DKIM
DomainKeys Identified Mail, an email-authentication method that adds a cryptographic signature to a message. The public verification key is published in a DNS TXT record beneath a selector-specific name.
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A label identifying which DKIM public key should be retrieved for a signed email. The lookup name uses selector._domainkey followed by the signing domain.
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Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance, a policy framework that evaluates SPF and DKIM alignment and publishes policy and reporting addresses in DNS TXT records.
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Sender Policy Framework, an email-authentication mechanism that publishes which systems are authorized to send mail for a domain, normally in a DNS TXT record. The dedicated SPF RR type is obsolete for deployment.
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