(dv):Create DomainKeys

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DomainKeys is an e-mail authentication system designed to verify the DNS domain of an e-mail sender and the message integrity. The DomainKeys specification has adopted aspects of Identified Internet Mail to create an enhanced protocol called DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM). This merged specification became the basis for an IETF Working Group which guided the specification toward becoming an IETF standard.

Important Information before proceeding

This article is provided as a courtesy. Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting third-party applications is outside the scope of support provided by (mt) Media Temple. Please take a moment to review the Statement of Support.

This article is written under the assumption the user is not using private nameservers or third-party nameservers. If you see a word in ITALICS, this means you should replace it with your domain name. For a (ve) Server, you will need to have OpenSSL installed and operational. Setting the mail client on a (ve) server to allow for signing of outgoing mail is up to the user to configure.

Instructions

Instructions only apply to Plesk 8.4 and higher.

  • Log into Plesk
  • Click on Servers, choose the Mail icon.
  • Check the box "Allow signing outgoing mail" under the heading of DomainKeys spam protection, then press OK.
  • Click on Domains and choose a domain.
  • Click the Mail icon, then choose Preferences.
  • Check the box "Use DomainKeys spam protection system to sign outgoing e-mail message", then press OK.
  • Return to the domain options page, and then click DNS Settings.
  • Observe the two new TXT records called "_domainkey.DOMAIN.com" and "default._domainkey.DOMAIN.com"

Copy down those two records, because now they need to be added to your DNS Zone File.

  • Log into the AccountCenter, choose the Admin button for your (dv), then click "Edit DNS Zone File."
  • Click "+Add A Record", and make the record type TXT.
  • Under name, put in "_domainkey.DOMAIN.com" and for data enter "o=-"
  • Again choose "+Add A Record", and make the record type TXT.
  • Under name, put in "default._domainkey.DOMAIN.com", and for data, enter the "p=########" information that you jotted down from Plesk.
  • Press save.

It will take between 12-24 hours for these new records to propagate through the internet.

Resources

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