DKIM and OCI Email

DKIM stands for Domain Key Identified Mail. It allows an organization to take responsbility to sign emails sent from its domains. It uses pub/private key to sign and allow receiver to verify the authenticity of the email. It prevent mail spoofing and proliferation attacks. OCI email delivery allows to configure DKIMs for email domains.When DKIM is created, it generates a CNAME record to be used in email domain configuraiton.

Email Configuration

Create a User and generate SMTP Credentials for that user. This user/credentials is used to login to the SMTP server. Create an approved sender in the Email Domain. This will be the from address. Attach a DKIM to the sender/domain.

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