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<h1 id="dkim-dmarc-spf"><a class="toclink" href="#dkim-dmarc-spf">DKIM, DMARC &amp; SPF</a></h1>
<p>Cloudflare has written an <a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/email-security/dmarc-dkim-spf/">article about DKIM, DMARC and SPF</a> that we highly recommend you to read to get acquainted with the topic.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Rspamd vs Individual validators</p>
<p>With v12.0.0, Rspamd was integrated into DMS. It can perform validations for DKIM, DMARC and SPF as part of the <code>spam-score-calculation</code> for an email. DMS provides individual alternatives for each validation that can be used instead of deferring to Rspamd:</p>
<ul>
<li>DKIM: <code>opendkim</code> is used as a milter (like Rspamd)</li>
<li>DMARC: <code>opendmarc</code> is used as a milter (like Rspamd)</li>
<li>SPF: <code>policyd-spf</code> is used in Postfix's <code>smtpd_recipient_restrictions</code></li>
</ul>
<p>In a future release Rspamd will become the default for these validations, with a deprecation notice issued prior to the removal of the above alternatives.</p>
<p>We encourage everyone to prefer Rspamd via <code>ENABLE_RSPAMD=1</code>.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonition warning">
<p class="admonition-title">DNS Caches &amp; Propagation</p>
<p>While modern DNS providers are quick, it may take minutes or even hours for new DNS records to become available / propagate.</p>
</div>
<h2 id="dkim"><a class="toclink" href="#dkim">DKIM</a></h2>
<div class="admonition quote">
<p class="admonition-title">What is DKIM</p>
<p>DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email authentication method designed to detect forged sender addresses in email (email spoofing), a technique often used in phishing and email spam.</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys_Identified_Mail">Source</a></p>
</div>
<p>When DKIM is enabled:</p>
<ol>
<li>Inbound mail will verify any included DKIM signatures</li>
<li>Outbound mail is signed (<em>when you're sending domain has a configured DKIM key</em>)</li>
</ol>
<p>DKIM requires a public/private key pair to enable <strong>signing (<em>via private key</em>)</strong> your outgoing mail, while the receiving end must query DNS to <strong>verify (<em>via public key</em>)</strong> that the signature is trustworthy.</p>
<h3 id="generating-keys"><a class="toclink" href="#generating-keys">Generating Keys</a></h3>
<p>You should have:</p>
<ul>
<li>At least one <a href="../../user-management/#adding-a-new-account">email account setup</a></li>
<li>Attached a <a href="../../advanced/optional-config/">volume for config</a> to persist the generated files to local storage</li>
</ul>
<div class="admonition warning">
<p class="admonition-title">RSA Key Sizes &gt;= 4096 Bit</p>
<p>Keys of 4096 bits could be denied by some mail servers. According to <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6376">RFC 6376</a>, keys are <a href="https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/issues/1854">preferably between 512 and 2048 bits</a>.</p>
</div>
<p>DKIM is currently supported by either OpenDKIM or Rspamd:</p>
<div class="tabbed-set tabbed-alternate" data-tabs="1:2"><input checked="checked" id="__tabbed_1_1" name="__tabbed_1" type="radio" /><input id="__tabbed_1_2" name="__tabbed_1" type="radio" /><div class="tabbed-labels"><label for="__tabbed_1_1">OpenDKIM</label><label for="__tabbed_1_2">Rspamd</label></div>
<div class="tabbed-content">
<div class="tabbed-block">
<p>OpenDKIM is currently <a href="../../environment/#enable_opendkim">enabled by default</a>.</p>
<p>The command <code>docker exec &lt;CONTAINER NAME&gt; setup config dkim help</code> details supported config options, along with some examples.</p>
<div class="admonition example">
<p class="admonition-title">Creating a DKIM key</p>
<p>Generate the DKIM files with:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>docker<span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">exec</span><span class="w"> </span>-ti<span class="w"> </span>&lt;CONTAINER<span class="w"> </span>NAME&gt;<span class="w"> </span>setup<span class="w"> </span>config<span class="w"> </span>dkim
</code></pre></div>
<p>Your new DKIM key(s) and OpenDKIM config files have been added to <code>/tmp/docker-mailserver/opendkim/</code>.</p>
</div>
<details class="note">
<summary>LDAP accounts need to specify domains explicitly</summary>
<p>The command is unable to infer the domains from LDAP user accounts, you must specify them:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>setup<span class="w"> </span>config<span class="w"> </span>dkim<span class="w"> </span>domain<span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;example.com,example.io&#39;</span>
