# Mail Server: Deployment 1. Create MX and TXT records. For example, here are example records defined in dnscontrol: ```Javascript 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. 2. 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: ```shell 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 ``` 3. configure some virtual aliases in /etc/postfix/virtual and run: `postmap virtual` (See `man 5 postconf` for details) 4. Configure your playbook's variables and run this playbook. * (should be fixed) Troubleshooting: Sanity check opendkim, the unix socket should exist and be writable ```shell ls -AlF /var/spool/postfix/opendkim/opendkim.sock ``` Validate your dns records: [mxtoolbox.com](https://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: ```Javascript TXT('mail._domainkey', 'v=DKIM1; h=sha256; k=rsa; s=email; p=MIIBIjANB...QIDAQAB') ``` * See [print-rdata.py](examples/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](https://dnscontrol.org/) as well as [octodns](https://github.com/octodns/octodns-easydns) * If you're really feeling adventurous, you could even set up a proper dmarc address to replace the original placeholder TXT record. ```Javascript TXT('_dmarc', 'v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:dmarc@satstack.cloud; fo=1') ``` After records propogate, verify outbound mail using [mail-tester](https://www.mail-tester.com/). I can score 10/10 by sending an email with an html mime type (just copypasta something from chatgpt).