Message not signed with DKIM, domains are not aligned can't check DMARC

GoWilkes

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I'm checking out my email deliverability with mail-tester.com, and I'm having 2 errors that confuse me. I'm hoping you guys and gals can help me track this down.

I used a parked domain to send emails; so the account is set up for example.co (not .com, but .co) and now I own example.net. So I parked it on top of example.co, and send emails through [email protected].

The errors I'm getting:

Your message is not signed with DKIM

But looking at the DNS records for example.net, I do have default._domainkey.example.net. :

Code:
v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=[random code];

Your domains are not aligned. We can't check DMARC

Before using DMARC, you should make sure the domains used in the Envelope From (e.g., Return-Path or Mail-From), the "Friendly" From (i.e., "Header" From) and the d=domain in the DKIM-Signature are the same

Verification details:
  • mail-tester.com; dmarc=none header.from=example.net
  • From Domain: example.net
  • DKIM Domain: example.co

and I have _dmarc.examle.net. :

Code:
v=DMARC1;p=none;sp=none;adkim=r;aspf=r;pct=100;fo=1;rf=afrf;ri=86400;rua=mailto:[email protected];ruf=mailto:[email protected]
Do I need to change something to make these work properly?
 

cPRex

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Hey hey!

Although the DNS records may be present on the server, are we sure they are loaded and propagating well? When this happens, I like to check the zone file itself to see if there are any problems that could be keeping things from loading. You can do that with the following command:

Code:
named-checkzone domain.com /var/named/domain.com.db
Can you try that and see if that gets you more details?
 

GoWilkes

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You know, when I read that, I hear Krusty the Clown in my head :-p LOL

Can you try that and see if that gets you more details?
The results seem OK:

Code:
# named-checkzone example.co /var/named/example.co.db
zone example.co/IN: loaded serial 2020062900
OK

# named-checkzone example.net /var/named/example.net.db
zone example.net/IN: loaded serial 2020120900
OK
Any other thoughts?
 

cPRex

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I don't have much else to go on for this one without seeing the actual domain name and DNS records being used. It might be best to put in a ticket for this issue so we can test it live. If you do that, let me know the number here so I can keep the community updated with the results.