Announcing Common Mark Certificates

The AuthIndicators Working Group (BIMI Group) has introduced a new capability to enhance Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI), which Google is now officially supporting in Gmail. This update extends beyond Verified Mark Certificate (VMC), which requires...

Solving SVG Issues

There are many reasons why your SVG might fail one of the online BIMI validators, and many of these issues stem from the requirement that all SVG images conform to the Tiny Portable Secure (Tiny-PS) standard. What is SVG Tiny-PS? SVG Tiny PS (Portable/Secure) is a...

Update on Check Marks

The AuthIndicators Working Group is aware of recent press reports that have raised concerns regarding BIMI and newly released verification check marks that various mailbox providers are adding to their email clients in concert with display of BIMI logos.  We want to...

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”...