Re: [Bimi] [EXTERNAL] Re: Bimi logo hosting

[Tom Bartel <[e-mail]>]

Another item to be wary of is hosting images on hosting systems with "bot protection" as this can block the retrieval of the image file.  We've seen this a few times.

https://bimigroup.org/faqs-for-senders-esps/?#FAQ_20
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From: bimi <[e-mail]> on behalf of Mark Alley <mark.alley=[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2023 1:50 PM
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Bimi] Bimi logo hosting


I know of several organizations hosting their logos and certificates through Entrust (i.e. the cert and logo hosting domain are Entrust's), and as far as I'm aware they have not had any issues with Google displaying their logos, although if Google's policy on that changed recently, take that with a grain of salt.

- Mark Alley


On 9/25/2023 1:52 PM, Brotman, Alex wrote:

As far as the spec is concerned, you can definitely host on a separate domain/server.  I suppose it’s possible that some MBP may decide that could be a risk, I’m not aware of any that have done this yet.



See:

default._bimi.emails.xfinity.com. 10800 IN TXT  "v=BIMI1;a=https://postmaster.comcast.net/bimi_logos/emails.xfinity.com.pem;l=https://postmaster.comcast.net/bimi_logos/xfinity.svg"



I’m not aware we’ve had issues because they weren’t on the same domain.



--

Alex Brotman

Sr. Engineer, Anti-Abuse & Messaging Policy

Comcast



From: bimi <[e-mail]><mailto:[e-mail]> On Behalf Of Ivan Hadzhiev
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2023 10:15 AM
To: [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>
Subject: [Bimi] Bimi logo hosting



Hello,

I've a simple question.

I read the FAQ questions on bimigroup.org.

Is it a problem if I want to have BIMI on myemaildomain.com but the images (the image path) is myimagehost.com?
The logo referenced by the “l=” value in the BIMI record can resolve to any domain and directory path. It does not need to match the domain where the BIMI logo is published.

Then i read the google Troubleshoot BIMI issues:

BIMI image issues

  *   Verify the SVG file for your brand logo meets the requirements and recommendations for BIMI image files.
  *   Verify the SVG file is accessible on your public web server.
  *   Verify the public web server is in the same domain as the domain where you added the DNS TXT record for BIMI.
  *   Verify the URL for the SVG file is correct in your BIMI record.

Which one is correct?

If i host my logo on 3rd party server could that be a problem?



Thank you.

P.S.

I've dmarc p=reject, and VMC, so there is no other reason to not show my logo instead of hosting.

Also the bimi record passed all available checks.

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