On 02/11/2023 01:55 AM, Gellner, Oliver via mailop wrote:
>
>> On 2023-02-11 02:51 H via mailop wrote:
>>
>> 
>> On 02/10/2023 10:13 AM, Gellner, Oliver via mailop wrote:
>>> On 2023-02-10 04:08, H via mailop wrote:
>>>> I now did find that resource but it is written as general information and 
>>>> does not really tell how to get it going with IONOS if they run the email 
>>>> server...
>>> As far as I understood you not only use Ionos as your registrar, but also 
>>> use their email server to send your email through. Ionos does not DKIM sign 
>>> emails on behalf of its customers, at least they didn't do so in the past. 
>>> So the answer is simple: You do not set up DKIM or DMARC at all, because 
>>> you can't.
>>> The instructions given by Ionos are only valid if your email is sent and 
>>> signed by some other server and you want to add the DKIM public key to your 
>>> domain hosted at Ionos.
>>>
>>> --
>>> BR Oliver
>>
>> Thank you, you are starting with the first issue, ie whether I can even have 
>> a DKIM record given that the domain is hosted by Ionos as is the mail 
>> server. Upon my additional research I have come to the same conclusion as 
>> you, ie not possible.
>>
>> By the way, I stumbled across this posting on the net - 
>> https://serverfault.com/questions/1030262/record-dkim-on-ionos-makes-sense - 
>> that as far as I can tell is still true.
>>
>> So, I will now look at creating a DMARC record given that I have previously 
>> created a SPF record and will not be able to have a DKIM record.
>>
> I recommend against setting up a DMARC record with a policy of quarantine or 
> reject as long as DKIM signing isn‘t in place. The SPF authentication will 
> break for all forwarded messages as well as for all automatic replies or 
> non-delivery reports. It will do mire harm than good.
> Of course if you‘re interested in the reporting you can create a DNARC record 
> with a none policy and only change that after you have moved to a different 
> email provider who supports DKIM.
>
> — 
> BR Oliver
>
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I see. As I am sure everyone has noticed, I am a complete newbie to 
SPF/DKIM/DMARC (and a lot of other things.)

Understanding your message, creating a DMARC with "none" policy would not have 
any downside? When you say "reporting", what type of reporting would that be 
and how could I benefit from such reporting?

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