# Unable to determine DKIM state

**URL:** <https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/unable-to-determine-dkim-state/1313>\
**Category:** Technical Help\
**Created:** [August 19, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/unable-to-determine-dkim-state/1313 "2020-08-19T15:42:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![leftovrbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@leftovrbacon](https://forum.dmarcian.com/u/leftovrbacon)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/unable-to-determine-dkim-state/1313/1 "2020-08-19T15:42:38Z")

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So I setup three domains last week and one of them seems to be ok but the other two just report DKIM:no signing and under the details say “Unable to determine DKIM state.” Everything seems to check out though, I’m just wondering what I might have missed… Thanks!

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**Author:** ![opvind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e274bd/32.png) [@opvind](https://forum.dmarcian.com/u/opvind)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/unable-to-determine-dkim-state/1313/2 "2020-08-19T20:11:17Z")

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How many mails are reported for each domain? If no valid DKIM signed mail is reported then signing cannot be confirmed.

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**Author:** ![leftovrbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@leftovrbacon](https://forum.dmarcian.com/u/leftovrbacon)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/unable-to-determine-dkim-state/1313/3 "2020-08-19T20:21:28Z")

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I don’t guess it appears that any emails are reported but I know the domains are receiving mail. Sorry but I’m new to DMARC in general. Is it reporting on inbound mail or outbound? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![leftovrbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@leftovrbacon](https://forum.dmarcian.com/u/leftovrbacon)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/unable-to-determine-dkim-state/1313/4 "2020-08-21T13:37:36Z")

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Ok, I guess I just had to wait long enough. It took a week for my last domain to start “reporting”.

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**Author:** ![dan\_prime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@dan\_prime](https://forum.dmarcian.com/u/dan_prime)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/unable-to-determine-dkim-state/1313/5 "2020-08-24T16:40:02Z")

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Hi @leftovrbacon, the reply from @opvind is spot on. Until our application has consumed reports for that domain, we are unable to determine if DKIM is sufficiently configured. We have plans to improve that error/warn message.

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**Author:** ![MoDMARC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@MoDMARC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/u/MoDMARC)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/unable-to-determine-dkim-state/1313/6 "2020-08-26T10:58:22Z")

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Hi, the DMARC reports are for all the email traffic you are sending outbound to the world using your domains.

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**Author:** ![MoDMARC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@MoDMARC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/u/MoDMARC)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.dmarcian.com/t/unable-to-determine-dkim-state/1313/7 "2020-08-28T18:16:42Z")

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Just to clear up what I said, The DMARC reports are for the emails sent outbound for the Header From domain & not all receivers of email send DMARC reports yet but there are thousands who do.