SPF and DKIM records for Mandrill on DigitalOcean

Question

I have a VPS with DigitalOcean and I’m setting up SPF and DKIM records as per the Mandrill guide. However, it tells me my DKIM record is not valid.

The error message that I get is:

This TXT record doesn's look like a valid DKIM record. Try changing v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com ?all to v=DKIM1. Here's the current TXT record for mandrill._domainkey.cool-house.nl:

v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com ?all

You just need to change the TXT record to this:

v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCrLHiExVd55zd/IQ/J/mRwSRMAocV/hMB3jXwaHH36d9NaVynQFYV8NaWi69c1veUtRzGt7yAioXqLj7Z4TeEUoOLgrKsn8YnckGs9i3B3tVFB+Ch/4mPhXWiNfNdynHWBcPcbJ8kjEQ2U8y78dHZj1YeRXXVvWob2OaKynO8/lQIDAQAB;

My records are:

Anyone know what I’m doing wrong?

Answer 1

This article solved my issue.

Tl;dr: add the SPF record without the domain name at the end.

Answer 2

As of this writing your values should be like this:

DKIM

Name= mandrill._domainkey Value= v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=YOUR_INFO_;

Note that in Name you drop your domain after the domainkey. DigitalOcean automatically adds your domain to the end.

SPF

Name= @ Value= "v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com ?all"

Make sure you have the quotes around the value. Mine didn't work without quotes.

in both cases make sure you are creating a TXT record