</code></pre></div>
</details>
<details class="tip">
<summary>Changing the key size</summary>
<p>The private key presently defaults to RSA-4096. To create an RSA 2048-bit key run:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>setup<span class="w"> </span>config<span class="w"> </span>dkim<span class="w"> </span>keysize<span class="w"> </span><span class="m">2048</span>
</code></pre></div>
</details>
<div class="admonition info">
<p class="admonition-title">Restart required</p>
<p>After restarting DMS, outgoing mail will now be signed with your new DKIM key(s) <img alt="🎉" class="twemoji" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/1f389.svg" title=":tada:" /></p>
<p>You'll need to repeat this process if you add any new domains.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="tabbed-block">
<p>Opt-in via <a href="../../environment/#enable_rspamd"><code>ENABLE_RSPAMD=1</code></a> (<em>and disable the default OpenDKIM: <code>ENABLE_OPENDKIM=0</code></em>).</p>
<p>Rspamd provides DKIM support through two separate modules:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.rspamd.com/doc/modules/dkim.html">Verifying DKIM signatures from inbound mail</a> is enabled by default.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.rspamd.com/doc/modules/dkim_signing.html">Signing outbound mail with your DKIM key</a> needs additional setup (key + dns + config).</li>
</ol>
<div class="admonition example">
<p class="admonition-title">Creating DKIM Keys</p>
<p>You can simply run</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>docker<span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">exec</span><span class="w"> </span>-ti<span class="w"> </span>&lt;CONTAINER<span class="w"> </span>NAME&gt;<span class="w"> </span>setup<span class="w"> </span>config<span class="w"> </span>dkim<span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">help</span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>which provides you with an overview of what the script can do. Just running</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>docker<span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">exec</span><span class="w"> </span>-ti<span class="w"> </span>&lt;CONTAINER<span class="w"> </span>NAME&gt;<span class="w"> </span>setup<span class="w"> </span>config<span class="w"> </span>dkim
</code></pre></div>
<p>will execute the helper script with default parameters.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonition info">
<p class="admonition-title">About the Helper Script</p>
<p>The script will persist the keys in <code>/tmp/docker-mailserver/rspamd/dkim/</code>. Hence, if you are already using the default volume mounts, the keys are persisted in a volume. The script also restarts Rspamd directly, so changes take effect without restarting DMS.</p>
<p>The script provides you with log messages along the way of creating keys. In case you want to read the complete log, use <code>-v</code> (verbose) or <code>-vv</code> (very verbose).</p>
<hr />
<p>In case you have not already provided a default DKIM signing configuration, the script will create one and write it to <code>/etc/rspamd/override.d/dkim_signing.conf</code>. If this file already exist, it will not be overwritten. When you're already using <a href="../../security/rspamd/#manually">the <code>rspamd/override.d/</code> directory</a>, the file is created inside your volume and therefore persisted correctly. If you are not using <code>rspamd/override.d/</code>, you will need to persist the file yourself (otherwise it is lost on container restart).</p>
<p>An example of what a default configuration file for DKIM signing looks like can be found by expanding the example below.</p>
</div>
<details class="example">
<summary>DKIM Signing Module Configuration Examples</summary>
<p>A simple configuration could look like this:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="c1"># documentation: https://rspamd.com/doc/modules/dkim_signing.html</span>
<span class="na">enabled</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">true</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="na">sign_authenticated</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">true</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="na">sign_local</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">true</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="na">use_domain</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;header&quot;</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="na">use_redis</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">false</span><span class="c1">; # don&#39;t change unless Redis also provides the DKIM keys</span>
