CRM glossary
DKIM
Also called: DomainKeys Identified Mail, DKIM signing
DKIM adds a cryptographic signature to outgoing mail, letting the receiver use a public key published in your DNS to verify that the message really came from your domain and was not altered in transit. Without it, DMARC cannot pass for forwarded mail, which is where most alignment failures show up. Use a 2048-bit key where the platform supports it, and give each sending tool its own selector so one can be retired without touching the rest.
Articles using this term · 3
- Outlook joins the sender requirements club · 10 May 2025
- Moving DMARC from p=none to p=reject without losing mail · 8 June 2024
- The Gmail and Yahoo sender rules, three months in · 8 May 2024