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Nix Flakes
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==========
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If you're using `flakes <https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes>`__, you can use
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the following minimal ``flake.nix`` as an example:
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.. code:: nix
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{
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description = "NixOS configuration";
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inputs.simple-nixos-mailserver.url = "gitlab:simple-nixos-mailserver/nixos-mailserver/nixos-20.09";
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outputs = { self, nixpkgs, simple-nixos-mailserver }: {
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nixosConfigurations = {
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hostname = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
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system = "x86_64-linux";
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modules = [
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simple-nixos-mailserver.nixosModule
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{
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mailserver = {
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enable = true;
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# ...
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};
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}
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];
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};
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};
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};
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}
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@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Welcome to NixOS Mailserver's documentation!
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.. toctree::
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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:maxdepth: 2
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quick-start
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setup-guide
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setup-guide
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howto-develop
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howto-develop
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faq
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faq
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@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ Welcome to NixOS Mailserver's documentation!
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add-radicale
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add-radicale
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rspamd-tuning
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rspamd-tuning
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fts
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fts
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flakes
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Indices and tables
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Indices and tables
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==================
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==================
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Quick Start
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===========
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.. code:: nix
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{ config, pkgs, ... }:
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let release = "nixos-20.09";
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in {
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imports = [
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(builtins.fetchTarball {
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url = "https://gitlab.com/simple-nixos-mailserver/nixos-mailserver/-/archive/${release}/nixos-mailserver-${release}.tar.gz";
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# This hash needs to be updated
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sha256 = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000";
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})
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];
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mailserver = {
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enable = true;
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fqdn = "mail.example.com";
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domains = [ "example.com" "example2.com" ];
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loginAccounts = {
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"user1@example.com" = {
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# nix run nixpkgs.apacheHttpd -c htpasswd -nbB "" "super secret password" | cut -d: -f2 > /hashed/password/file/location
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hashedPasswordFile = "/hashed/password/file/location";
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aliases = [
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"info@example.com"
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"postmaster@example.com"
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"postmaster@example2.com"
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];
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};
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};
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};
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}
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Mail servers can be a tricky thing to set up. This guide is supposed to
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Mail servers can be a tricky thing to set up. This guide is supposed to
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run you through the most important steps to achieve a 10/10 score on
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run you through the most important steps to achieve a 10/10 score on
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``mail-tester.com``.
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`<https://mail-tester.com>`_.
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What you need:
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What you need is:
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- A server with a public IP (referred to as ``server-IP``)
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- a server running NixOS with a public IP
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- A Fully Qualified Domain Name (``FQDN``) where your server is
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- a domain name.
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reachable, so that other servers can find yours. Common FQDN include
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``mx.example.com`` (where ``example.com`` is a domain you own) or
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``mail.example.com``. The domain is referred to as ``server-domain``
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(``example.com`` in the above example) and the ``FQDN`` is referred
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to by ``server-FQDN`` (``mx.example.com`` above).
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- A list of domains you want to your email server to serve. (Note that
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this does not have to include ``server-domain``, but may of course).
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These will be referred to as ``domains``. As an example,
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``domains = [ example1.com, example2.com ]``.
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Setup server
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.. note::
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~~~~~~~~~~~~
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In the following, we consider a server with the public IP ``1.2.3.4``
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and the domain ``example.com``.
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First, we will set the minimum DNS configuration to be able to deploy
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an up and running mail server. Once the server is deployed, we could
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then set all DNS entries required to send and receive mails on this
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server.
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Setup DNS A record for server
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Add a DNS record to the domain ``example.com`` with the following
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entries
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==================== ===== ==== =============
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Name (Subdomain) TTL Type Value
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==================== ===== ==== =============
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``mail.example.com`` 10800 A ``1.2.3.4``
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==================== ===== ==== =============
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You can check this with
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::
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$ ping mail.example.com
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64 bytes from mail.example.com (1.2.3.4): icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=21.3 ms
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...
