diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/MailDomainStatus.vue b/dashboard/src/components/MailDomainStatus.vue
index 59f6d28c0..ab1f8fcf6 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/MailDomainStatus.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/MailDomainStatus.vue
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
               </tr>
               <tr>
                 <td>{{ $t('email.dnsStatus.current') }}:</td>
-                <td>{{ domainStatus[type].value ? domainStatus[type].value : ('['+$t('email.dnsStatus.recordNotSet')+']') }}</td>
+                <td>{{ domainStatus[type].value ? domainStatus[type].value : ('['+$t('email.dnsStatus.recordNotSet')+']') }} {{ domainStatus[type].message }}</td>
               </tr>
             </tbody>
           </table>
diff --git a/src/mail.js b/src/mail.js
index c778b5889..0fa9818c5 100644
--- a/src/mail.js
+++ b/src/mail.js
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ async function checkSpf(mailDomain, mailFqdn) {
     };
 
     const [error, txtRecords] = await safe(dig.resolve(result.domain, result.type, DNS_OPTIONS));
-    if (error) return Object.assign(result, { message: error.message });
+    if (error) return Object.assign(result, { status: 'failed', message: error.message });
 
     let i;
     for (i = 0; i < txtRecords.length; i++) {
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ async function checkDmarc(mailDomain) {
 
     const [error, txtRecords] = await safe(dig.resolve(result.domain, result.type, DNS_OPTIONS));
     if (error) return Object.assign(result, { status: 'failed', message: error.message });
-    if (txtRecords.length === 0) return Object.assign(result, { status: 'failed', message: 'No DMARC records' });
+    if (txtRecords.length === 0) return Object.assign(result, { status: 'failed', message: 'No DMARC record' });
 
     result.value = txtRecords[0].join('');
     const actual = txtToDict(result.value);
@@ -596,12 +596,12 @@ async function checkConfiguration() {
 
         const message = [];
 
-        Object.keys(result.dns).forEach((type) => {
-            const record = result.dns[type];
-            if (!record.status) message.push(`${type.toUpperCase()} DNS record (${record.type}) did not match.\n    * Hostname: \`${record.name}\`\n    * Expected: \`${record.expected}\`\n    * Actual: \`${record.value}\``);
+        [ 'mx', 'dmarc', 'spf', 'dkim', 'ptr4', 'ptr6' ].forEach((type) => {
+            const record = result[type];
+            if (record.status === 'failed') message.push(`${type.toUpperCase()} DNS record (${record.type}) did not match.\n    * Hostname: \`${record.name}\`\n    * Expected: \`${record.expected}\`\n    * Actual: \`${record.value || record.message}\``);
         });
-        if (result.relay && result.relay.status === false) message.push(`Relay error: ${result.relay.value}`);
-        if (result.rbl && result.rbl.status === false) { // rbl field contents is optional
+        if (result.relay.status === 'failed') message.push(`Relay error: ${result.relay.message}`);
+        if (result.rbl4.status === 'failed') {
             const servers = result.rbl.servers.map((bs) => `[${bs.name}](${bs.site})`); // in markdown
             message.push(`This server's IP \`${result.rbl.ip}\` is blocked in the following servers - ${servers.join(', ')}`);
         }