First time trying to do e-mail. Been reading about DKIM and SPF but not really understanding it. Is there a clear guide on how to use it? Is this the best option for me? https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-dkim-with-postfix-on-debian-wheezy
I’m installing Discourse but my e-mails are not delivering, which means I can’t get it set up.
Thank you for your patience and assistance!
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Hey friend,
You might consider either setting Discourse to use an external SMTP service to send the emails or running a mail server with a preconfigured setup like this:
As far as handling DKIM for you goes, it doesn’t get much easier than that. Email is a headadche these days, any way that you can delegate that work through something like mailcow (or iredmail, etc) can lighten your burden significantly.
Jarland
Hello there,
We do have an article on How To use an SPF Record to Prevent Spoofing & Improve E-mail Reliability
A DKIM record is another measure that can prevent spoofing and improve mail reliability. You can use any online tool to generate the key for you.
Also if you use any control panel for your server, like cPanel it will have the built-in functionality to create the DKIM record on your behalf
Once created you can use a DKIM checker tool like the one provided from mxtoolbox and check whether the generated key is valid.
https://mxtoolbox.com/dkim.aspx
Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex
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