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DKIM key at {selector} is below the minimum size

CODE RED

DKIM · Critical · costs 40 points · RFC 8301 section 3.2

What it means

The key at selector1 is N bits. Verifiers must not accept RSA keys under 1024 bits, so your signatures are treated as invalid, signing this mail achieves nothing at all.

How to fix it

Generate a new 2048-bit key in your mail provider and publish it, then remove the old selector once the change has propagated.

Check your own domain

This page describes the condition. To find out whether your domain has it, run the DKIM test or the full checkup, which examines every record at once.

Understand it properly

This page covers one condition. For the whole picture, What is DKIM, selectors and key strength, or start at the Health Library.

Where this comes from

We judge this against RFC 8301 section 3.2. Every finding on this site cites the specification behind it so you can check the work rather than take our word for it.

Other DKIM conditions

DKIM_KEY_TOO_WEAK

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