How does Canonicalization prevent emails from failing DKIM checks?

There is a multi-step journey between your outbox and the recipient’s inbox. Since the process is very quick, we don’t realize that when an email is in transit, it’s prone to tampering and modifications by malicious actors. You can deploy DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) to ensure nobody tampers with your emails in transit and prevent…

Fixing Google Calendar Invites That Fail DMARC Checks

Google Calendar invites fail DMARC checks when the recipient replies to them, and the response goes back to Google’s servers instead of the sender’s domain. This happens because the ‘From’ address and the originating server don’t match.  This failure also occurs due to the fact that Google uses shared IP addresses to send Google Calendar…

Is Your Google Workspace DKIM Setup Broken?

Deploying and configuring DKIM on Google Workspace is a two-step process, and administrators often skip the second step. In such cases, DKIM and DMARC function properly, and email delivery is not impacted either. However, DKIM doesn’t authenticate emails using your custom domain.  Let’s see what these two steps are and how you can avoid breaking…

DomainKeys and DKIM Are Slightly Different

DomainKeys and DKIM Are Slightly Different

DomainKeys is an older technology that was combined with Cisco’s Identified Internet Mail (IIM) to develop DKIM—an email authentication protocol that prevents phishing emails sent from your domain from reaching recipients’ primary inboxes. Moreover, DKIM also ensures that nobody tampers with the message in transit.  People often use these terms interchangeably, but let’s figure out…

Disabling DMARC Reports: A Guide to Streamlining Your Domain’s Email Security

DMARC authentication has become the norm in the cyber world, thanks to the revised email-sending policies introduced by Google and Yahoo. But what really makes this email authentication protocol a cult favorite?  Apart from adding a layer of defense against unauthorized emails on your sender program and malicious cyberattacks, DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and…