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DKIM, SPF, and DMARC Protection

 
administrator guideantispam toolsdkim spf and dmarc protectionmailanti spam

Plesk supports a number of anti-spam solutions for validation of mail
messages identity:

  • DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is a method
    used to associate a domain name identity with an outgoing message and
    to validate a domain name identity associated with an incoming
    message through cryptographic authentication.
  • SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is a method used
    to prevent sender address forgery, i.e. using fake sender addresses.
    It allows mail server to check that incoming mail from a domain comes
    from a host authorized by that domain’s administrator. In addition,
    Plesk uses SRS (Sender Rewriting Scheme), so
    that forwarded messages can pass SPF checking.
  • DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication,
    Reporting and Conformance) is a technology to extend the capabilities
    of the SPF and DKIM methods. The DMARC policy defines how the
    receiver should treat email messages depending on the results of DKIM
    and SPF checking.

The mail server requirements for these solutions are as follows:

Mail Server DKIM SPF SRS DMARC
Postfix (Linux) ➕ ➕ ➕ ➕
Qmail ➕ ➕ ➖ ➕
MailEnable Professional ➕ ➕ ➖ ➖
MailEnable Standard Version 9.16 or later ➖ ➖ ➖
SmarterMail ➕ ➕ ➕ ➕
IceWarp ➕ ➕ ➕ ➖

In this table, ‘+’ means that the solution is supported by all versions
that are supported by Plesk
Obsidian
.
‘-‘ means that the solution is not supported.

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