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hmHeader:"<h1 class=\"p_Heading1\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid;\"><span class=\"f_Heading1\">Message Certification<\/span><\/h1>\n\r",
hmBody:"<p class=\"p_BodyText\"><span class=\"f_BodyText\">Message Certification is a process by which one entity vouches for or &quot;certifies&quot; the good email conduct of another entity. Consequently, when this certifying entity is one whom a receiving email server trusts, messages sent from a domain who is vouched for by that entity can be viewed with less suspicion. Thus the receiving server can be reasonably assured that the sending domain adheres to a set of good email practices and doesn\'t send spam or other problematic messages. Certification is beneficial because it can help ensure that messages will not be erroneously or needlessly subjected to unwarranted spam filter analysis. It also helps lower the resources required to process each message.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_BodyText\"><span class=\"f_BodyText\">MDaemon<\/span><span class=\"f_BodyText\"> supports Message Certification by including the world\'s first commercial implementation of a new Internet mail protocol called &quot;Vouch-By-Reference&quot; (VBR), which <\/span><span class=\"f_BodyText\">MDaemon Technologies is working to help create and expand through its participation in the Domain Assurance Council (DAC). VBR provides the mechanism through which Certification Service Providers (CSP) or &quot;certifiers&quot; vouch for the good email practices of specific domains.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<h2 class=\"p_Heading2\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid;\"><span class=\"f_Heading2\">Certifying Incoming Messages<\/span><\/h2>\n\r<p class=\"p_BodyText\"><span class=\"f_BodyText\">It is easy to configure MDaemon\'s Message Certification feature to check incoming messages. All you have to do is click the<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> Enable certification of inbound messages<\/span><span class=\"f_BodyText\"> option on the VBR Certification dialog (<\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\">Security <\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\" style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif;\">»<\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\"> Security Settings <\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\" style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif;\">»<\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\"> Sender Authentication <\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\" style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif;\">»<\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\"> VBR Certification<\/span><span class=\"f_BodyText\">) and include one or more certification providers whom you trust to vouch for incoming email (e.g. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.10rem; font-family: \'Courier New\',Courier,monospace;\">vbr.emailcertification.org<\/span><span class=\"f_BodyText\">). You can also choose either to exempt certified messages from spam filtering or give their Spam Filter scores a beneficial adjustment.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<h2 class=\"p_Heading2\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid;\"><span class=\"f_Heading2\">Certifying Outgoing Messages<\/span><\/h2>\n\r<p class=\"p_BodyText\"><span class=\"f_BodyText\">Before you can configure MDaemon to insert certification data into your outgoing messages, you will first need to arrange to have one or more CSPs certify your email. <\/span><span class=\"f_BodyText\">MDaemon Technologies provides a certification service for MDaemon customers. For details, visit:<\/span><span class=\"f_BodyText\"> <\/span><span class=\"f_T_Code\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdaemon.com\/email-certification\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"weblink\">www.mdaemon.com<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.20rem; font-family: Garamond;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_BodyText\"><span class=\"f_BodyText\">To configure your MDaemon server to use Message Certification with your outgoing mail, after you have registered with a CSP:<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_List1\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 1.6875rem; margin-left: 2.0625rem;\"><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1.6875rem;margin-left:-1.6875rem\">1.<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\">Open the VBR Certification dialog: click <\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\">Security <\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\" style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif;\">»<\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\"> Security Settings <\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\" style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif;\">»<\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\"> Sender Authentication <\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\" style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif;\">»<\/span><span class=\"f_MenuPath\"> VBR Certification<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_List1\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 1.6875rem; margin-left: 2.0625rem;\"><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1.6875rem;margin-left:-1.6875rem\">2.<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\">Click &quot;<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Insert certification data into outgoing messages<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\">.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_List1\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 1.6875rem; margin-left: 2.0625rem;\"><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1.6875rem;margin-left:-1.6875rem\">3.<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\">Click &quot;<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Configure a domain for message certification<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\">.