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Forwarding Breaks DKIM — Prevent forwarders from modifying headers that invalidate your DKIM signature. Learn The Fix →

Can email forwarding break DKIM?

Yes. If the forwarder modifies the message such as adding a subject tag for a mailing list adding an unsubscribe footer or altering headers then the DKIM hash no longer matches and the signature fails.

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