[BlueOnyx:18722] Re: DomainKeys

[Neil Watson]

> Hi Richard
> 
> I don't know if dkim is available in in a package for BO, but I've just implemented it (as someone was getting my mail classified as SPAM!)
> 
> 1. Get opendkim-2.10.3
> 2. Build it - can't remember if it needed anything else installing offhand...
> 3. Make some keys here: http://dkimcore.org/tools/keys.html
> 
> 4. Make the 3 configuration files: KeyTable SigningTable TrustedHosts
> 5. Start the service (and make it start at boot..)
> 
> 6. Install the Milter in your sendmail - as in the instructions. Restart sendmail
> 
> The tricky bit was (for me!) getting the DNS entry to correspond with what the milter was inserting in the mail headers! Real examples might help here...
> 
> KEYTABLE:
> 
> # To use this file, uncomment the #KeyTable option in /etc/opendkim.conf,
> # then uncomment the following line and replace example.com with your domain
> # name, then restart OpenDKIM. Additional keys may be added on separate lines. 
> 
> #default._domainkey.example.com example.com:default:/etc/opendkim/keys/default.private
> waterend._domainkey.waterend.net waterend.net:mydomain:/etc/opendkim/keys/waterend.private 
> 
> SIGNINGTABLE:
> 
> #*@example.com default..example.com
> *@waterend.net mydomain._domainkey.waterend.net 
> 
> TRUSTEDHOSTS:
> 
> 127.0.0.1
> localhost
> waterend.net 
> 
> In your DNS server, you need a record like this: 
> 
> waterend._domainkey
> TXT/SPF
> 
> v=DKIM1; k=rsa;p=MIG...
> 
> The v=DKIM.... bit comes from the equivalent of waterend.txt... As you can see, there are no quotes or brackets round the DNS text (it doesn't work if you use them!)

> I found http://dkimvalidator.com/ very useful in figuring out what DNS entry I needed (as opposed to what I had!!)

> I also got SPF working - but that was another game (make sure ALL the sites -including those at the ISP - that could be sending your mail are in the list!)

> Neil.

 1. [BlueOnyx:18712] DomainKeys (Richard Barker)

 Michael,
 Is AV-Spam package able to setup dkim using SpamAssassin
 RC 
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