The new feature is dubbed Authentication icon for verified senders which allows Gmail to reject any emails whose addresses do not end in @ebay.com or @paypal.com, thus preventing fraudulent attempts to get customers PayPal password in order to drain their account. By activating the icon from the Labs tab under Settings, Gmail users will see a key icon next to the emails that have been verified and which are “super-trustworthy”, meaning that the sender, usually a financial institution, is a target of phishers, all of the senders email is authenticated with DKIM, and Gmail rejects any fake messages that claim to come from this sender, but actually dont., according to Gmail representatives cited by techcrunch.com. Gmail has announced plans to add more senders in the near future.
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