BIMI Rolling Out to All Apple Inboxes in Fall 2022

Authentication standard drives email ecosystem closer to a universal “no auth, no entry” philosophy SAN FRANCISCO — September 12, 2022 — Apple has joined the growing list of email technology companies implementing Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI), a...

La Poste Announces Support for BIMI

As of August 29, 2022, Laposte.net will begin to display Iogos identified within a BIMI record.  They will display BIMI logos accompanied by a Verified Mark Certificate (VMC) issued by either DigiCert or Entrust, as well as those without one (a.k.a. a “self-asserted”...

VMCs Aren’t a Golden Ticket for BIMI Logo Display

Now that you have obtained a Verified Mark Certificate (VMC) to enable BIMI logo display within major mailbox providers (e.g. Gmail and Fastmail), you may be wondering why your logo isn’t automatically being displayed in their email clients.  After all, you’ve done...

An Introduction to BIMI Selectors

When you hear the term “selectors” and you work in the email industry your mind likely drifts to thoughts about DKIM and how different records can be separated by the use of a selector for different types of messages. One selector for corporate, one for support...

BIMI Open Source Tools for Receivers

As BIMI records are accepted by Yahoo! (and other Verizon Media services), Fastmail, and now Gmail, other mailbox providers may be interested in adding support for BIMI.  In an effort to support their effort, open source milter-based tools have been made...

BIMI for Non-Trademarked Logos

While some mailbox providers (e.g. Yahoo, Fastmail) have accepted “self-asserted” BIMI records for a couple of years, some (e.g. Gmail) are requiring Verified Mark Certificates (VMCs) to display BIMI logos. Our understanding is that all of the participating mailbox...