ma.net ~all`. DNS lookups: 10 or more of 10 allowed; ends ~all
DMARC	Warn	`v=DMARC1; p=none`. Policy p=none; reports not collected (no rua=)
DKIM	Pass, not graded	Key found on selectors selector1, default, s1, s2 (of 10 common selectors tried)

Where The Ephrata National Bank ranks

The Ephrata National Bank is the 504th largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets, at $2.4bn as reported to the FDIC (certificate 7493; Ephrata, Pennsylvania). Among the 999 graded banks, The Ephrata National Bank ranks 790th by grade (ties broken by assets, larger first). In its asset band, $1bn to $10bn, it ranks 649th of 846; among the 43 graded banks in Pennsylvania, 31st. 66% of its band and 60.5% 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: at least 10 of the 10 allowed. One more sending service could push it over. This count is an estimate.
SPF, info: The record uses SPF macros, which only resolve for a real message, so the lookup count is a floor.
DMARC, warn: Policy p=none with no rua= address. The record asks receivers to do nothing and sends you no reports.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at selector1._domainkey.epnb.com, about 2048-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at default._domainkey.epnb.com, about 2048-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at s1._domainkey.epnb.com, about 2048-bit RSA.
DKIM, pass: DKIM key found at s2._domainkey.epnb.com, about 2048-bit RSA.

What this means if you sell to The Ephrata National Bank

The Ephrata National Bank routes inbound mail through Cisco Secure Email, a filtering gateway. Expect strict inbound filtering: a message from a sender whose SPF, DKIM or DMARC fails, or whose domain has little sending history, is unlikely to reach a person. 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 epnb.com now for today's result. The FDIC's record of the bank is at BankFind, certificate 7493.

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 The Ephrata National Bank and the records have changed, email moe@roimaxi.com and we will re-check and update this page.

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