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- | ====== DKIM and DMARC ====== | + | ====== |
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SPF (sender policy framework), DKIM (domain keys identified mail) and DMARC (domain message authentication reporting and conformance) are **sender authentication mechanisms** that use DNS. | SPF (sender policy framework), DKIM (domain keys identified mail) and DMARC (domain message authentication reporting and conformance) are **sender authentication mechanisms** that use DNS. | ||
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- | ===== DKIM ===== | ||
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- | **DKIM** is a standard for signing email messages so that the recipient can verify the sender' | ||
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- | Signing is done with a **private key on the sender' | ||
===== Testing ===== | ===== Testing ===== | ||
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+ | **Various Tools**: https:// | ||
**DKIM Test Tool**: https:// | **DKIM Test Tool**: https:// | ||
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**DMARC Test Tool**: https:// | **DMARC Test Tool**: https:// | ||
- | A very useful test is to send a message from the domain under test to a Gmail address. | + | A very useful test is to **send a message from the domain under test to a Gmail address**. Once the message is received in Gmail, perform a '' |
+ | ===== SPF ===== | ||
- | ===== Virtualmin ===== | + | SPF is the most widely used sender authentication mechanism. |
- | :!: Only virtual servers that have both the DNS and email features enabled will have DKIM activated, as the mail server needs to be setup to use a private signing key whose corresponding public key is added to DNS. | + | A DNS SPF (TXT) record just tells the recipient server which sender servers are authorized to send e-mail for a particular domain. |
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+ | ==== Virtualmin ==== | ||
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+ | **Virtualmin -> < | ||
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+ | {{ :internet:mail: | ||
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+ | ===== DKIM ===== | ||
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+ | **DKIM** is a standard for signing email messages so that the recipient can verify the sender' | ||
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+ | Signing is done with a **private key on the sender' | ||
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+ | ==== Virtualmin ==== | ||
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+ | <note warning>Only virtual servers that have both the DNS and email features enabled will have DKIM activated, as the mail server needs to be setup to use a private signing key whose corresponding public key is added to DNS.</ | ||
https:// | https:// | ||
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- | ===== Zimbra | + | ==== Zimbra ==== |
<note tip> | <note tip> | ||
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https:// | https:// | ||
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+ | ===== DMARC ===== | ||
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+ | DMARC is a mechanism to tell receiving mail servers exactly how to treat failures of SPF and DKIM checks. | ||
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+ | DMARC also includes a mechanism to report failures back to administrators of sender domains. |