SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A TRUSTED ENTITY TO FACILITATE AUTHENTICATION OF EMAILS SENT BY 3RD PARTIES

摘要

A company may authorize a 3^rd party to send emails on behalf of the company's domain. The emails are sent by the 3^rd party, but the “From” portion of the email header is populated with the company's email address/domain. Methods are disclosed that, in some embodiments, enable email authentication (e.g. SPF record checks and/or DKIM verification) for emails sent by the 3^rd party on behalf of a company's domain. In some embodiments, a trusted entity is enlisted to communicate with the 3^rd party and the company. The trusted entity has the proper permissions to request changes in the DNS records of the company. The trusted entity receives the request from the 3^rd party to add email authentication information to the DNS record. The trusted entity confirms that the 3^rd party is authorized by the company and then adds the information to the DNS record.