{"id":173,"date":"2011-11-09T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/?p=173"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:26:13","slug":"dkim-enable-in-exim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/dkim-enable-in-exim\/","title":{"rendered":"DKIM &#8211; enable in EXIM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>DKIMProxy is a tool used to implement DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) for email authentication. It is written in Perl and requires several Perl modules for proper functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Install the required Perl modules using CPAN:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cpan install Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cpan install Digest::SHA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cpan install Mail::Address<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cpan install MIME::Base64<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cpan install Net::DNS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cpan install Net::Server<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cpan install Error<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Implementation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Install Mail::DKIM module<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>wget <a href=\"http:\/\/search.cpan.org\/CPAN\/authors\/id\/J\/JA\/JASLONG\/Mail-DKIM-0.39.tar.gz\">http:\/\/search.cpan.org\/CPAN\/authors\/id\/J\/JA\/JASLONG\/Mail-DKIM-0.39.tar.gz<\/a><br>tar -zxvf Mail-DKIM-0.39.tar.gz<br>cd Mail-DKIM-0.39<br>perl Makefile.PL<br>make<br>make test<br>make install<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Install DKIMProxy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>wget <a href=\"http:\/\/downloads.sourceforge.net\/project\/dkimproxy\/dkimproxy\/1.4.1\/dkimproxy-1.4.1.tar.gz\">http:\/\/downloads.sourceforge.net\/project\/dkimproxy\/dkimproxy\/1.4.1\/dkimproxy-1.4.1.tar.gz<\/a><br>tar -zxvf dkimproxy-1.4.1.tar.gz<br>cd dkimproxy-1.4.1<br>.\/configure &#8211;prefix=\/usr\/local\/dkimproxy<br>make install<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Create dkim user<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>useradd -M dkim<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Set up the init script<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>cp sample-dkim-init-script.sh \/etc\/init.d\/dkimproxy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Modify the script as needed (user, group, directories, and arguments).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>DKIMProxy is installed with required dependencies, a dedicated user is created, and the service can be managed using the init script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction DKIMProxy is a tool used to implement DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) for email authentication. 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