Reading DMARC Aggregate Reports: XML Structure, Key Fields, and What Each Failure Means

← Back to Email Authentication Knowledge Base ⚡ Production Engineering Runbook • Updated for 2026 ISP Mandates • 15 min read Executive Engineering Runbook Technical Overview & Production Verification Scope Each aggregate report covers one 24-hour reporting period and contains: count: Number of messages from this source IP during the reporting period. A legitimate high-volume […]

DKIM Failures at Microsoft: The Long Header Problem (January 2026)

← Back to Email Authentication Knowledge Base ⚡ Production Engineering Runbook • Updated for 2026 ISP Mandates • 15 min read Executive Engineering Runbook Technical Overview & Production Verification Scope The diagnostic process for Microsoft-specific DKIM failures: The fix depends on where the long headers are being generated: If using PowerMTA: PowerMTA has header folding […]

DKIM Ed25519 vs RSA 2048: Which Algorithm Should You Use in 2026?

← Back to Email Authentication Knowledge Base ⚡ Production Engineering Runbook • Updated for 2026 ISP Mandates • 15 min read Executive Engineering Runbook Technical Overview & Production Verification Scope DKIM signing algorithms are specified in the DKIM-Signature header’s a= field. Three algorithm/key-size combinations are in use in commercial email: If your DKIM public key […]

DKIM Ed25519 vs RSA: Why You Should Be Dual-Signing and How to Do It

← Back to Email Authentication Knowledge Base ⚡ Production Engineering Runbook • Updated for 2026 ISP Mandates • 15 min read Executive Engineering Runbook Technical Overview & Production Verification Scope Ed25519 DKIM verification support in 2026 is broad among major ISPs but incomplete in the enterprise gateway ecosystem: Key Length 2048-bit RSA Or modern Ed25519 […]

BIMI Email Logo Setup: VMC, CMC & DNS Guide 2026

← Back to Email Authentication Knowledge Base ⚡ Production Engineering Runbook • Updated for 2026 ISP Mandates • 15 min read Executive Engineering Runbook Technical Overview & Production Verification Scope Enforces cryptographic authentication standards across high-throughput bare-metal MTA infrastructure.: Enforces cryptographic authentication standards across high-throughput bare-metal MTA infrastructure. Eliminates spoofing and delivers mathematical alignment across […]

ARC (Authenticated Received Chain): Solving the Forwarded Email Authentication Problem

← Back to Email Authentication Knowledge Base ⚡ Production Engineering Runbook • Updated for 2026 ISP Mandates • 15 min read Executive Engineering Runbook Technical Overview & Production Verification Scope Email forwarding usually changes something in the signed content. The most common changes that break DKIM during forwarding: When an email passes through an ARC-capable […]