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Note that it can take a while until a DNS entry is propagated. This
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DNS entry is required for the Let's Encrypt certificate generation
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(which is used in the below configuration example).
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Setup the server
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The following describes a server setup that is fairly complete. Even
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The following describes a server setup that is fairly complete. Even
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though there are more possible options (see ``default.nix``), these
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though there are more possible options (see the ``default.nix`` file),
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should be the most common ones.
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these should be the most common ones.
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.. code:: nix
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})
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})
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mailserver = {
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mailserver = {
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enable = true;
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enable = true;
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fqdn = <server-FQDN>;
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fqdn = "mail.example.com";
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domains = [ <domains> ];
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domains = [ "example.com" ];
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# A list of all login accounts. To create the password hashes, use
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# A list of all login accounts. To create the password hashes, use
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# nix run nixpkgs.apacheHttpd -c htpasswd -nbB "" "super secret password" | cut -d: -f2
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# nix run nixpkgs.apacheHttpd -c htpasswd -nbB "" "super secret password" | cut -d: -f2
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loginAccounts = {
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loginAccounts = {
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"user1@example.com" = {
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"user1@example.com" = {
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hashedPassword = "$6$/z4n8AQl6K$kiOkBTWlZfBd7PvF5GsJ8PmPgdZsFGN1jPGZufxxr60PoR0oUsrvzm2oQiflyz5ir9fFJ.d/zKm/NgLXNUsNX/";
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hashedPasswordFile = "/a/file/containing/a/hashed/password";
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aliases = ["postmaster@example.com"];
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aliases = [
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"postmaster@example.com"
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"postmaster@example2.com"
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];
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# example2.com
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catchAll = [
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"example.com"
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"example2.com"
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];
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};
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# address = forward address;
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"abuse@example.com" = "user1@example.com";
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};
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};
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description = "NixOS configuration";
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inputs.simple-nixos-mailserver.url = "gitlab:simple-nixos-mailserver/nixos-mailserver";
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Add a DNS record to the domain ``server-domain`` with the following
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================ ===== ==== ======== =============
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\_dmarc.\ ``domain`` 10800 TXT ``v=DMARC1; p=none``
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example.com 10800 TXT `v=spf1 a:mail.example.com -all`
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Note that it can take a while until a DNS entry is propagated.
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Set ``DKIM`` signature
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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On your server, the ``opendkim`` systemd service generated a file
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containing your DKIM public key in the file
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``/var/dkim/example.com.mail.txt``. The content of this file looks
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mail._domainkey IN TXT "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; s=email; p=<really-long-key>" ; ----- DKIM mail for domain.tld
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where ``really-long-key`` is your public key.
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Based on the content of this file, we can add a ``DKIM`` record to the
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domain ``example.com``.
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Name (Subdomain) TTL Type Value
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=========================== ===== ==== ==============================
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mail._domainkey.example.com 10800 TXT ``v=DKIM1; p=<really-long-key>``
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=========================== ===== ==== ==============================
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$ nix-shell -p bind --command "host -t txt mail._domainkey.example.com"
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mail._domainkey.example.com descriptive text "v=DKIM1;p=<really-long-key>"
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Note that it can take a while until a DNS entry is propagated.
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Set a ``DMARC`` record
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Add a ``DMARC`` record to the domain ``example.com``.
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======================== ===== ==== ====================
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Name (Subdomain) TTL Type Value
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======================== ===== ==== ====================
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_dmarc.example.com 10800 TXT ``v=DMARC1; p=none``
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======================== ===== ==== ====================
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You can check this with
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::
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$ nix-shell -p bind --command "host -t TXT _dmarc.example.com"
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mail._domainkey.abesis.fr descriptive text "v=DKIM1;p=<really-long-key>"
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Note that it can take a while until a DNS entry is propagated.
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Test your Setup
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Test your Setup
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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