Implementing DMARC : How to

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thewomble
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Implementing DMARC : How to

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I was asked to get DMARC working on top of the EFA box.

So I read the forum post here which discussed does EFA support SPF/DKIM/DMARC
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2239&p=8518&hilit=DMARC#p8518

DKIM can be found here viewtopic.php?t=1006

This assumes you currently have a working solution SPF and DKIM in place.

So Implementing DMARC checking on EFA box for more info on what DMARC is read https://postmarkapp.com/guides/dmarc?ut ... mpaign=nav

Lets get started.....

I followed the instructions on the link below.

https://www.stevejenkins.com/blog/2015/ ... os-fedora/

The package does not seem to have schema.mysql in usr/share/doc/opendmarc-1.x.x/schema.mysql

So I downloaded it from the opendkim source.

However you get an error "ERROR 1071 (42000): Specified key was too long; max key length is 767 bytes"

Accord to article https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions ... -767-bytes

If you change

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VARCHAR(255) to VARCHAR(100)
The script works then MariaDB (MySql), I have not had any issues since implementing.

Next you get spam spamassassin to use the headers on the email to score.

I created a file called opendmarc.cf in /etc/mail/spamassassin

Change <EFA FQDN> to what your EFA full qualified domain name.

Also change the scores to suit you.

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header 		DMARC_PASS Authentication-Results =~ /<EFA FQDN>; dmarc=pass /
describe 	DMARC_PASS DMARC validation seems valid
tflags 		DMARC_PASS nice
score 		DMARC_PASS -0.1

header 		DMARC_NONE Authentication-Results =~ /<EFA FQDN>; dmarc=none /
describe 	DMARC_NONE DMARC validation none
score 		DMARC_NONE 0.0

header 		__DMARC_FAIL Authentication-Results =~ /<EFA FQDN>; dmarc=fail /
meta   		DMARC_FAIL   __DMARC_FAIL && !__DOS_HAS_LIST_ID && !__DOS_HAS_MAILING_LIST
describe 	DMARC_FAIL DMARC validation failed
score 		DMARC_FAIL 3.0
Reference https://blog.laussat.de/2014/05/19/usin ... massassin/
and https://www.skelleton.net/2015/03/21/ho ... ith-dmarc/

Do not forget to run SA-UPDATE and SA-COMPILE and update your SA descriptions via MailWatch.

If you want DMARC reporting following the instructions here, you will get weekly reports.
See https://dmarc.postmarkapp.com/

Do not think I missed anything from what I did, any queries let me know.
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