<span class="na">use_esld</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">true</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="na">check_pubkey</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">true</span><span class="c1">; # you wan&#39;t to use this in the beginning</span>
<span class="na">domain {</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">example.com {</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;/tmp/docker-mailserver/rspamd/dkim/mail.private&quot;</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">selector</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;mail&quot;</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">}</span>
<span class="na">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>As shown next:</p>
<ul>
<li>You can add more domains into the <code>domain { ... }</code> section.</li>
<li>A domain can also be configured with multiple selectors and keys within a <code>selectors [ ... ]</code> array.</li>
</ul>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="c1"># ...</span>
<span class="na">domain {</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">example.com {</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">selectors [</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;/tmp/docker-mailserver/rspamd/dkim/example.com/rsa.private&quot;</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">selector</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;dkim-rsa&quot;</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">},</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">/tmp/docker-mailserver/rspamd/example.com/ed25519.private&quot;</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">selector</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;dkim-ed25519&quot;</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">]</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">example.org {</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">selectors [</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;/tmp/docker-mailserver/rspamd/dkim/example.org/rsa.private&quot;</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">selector</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;dkim-rsa&quot;</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">},</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;/tmp/docker-mailserver/rspamd/dkim/example.org/ed25519.private&quot;</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">selector</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;dkim-ed25519&quot;</span><span class="c1">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">]</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="na">}</span>
<span class="na">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
</details>
<details class="warning">
<summary>Support for DKIM Keys using ED25519</summary>
<p>This modern elliptic curve is supported by Rspamd, but support by third-parties for <a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/1023674/is-ed25519-well-supported-for-the-dkim-validation/1074545#1074545">verifying Ed25519 DKIM signatures is unreliable</a>.</p>
<p>If you sign your mail with this key type, you should include RSA as a fallback, like shown in the above example.</p>
</details>
<details class="tip">
<summary>Let Rspamd Check Your Keys</summary>
<p>When <code>check_pubkey = true;</code> is set, Rspamd will query the DNS record for each DKIM selector, verifying each public key matches the private key configured.</p>
<p>If there is a mismatch, a warning will be omitted to the Rspamd log <code>/var/log/supervisor/rspamd.log</code>.</p>
</details>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h3 id="dkim-dns"><a class="toclink" href="#dkim-dns">DNS Record</a></h3>
<p>When mail signed with your DKIM key is sent from your mail server, the receiver needs to check a DNS <code>TXT</code> record to verify the DKIM signature is trustworthy.</p>
<div class="admonition example">
<p class="admonition-title">Configuring DNS - DKIM record</p>
<p>When you generated your key in the previous step, the DNS data was saved into a file <code>&lt;selector&gt;.txt</code> (default: <code>mail.txt</code>). Use this content to update your <a href="https://www.vultr.com/docs/introduction-to-vultr-dns/">DNS via Web Interface</a> or directly edit your <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_file">DNS Zone file</a>:</p>
<div class="tabbed-set tabbed-alternate" data-tabs="2:2"><input checked="checked" id="__tabbed_2_1" name="__tabbed_2" type="radio" /><input id="__tabbed_2_2" name="__tabbed_2" type="radio" /><div class="tabbed-labels"><label for="__tabbed_2_1">Web Interface</label><label for="__tabbed_2_2">DNS Zone file</label></div>
<div class="tabbed-content">
<div class="tabbed-block">
<p>Create a new record:</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Field</th>
