I want you to do me a favor: If you haven't yet set a profile picture on your Google account, please do so. It's easy to do. Just head over to myaccount.google.com , click on the little …
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Romanian mail server solution Axigen very recently added support for Brand Indicators for Message Identification ( BIMI ) sender logos: "Build trust through visibility. Ax…
Brand Indicators for Message Identification ( BIMI ) is an email authentication-related domain setting that allows email senders to display a brand or company logo alongside emai…
TIL that you can accidentally cancel out your Gmail account avatar (which I lovingly refer to as a "fake BIMI") if you're not careful with your Google Workspace ema…
Time to decode another deliverability acronym. Today, we're going to talk about VMC, which stands for "Verified Mark Certificate." A VMC is something that a domain …
Today, let's define the acronym BIMI, aka "Brand Indicators for Message Identification." Let's go straight to the folks who have created the BIMI specs, the Aut…
French mailbox provider La Poste (laposte.net) has added support for BIMI sender logos! Here's what you need to know: If you implement a BIMI logo without a Verified Mark Ce…
What's an ANIBIMI? A completely fake term that I just made up! It's not a BIMI -- it's an animated user image for a Google profile, and (at least until Google decides…
Obtaining a VMC (Verified Mark Certificate) can be a hurdle for folks who want to implement a BIMI logo . You can proceed without it, but if you do, while your logo likely will …
It's been a while since I've posted a BIMI status update, and things are changing! Things are standardizing! Things are getting good. So, let's get right to it...
I'm not exactly sure when it went live, but I am now reliably informed that Australian mailbox provider (and owner of Pobox and Topicbox ) Fastmail now supports BIMI. Fastm…
You might notice that in my " 2020: What's next? " post, I didn't mention BIMI . BIMI, aka Brand Indicators for Message Identification, is the new way to spec…
It looks like Gmail will have support for BIMI! As announced by Agari, Google will be running a BIMI pilot program soon. Read all about it here . If you didn't already know…
Looking to make your brand's logo show up next to emails you send to Gmail recipients, but you're not sending from a Gmail account? I think I've figured out how you c…
