BÚÉK! and Spam.

January 9, 2025

I finally started getting spam. Well, phishing emails, technically. From one specific source, some random VM probably purchased for just the occasion. No matter, checking the headers, I found DMARC would have successfully failed it. (Successfully failed? That's a thing, right?)

So I set about installing and configuring OpenDMARC. In the process, I realized, despite the lack of obvious mention in the configuration file, that Debian configures Postfix to run chroot by default. So I also ended up going back to using a unix socket for OpenDKIM. Win, win! I won't bore you with detailed step by step instructions. Suffice it to say, I found a couple of articles and, per my usual fashion, I cherry picked the bits I needed and changes the ones I didn't.

Yes, yes; I am hashtag pedantic about Oxford commas. Also, yes, I happily sent phishing notices to the registrar and VM provider.