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[DNS] Does anyone know why the DKIM Records I have added to my Digital Ocean DNS are not being picked up and validated by AWS SES

Posted on December 18, 2024
DNS
Asked by 510b6aeaa73444e592b8a067ec8856

I have been given 3 sets of DKIM keys by AWS SES email services.

I have added them as CNAME records - this is what AWS SES requested - and they are CNAME records rather than the more traditional TXT DKIM records you also see.

All three records are in the format:

abc123._domainkey.mydomain.io abc123.dkim.amazonses.com

I have put these on with a TTL of 1800 and waited for many days and AWS is not validating them.

I have tried similar with SendGrid and had the same problem

I wondering if someone in Digital Ocean can help with this. It want to get things setup and I would appreciate it.

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alexdo

Site Moderator

• December 19, 2024

Heya,

You can check this article and ensure the public DKIM DNS record is added properly:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-dkim-with-postfix-on-debian-wheezy#add-the-public-key-to-the-domain-s-dns-records

Also keep in mind that DNS changes can sometime take up to 48 hours in order to update due to general DNS propagation time and DNS cache from all ISPs.

Regards