Documentation Email authentication
DKIM
DKIM adds a signature to each message. Receivers check it against a public key published in your DNS under a selector, for example s1._domainkey.example.com.
What matters
- Each sending service signs with its own key and selector, given to you in its setup.
- DNS cannot list your selectors. SendBop finds selectors in reports, or you add the ones you know.
- For DMARC, the signature must be for your domain or a parent of it (alignment), not only the service's own domain.
In SendBop
Authentication settings show known selectors. A DKIM change publishes a service's public key; with hosted records, SendBop serves the key at the selector you delegate. SendBop never holds your private keys and does not sign email.
Documentation version docs-2026-10-12.