<th>Value</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Type</td>
<td><code>TXT</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td><code>&lt;selector&gt;._domainkey</code> (<em>default: <code>mail._domainkey</code></em>)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TTL</td>
<td>Use the default (<em>otherwise <a href="https://www.digicert.com/faq/dns/what-is-ttl">3600 seconds is appropriate</a></em>)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>File content within <code>( ... )</code> (<em>formatted as advised below</em>)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>When using Rspamd, the helper script has already provided you with the contents (the "Data" field) of the DNS record you need to create - you can just copy-paste this text.</p>
</div>
<div class="tabbed-block">
<p><code>&lt;selector&gt;.txt</code> is already formatted as a snippet for adding to your <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_file">DNS Zone file</a>.</p>
<p>Just copy/paste the file contents into your existing DNS zone. The <code>TXT</code> value has been split into separate strings every 255 characters for compatibility.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<details class="info">
<summary><code>&lt;selector&gt;.txt</code> - Formatting the <code>TXT</code> record value correctly</summary>
<p>This file was generated for use within a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_file">DNS zone file</a>. DNS <code>TXT</code> records values that are longer than 255 characters need to be split into multiple parts. This is why the public key has multiple parts wrapped within double-quotes between <code>(</code> and <code>)</code>.</p>
<p>A DNS web-interface may handle this internally instead, while <a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/763815/route-53-doesnt-allow-adding-dkim-keys-because-length-is-too-long">others may not, but expect the input as a single line</a>_). You'll need to manually format the value as described below.</p>
<p>Your DNS record file (eg: <code>mail.txt</code>) should look similar to this:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>mail._domainkey IN TXT ( &quot;v=DKIM1; k=rsa; &quot;
&quot;p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAqQMMqhb1S52Rg7VFS3EC6JQIMxNDdiBmOKZvY5fiVtD3Z+yd9ZV+V8e4IARVoMXWcJWSR6xkloitzfrRtJRwOYvmrcgugOalkmM0V4Gy/2aXeamuiBuUc4esDQEI3egmtAsHcVY1XCoYfs+9VqoHEq3vdr3UQ8zP/l+FP5UfcaJFCK/ZllqcO2P1GjIDVSHLdPpRHbMP/tU1a9mNZ&quot;
&quot;5QMZBJ/JuJK/s+2bp8gpxKn8rh1akSQjlynlV9NI+7J3CC7CUf3bGvoXIrb37C/lpJehS39KNtcGdaRufKauSfqx/7SxA0zyZC+r13f7ASbMaQFzm+/RRusTqozY/p/MsWx8QIDAQAB&quot;
) ;
</code></pre></div>
<p>Take the content between <code>( ... )</code>, and combine all the quote wrapped content and remove the double-quotes including the white-space between them. That is your <code>TXT</code> record value, the above example would become this:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAqQMMqhb1S52Rg7VFS3EC6JQIMxNDdiBmOKZvY5fiVtD3Z+yd9ZV+V8e4IARVoMXWcJWSR6xkloitzfrRtJRwOYvmrcgugOalkmM0V4Gy/2aXeamuiBuUc4esDQEI3egmtAsHcVY1XCoYfs+9VqoHEq3vdr3UQ8zP/l+FP5UfcaJFCK/ZllqcO2P1GjIDVSHLdPpRHbMP/tU1a9mNZ5QMZBJ/JuJK/s+2bp8gpxKn8rh1akSQjlynlV9NI+7J3CC7CUf3bGvoXIrb37C/lpJehS39KNtcGdaRufKauSfqx/7SxA0zyZC+r13f7ASbMaQFzm+/RRusTqozY/p/MsWx8QIDAQAB
</code></pre></div>
<p>To test that your new DKIM record is correct, query it with the <code>dig</code> command. The <code>TXT</code> value response should be a single line split into multiple parts wrapped in double-quotes:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="gp">$ </span>dig<span class="w"> </span>+short<span class="w"> </span>TXT<span class="w"> </span>dkim-rsa._domainkey.example.com
<span class="go">&quot;v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAqQMMqhb1S52Rg7VFS3EC6JQIMxNDdiBmOKZvY5fiVtD3Z+yd9ZV+V8e4IARVoMXWcJWSR6xkloitzfrRtJRwOYvmrcgugOalkmM0V4Gy/2aXeamuiBuUc4esDQEI3egmtAsHcVY1XCoYfs+9VqoHEq3vdr3UQ8zP/l+FP5UfcaJFCK/ZllqcO2P1GjIDVSHLdPpRHbMP/tU1a9mNZ5QMZBJ/JuJK/s+2bp8gpxKn8rh1akSQjlynlV9NI+7J3CC7CUf3bGvoXIrb37C/lpJehS39&quot; &quot;KNtcGdaRufKauSfqx/7SxA0zyZC+r13f7ASbMaQFzm+/RRusTqozY/p/MsWx8QIDAQAB&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
</details>
<h3 id="dkim-debug"><a class="toclink" href="#dkim-debug">Troubleshooting</a></h3>
<p><a href="https://mxtoolbox.com/dkim.aspx">MxToolbox has a DKIM Verifier</a> that you can use to check your DKIM DNS record(s).</p>
<p>When using Rspamd, we recommend you turn on <code>check_pubkey = true;</code> in <code>dkim_signing.conf</code>. Rspamd will then check whether your private key matches your public key, and you can check possible mismatches by looking at <code>/var/log/supervisor/rspamd.log</code>.</p>
<h2 id="dmarc"><a class="toclink" href="#dmarc">DMARC</a></h2>
