Google Apps to battle spam with auto email signing - DKIM

Malcontent · Jan 17, 2011

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/01/06/google_apps_spam_killer/

Google's Apps service has rolled out a technology designed to snuff out spam and phishing emails by cryptographically verifying that senders are they entities they claim to be.

The email-signing standard, known as DKIM or DomainKeys Identified Mail, is available immediately from Google Apps and can be turned on with a few clicks in the “Advanced Tools” tab by any Google Apps admin, Google Enterprise Product Manager Adam Dawes blogged. Email recipients can then configure spam filters to automatically block or allow email confirmed to come from certain domain addresses.

“Today, we mark another notch in the spam-fighting belt: we’re making it possible for all Google Apps customers to sign their outgoing messages with DKIM, so their sent mail is less likely to get caught up in recipients’ spam filters,” Dawes wrote. “Google Apps is the first major email platform – including on-premises providers – to offer simple DKIM signing at no extra cost.”

A DKIM FAQ and instructions for its implementation in Google Apps are here and here. If you've set up your domain through Google Apps, the service will automatically handle your DKIM keys. If you've set up your own domain, Google Apps supplies the keys and you must configure them on your own.
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