The DKIM Continous Protection Report serves as a comprehensive tool within Valimail's services, enabling users to monitor and maintain the health of their DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) records. This report provides valuable insights by tracking key aspects such as the overall status and effectiveness of DKIM records, the age of these records (based on the upload date in Valimail), and the key length in bits.

By offering a clear view of these critical factors, the DKIM Continuous Protection Report empowers users to ensure the security and reliability of their email authentication, enhancing the integrity of their digital communications.

The DKIM records that are over two years old will lower the DKIM health score. We recommend rotating TXT and CNAME records at least every 6 months to 2 years. To rotate the DKIM records for Microsoft Office 365 and Google Workspace, please refer to this article. For help with rotating the DKIM records for other sending services, please reach out to the support of that service.

DKIM keys should be removed if they are not used for 1 to 3 months.

This can help customers know what services are still in use and which ones need to be removed.

DKIM keys should ideally have a key length of 2048 bits

The report contains all the DKIM records uploaded in Valimail, and it consists of the domain or subdomain on which the DKIM record is published, Sender Name, DKIM Selector, Length in bits, Uploaded date, Last Seen date, Type, and the Metadata(Domain and Sender Owners) for each key.

1. Download the report to a CSV file;

2. Create a notification for DKIM keys you'd like to be notified about;

3. Create a DKIM Key. Publish a new DKIM record using this button;

4. Sorting options based on Domains, Senders, Uploaded Date, and Last Seen date;

5. The DKIM records information based on the domain or subdomain on which the key is published, the service the key is associated with, the DKIM selector name, length in bits (keys that are shorter than 2048 bits in length will be flagged here), the upload date, the last seen date, type of record (CNAME or Manual), Domain and Sender Owner.

6. Edit and Delete options. You can edit the Associated Service, Domain Owner, Sender Owner, and Comment or delete the DKIM key.

There are 3 types of email alerts built into the DKIM Key Manager report:

1. Add/Delete DKIM Keys

2. DKIM Keys over 6 months

3. DKIM Keys over 2 years

Follow the steps below to configure the alerts:

1. Click on the Create Notification button from the DKIM Continuous Protection report

2. Click on Add A Custom Alert.

3. Type your Email Address. and select the alerts that you want to configure.

4. Click on Add Custom Alert.