<p>With DMS, DMARC is pre-configured out of the box. You may disable extra and excessive DMARC checks when using Rspamd via <code>ENABLE_OPENDMARC=0</code>.</p>
<p>The only thing you need to do in order to enable DMARC on a "DNS-level" is to add new <code>TXT</code>. In contrast to <a href="#dkim">DKIM</a>, DMARC DNS entries do not require any keys, but merely setting the <a href="https://github.com/internetstandards/toolbox-wiki/blob/master/DMARC-how-to.md#overview-of-dmarc-configuration-tags">configuration values</a>. You can either handcraft the entry by yourself or use one of available generators (like <a href="https://dmarcguide.globalcyberalliance.org">this one</a>).</p>
<p>Typically something like this should be good to start with:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>_dmarc.example.com. IN TXT &quot;v=DMARC1; p=none; sp=none; fo=0; adkim=4; aspf=r; pct=100; rf=afrf; ri=86400; rua=mailto:dmarc.report@example.com; ruf=mailto:dmarc.report@example.com&quot;
</code></pre></div>
<p>Or a bit more strict policies (<em>mind <code>p=quarantine</code> and <code>sp=quarantine</code></em>):</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>_dmarc.example.com. IN TXT &quot;v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; sp=quarantine; fo=0; adkim=r; aspf=r; pct=100; rf=afrf; ri=86400; rua=mailto:dmarc.report@example.com; ruf=mailto:dmarc.report@example.com&quot;
</code></pre></div>
<p>The DMARC status may not be displayed instantly due to delays in DNS (caches). Dmarcian has <a href="https://dmarcian.com/dmarc-tools/">a few tools</a> you can use to verify your DNS records.</p>
<h2 id="spf"><a class="toclink" href="#spf">SPF</a></h2>
<div class="admonition quote">
<p class="admonition-title">What is SPF</p>
<p>Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is a simple email-validation system designed to detect email spoofing by providing a mechanism to allow receiving mail exchangers to check that incoming mail from a domain comes from a host authorized by that domain's administrators.</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework">Source</a></p>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Disabling <code>policyd-spf</code>?</p>
<p>As of now, <code>policyd-spf</code> cannot be disabled. This is WIP.</p>
</div>
<h3 id="adding-an-spf-record"><a class="toclink" href="#adding-an-spf-record">Adding an SPF Record</a></h3>
<p>To add a SPF record in your DNS, insert the following line in your DNS zone:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>example.com. IN TXT &quot;v=spf1 mx ~all&quot;
</code></pre></div>
<p>This enables the <em>Softfail</em> mode for SPF. You could first add this SPF record with a very low TTL. <em>SoftFail</em> is a good setting for getting started and testing, as it lets all email through, with spams tagged as such in the mailbox.</p>
<p>After verification, you <em>might</em> want to change your SPF record to <code>v=spf1 mx -all</code> so as to enforce the <em>HardFail</em> policy. See <a href="http://www.open-spf.org/SPF_Record_Syntax">http://www.open-spf.org/SPF_Record_Syntax</a> for more details about SPF policies.</p>
<p>In any case, increment the SPF record's TTL to its final value.</p>
<h3 id="backup-mx-secondary-mx-for-policyd-spf"><a class="toclink" href="#backup-mx-secondary-mx-for-policyd-spf">Backup MX &amp; Secondary MX for <code>policyd-spf</code></a></h3>
<p>For whitelisting an IP Address from the SPF test, you can create a config file (see <a href="https://www.linuxcertif.com/man/5/policyd-spf.conf"><code>policyd-spf.conf</code></a>) and mount that file into <code>/etc/postfix-policyd-spf-python/policyd-spf.conf</code>.</p>
<p><strong>Example:</strong> Create and edit a <code>policyd-spf.conf</code> file at <code>docker-data/dms/config/postfix-policyd-spf.conf</code>:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="na">debugLevel</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">1</span>
<span class="c1">#0(only errors)-4(complete data received)</span>
<span class="na">skip_addresses</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">127.0.0.0/8,::ffff:127.0.0.0/104,::1</span>
<span class="c1"># Preferably use IP-Addresses for whitelist lookups:</span>
<span class="na">Whitelist</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">192.168.0.0/31,192.168.1.0/30</span>
<span class="c1"># Domain_Whitelist = mx1.not-example.com,mx2.not-example.com</span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>Then add this line to <code>docker-compose.yml</code>:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nt">volumes</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">./docker-data/dms/config/postfix-policyd-spf.conf:/etc/postfix-policyd-spf-python/policyd-spf.conf</span>
</code></pre></div>
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