Issues with SPF, DKIM, Godaddy VPS and their email relay server
I have a VPS with Godaddy.
I have had a lot of trouble getting my outgoing emails to get a PASS when using port25 verifier.
I also noticed that SPF and DKIM info does not show in gmail emails.
At the moment the results are:
SPF check: softfail
DomainKeys check: neutral
DKIM check: neutral
Sender-ID check: softfail
SpamAssassin check: ham
After searching chatting with Godaddy support I learned that they do something different with SPF, it is send as a txt file or something.
I also learned that VPS email is not send directly from my mail server, it is sent via a Godaddy relay. Therefore the email does not show my dedicated domain IP, but Godaddy"s IP
Is there a way that I can configure my mail server and the way it connects to the Godday relay server so that :SPF check, DKIM check, and Sender-ID check will PASS, and therefore show this info to Gmail.
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] I also learned that VPS email is not send directly from my mail server, it is sent via a Godaddy relay. Therefore the email does not show my dedicated domain IP, but Godaddy"s IP
Hello :) Have you checked with their support team to see if any special instructions are available for setting up SPF/DKIM to work with their mandated relay server? Thank you.0 -
Hi, I contacted Godaddy support today, and one CS rep gave me the code to use for SPF based on their relay server, it took less than a minute, and SPF now shows as PASS. I then contacted Godaddy CS again and asked for help with DKIM, but the new CS rep I got refused to give any direct help with it. He said that it is Godaddy policy to not assist with DKIM and other code issues (he also seemed surprised that the first rep had send me the code for SPF). I also asked for links to any help pages on their website, he had a look and also could not find any. He did have a look for any internal reference docs they might have, also nothing. So, right now I am still trying to figure out how to get DKIM working 0 -
Feel free to open a support ticket using the link in my signature so we can review your current DKIM configuration. You can post the ticket number here so we can update this thread with the outcome. Note that you may want to try contacting another support agent from your hosting provider for further assistance as well. Thank you. 0 -
Request id is: 5858151 0 -
Hello, This issue ended up being caused by a custom smarthost configuration that was present on the server. /etc/exim.conf.local had the following in it: @ROUTERSTART@ send_to_smart_host: driver = manualroute route_list = !+local_domains smarthost.domain.com transport = remote_smtp
The "remote_smtp" transport will not send DKIM keys. This entry was changed to:@ROUTERSTART@ send_to_smart_host: driver = manualroute route_list = !+local_domains smarthost.domain.com transport = dkim_remote_smtp
This allowed Exim to transmit the DKIM key to the smarthost and the DKIM checks started passing.0 -
Thanks to Tristan and Kaden from CPanel paid support for solving this! I've had two freelancer coders work on this for about a week, and they could not crack it. CPanel support solved it within a few hours! I am not sure why that custom smarthost configuration is there, I did not ask the coder who set up my server to do anything special, I assume it is required by Godaddy for emails to be sent from my IP to their email relay IP. This is also what caused the issue with SPF, in that case I had to contact Godaddy and get the ip address for their relay server. All is well now, SPF, Sender ID, and DKIM all show as PASS in port25 test emails. 0 -
Hi jands. I have the same problem. may I ask you, how did you solve that? I can't find Email Authentication icon in cpanel, and can't configure SPF record or DKIM. and I didn't contact GODADDY. cause my website owner created the account and I don't know the username and password for Godaddy account, but I know the username and password for Cpanel. (I'm managing the website content) Thanks, in advance. 0 -
]and I didn't contact GODADDY. cause my website owner created the account and I don't know the username and password for Godaddy account, but I know the username and password for Cpanel. (I'm managing the website content)
Check with the website owner so you can obtain that information in order to consult with your hosting provider to resolve the issue. You can't enable the "Email Authentication" feature in cPanel if you don't have root access to the server. Thank you.0
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