Learn about DMARC, SPF, and DKIM

Welcome to DMARCPal's Learn blog. Check our posts to discover and learn more about DMARC, SPF, DKIM, and how to get the most value of your DMARCPal subscription.

DKIM is short for DomainKeys Identified Mail. It is a mechanism to verify that some core information of an email message, such as its body, and the “From” and “Subject” lines, are authentic and haven’t been tampered with by someone while the email was in transit.

So when you send an email using...

By default, any computer connected to the Internet can send emails pretending to come from your domain.

That’s true. If you registered example.com for your business and just configured basic email (i.e for sending and receiving XXX@example.com messages), then someone on a cybercafe on the ot...

This happens more often than we think: an employee receives an email from his boss requesting him to do something.

It might be something as simple as requesting a document.

Or more serious, such as the credentials to the company’s social media accounts. Or to transfer several thousand dollars to...