Yes, SPF, DKIM but also DKIM spam handling is techie topic for "Self Hosting" use case.
Having a bit more doc regarding that could be nice too. On the new documentation [1] we would benefit from having a "setting up SPF & DKIM" section [1] https://github.com/apache/james-project/tree/master/docs/modules/servers/pages/distributed/configure Cheers, Benoit Le 29/09/2020 à 12:59, David Matthews a écrit : > Hi Tellier >> >> I gave your link a read and found it very interesting. >> >> Especially I believe the SPF part would deserve more visibility. >> >> Would you agree sharing it on the Apache James community website as a >> "How to" ? [1] [2] > > Yes of course. > > Regarding SPF, I'd add that DKIM is also a must and the info at > > https://dmatthews.org/email_auth.html > > should be equally visible. I found out the hard way that these days, if you > try and run an email server without implementing SPF and DKIM for your > domains, the mega providers will silently put all your mail in junk boxes. > Not so convinced about DMARC which I don't really see the point of, but you > may as well have that also as it's not difficult to implement. > > Somewhat grudgingly, I have to admit that these technologies do make some > sense, apart from raising the bar by gmail, hotmail etc against people like > me that just want to run their own email or provide a service for a small > number of customers. > > I do check incoming mail for SPF (but not DKIM) and I have spamassassin > sitting in the background, but it very seldom has to take action. Just > dropping anything from an IP in a DNSBL pretty much solves the spam problem. > A relative of mine that uses one of the mega providers recently observed to > me that there is very little in his spam box these days. Putting spammers out > of business is good! > > -- > David Matthews > m...@dmatthews.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscr...@james.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-h...@james.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscr...@james.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-h...@james.apache.org
