Mail Server: Deployment

Create MX and TXT records. For example, here are example records defined in dnscontrol:

D('example.com', REG_NAMECHEAP, DnsProvider(DSP_NAMECHEAP),
    A('mail', '10.87.129.99'),
    MX('@', 10, 'mail.example.com.'),
    TXT('_dmarc', 'v=DMARC1; p=none'),
    TXT('@', 'v=spf1 mx ~all')
);

The A and MX records are required, while the TXT records are optional but recommended.

Configure your playbook's variables and run this playbook.
Configure credentials for the "hello" virtual inbox on the server. Use your favorite password manager to generate a passphrase and then run this to configure it:
```
sudo echo hello:$(doveadm pw -s BLF-CRYPT):$(id -u maildir):$(id -g maildir) >> /etc/dovecot/imap.passwd
```
Also, if you use doas rather than sudo, you need to permit your ansible_user to become opendkim in your /etc/doas.conf:
```
permit nopass blee as opendkim
```
configure some virtual aliases in /etc/postfix/virtual and run: postmap virtual (See man 5 postconf for details)

Validate your dns records: mxtoolbox.com

Optional: sending authenticated mail

Create another TXT record for DKIM using the contents of /etc/dkimkeys/mail.txt

Here's an example line in dnscontrol:
```
TXT('mail._domainkey', 'v=DKIM1; h=sha256; k=rsa; s=email; p=MIIBIjANB...QIDAQAB')
```
- See print-rdata.py for a (kind of bad) example of how to automatically parse mail.txt
- You can codify your records in a git repo using a tool like dnscontrol as well as octodns
If you're really feeling adventurous, you could even set up a proper dmarc address to replace the original placeholder TXT record.
```
TXT('_dmarc', 'v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:dmarc@satstack.cloud; fo=1')
```

After records propogate, verify outbound mail using mail-tester or learndmarc. I can score 10/10 by sending an email with an html mime type (just copypasta something from chatgpt).

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