&quot; This opens the Certification Setup dialog.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_List1\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 1.6875rem; margin-left: 2.0625rem;\"><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1.6875rem;margin-left:-1.6875rem\">4.<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\">Type the <\/span><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Domain name<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\"> whose outgoing messages will contain the certification data.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_List1\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 1.6875rem; margin-left: 2.0625rem;\"><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1.6875rem;margin-left:-1.6875rem\">5.<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\">Use the <\/span><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Mail type<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\"> drop-down list to choose the type of email that your CSP agrees to certify for this domain, or enter a new type if the desired type isn\'t listed.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_List1\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 1.6875rem; margin-left: 2.0625rem;\"><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1.6875rem;margin-left:-1.6875rem\">6.<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\">Enter one or more CSPs who will certify the domain\'s outbound email. If you have more than one CSP then use a space to separate each one.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_List1\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 1.6875rem; margin-left: 2.0625rem;\"><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1.6875rem;margin-left:-1.6875rem\">7.<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\">Click &quot;<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">OK<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\">.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_List1\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 1.6875rem; margin-left: 2.0625rem;\"><span class=\"f_List1\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1.6875rem;margin-left:-1.6875rem\">8.<\/span><span class=\"f_List1\">Configure your server to sign the domain\'s outgoing messages with <a href=\"security--domainkeys_identified_mail.html\" class=\"topiclink\">DKIM<\/a>, or ensure that they are being sent from an <a href=\"security--spf__sender_id.html\" class=\"topiclink\">SPF<\/a> approved server. This is necessary in order to guarantee that the message originated from you. A message cannot be certified unless the receiving server can first determine that the message is authentic.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<div style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; padding: 0 0 0 0; margin: 0 3.0625rem 0.8750rem 3.0000rem;\"><table style=\"background-color:#ffffe6; border:solid thin #000000; border-spacing:0;\">\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; width:3.1250rem; height:3.1250rem; padding:0.3125rem; border:none\"><p class=\"p_NoFormat\"><img style=\"margin:0;width:3.1250rem;height:3.1250rem;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/lightbulb_on_50_yback.gif\"\/><\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; padding:0.3125rem; border:none\"><p class=\"p_Notes\"><span class=\"f_Notes\">VBR does not require the certified messages to be signed by or transmitted to your CSP. The CSP is not signing or validating specific messages—it is vouching for the domain\'s good email practices.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<\/table>\n\r<\/div>\n\r<p class=\"p_BodyText\"><span class=\"f_BodyText\">For information on the certification services provided by <\/span><span class=\"f_BodyText\">MDaemon Technologies, visit:<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0 0 1.0000rem 3.0000rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.10rem; font-family: \'Courier New\',Courier,monospace;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdaemon.com\/email-certification\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"weblink\" title=\"http:\/\/www.mdaemon.com\/email-certification\/\">http:\/\/www.mdaemon.com\/email-certification\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_BodyText\"><span class=\"f_BodyText\">VBR Specification - RFC 5518:<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0 0 1.0000rem 3.0000rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.10rem; font-family: \'Courier New\',Courier,monospace;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tools.ietf.org\/html\/rfc5518\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"weblink\">http:\/\/tools.ietf.org\/html\/rfc5518<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_BodyText\"><span class=\"f_BodyText\">For more information on DKIM visit:<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0 0 1.0000rem 3.0000rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.10rem; font-family: \'Courier New\',Courier,monospace;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dkim.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"weblink\">http:\/\/www.dkim.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_SeeAlso\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid; border-right: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none;\"><span class=\"f_SeeAlso\">See:<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_SeeAlsoLinks\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid;\"><span class=\"f_SeeAlsoLinks\"><a href=\"security--certification.html\" class=\"topiclink\">VBR Certification<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_SeeAlsoLinks\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid;\"><span class=\"f_SeeAlsoLinks\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_SeeAlsoLinks\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid;\"><span class=\"f_SeeAlsoLinks\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\r"
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