Default values of DKIM and SPF records

[the_jefffff]

We configured Exim to send mail through Maindrillapp.com for our server. We started using this to fix IP reputation issue that we had after an email sent SPAM without being detected. All emails sent by the server was being flagged as SPAM and all other solutions weren’t effective quickly.

In addition to changing the Exim config, Mandrill recommends adding SPF and DKIM keys for them. We did it for all the current domains hosted on the server and the delivery works great so far.

We are trying to find a way to get the SPF and DKIM custom Mandrill key implemented by default when creating an account. This way we won’t have to manually add and check that the values are there for new accounts.

The entries created in the DNS zone for the app looks like:

Key: mandrill._domainkey.domain.com
TTL : xx
value : v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=xxxxxx;

and

Key : domain.com.
TTL : xx
value : v=spf1 +a +mx +ip4:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx include:spf.mandrillapp.com ~all

How could this be implemented, is it possible to add these automatically on account creation?

Thanks

 

[Osama Tariq]

You can run below commands on server:

Install SPF for specific user:
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/spf_installer username
Install DKIM for specific user:
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/dkim_keys_install username


It'll automatically add in dns zone.
You can also check the DKIM and SPF from whm.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

There are no native features to modify the default SPF record that's generated in cPanel, but feel free to vote and add feedback to the existing feature request for this at:

Configurable SPF default template + automatically include assigned IP to SPF (not just main shared IP) | cPanel Feature Requests

Also, note there is one potential workaround listed as "Method 1" on the following thread:

External Mail Server - SPF

Thank you.