Third Party Email Senders DKIM Instructions
How to Set Up DKIM for Elastic Email?
October 11, 2023 | < 1 min read
Generate DKIM Record
Your Generated DKIM Records
Keep the private key secure and add the DKIM record to your DNS
Your Generated DKIM Records
Keep the private key secure and add the DKIM record to your DNS
Generated DKIM Record
Private Key
You must enter the private key in your DKIM signer. It must be kept secret, as anyone with access to it can stamp tokens pretending to be you
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Public Key
The public key is the original raw 'X509' format. It's not usable in DNS directly, but it might be useful for something else.
Subdomain
Publish the generated record text on this DNS host. Format: [selector]._domainkey.[yourdomain.com] — never use @ in DNS records.
DKIM is specified in RFC 6376, and it is used by a number of email service providers, including Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. DKIM is designed to address some of the flaws in the existing email system, such as spoofing, phishing, and message tampering. It allows email senders to digitally sign their messages in a way that can be verified by email receivers. This allows receivers to verify that the message truly came from the sender, and has not been tampered with.
How to configure DKIM for Elastic Email
The following configurations must be made to a TXT record in your DNS system in order to set up DKIM for elastic email:
Type: TXT
Prefix: api._domainkey
Record Value: “k=rsa;t=s;p=MIGf… [use the special record value Elastic Email created for you.]
Click the “save” button to save the modifications to your record. Remember, It may take up to 72 hours for DNS to reflect the changes.
Use our free DKIM record lookup tool to validate the published DKIM record.
Enable DMARC for your domains to protect against spoofing. Sign up for a free trial today!
For more information on Elastic Email DKIM setup, you can refer to their reference documentation
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