Third Party Email Senders DKIM Instructions
How to Set Up DKIM for Freshbooks?
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.
DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a method for email senders to digitally sign email 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. DKIM is intended to address some of the flaws in the existing email system, such as spoofing, phishing, and message tampering.
Contact Freshbooks to get the DKIM key pair in order to enable DKIM authentication. Following the acquisition of the key pair, you must publish the DKIM record using your DNS.
How to publish DKIM records in DNS
- Access your DNS administration interface.
- Make a TXT record in your DNS called “._domainkey” with the following format: s1._domainkey.yourdomainname.com
- Paste the DKIM public key’s copied contents into the space designated for the TXT record value (to receive the DKIM public and private key pair, contact Freshbooks’ support team).
- Click “Save.”
Use our free DKIM record lookup tool to validate the published DKIM record.
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