mail: fix OpenDKIM not signing campaign mail (Docker-injected) + codify in Ansible

Root cause of the Jun 2026 deliverability collapse / 'no new sales':
opendkim.conf was in single-key mode with no InternalHosts, so it signed only
127.0.0.1. Transactional/cron mail (injected locally) was signed, but ALL
campaign mail -- injected over the Docker bridge from the Listmonk containers
(172.18.0.5 trucking, 172.18.0.25 healthcare) -- went out UNSIGNED. Gmail/Yahoo
require DKIM on bulk mail since Feb 2024, so cold campaigns were junked/blocked
(~23% delivery, 550-5.7.1). Proof: 2,620 campaign msgs that day, 0 DKIM sigs.

The correct table files already existed on the server but were never wired into
opendkim.conf. Fix points the daemon at key.table/signing.table and sets
InternalHosts/ExternalIgnoreList to trusted.hosts (which includes 172.16.0.0/12,
the Docker subnet). Fixes BOTH streams: HC submission ports 2526-2528 inherit
the global smtpd_milters and *@performancewest.net covers compliance@.

Verified by injecting from a Docker IP through port 25 and port 2526 -- both now
get 'DKIM-Signature field added'. Codified as new Ansible role 'mail' so it
can't silently regress (OpenDKIM was previously not in IaC at all).
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justin 2026-06-17 19:31:19 -05:00
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@ -115,3 +115,59 @@ echo $(( ($(date +%s) - $(sudo cat /etc/postfix/pw-warmup-start)) / 86400 ))
- `/etc/postfix/main.cf.bak.*` - `/etc/postfix/main.cf.bak.*`
- `/etc/postfix/transport.bak.*` - `/etc/postfix/transport.bak.*`
- `/usr/local/bin/pw-mta-warmup.bak.*` - `/usr/local/bin/pw-mta-warmup.bak.*`
## Incident: Jun 17 2026 — campaign mail sent UNSIGNED (no DKIM)
**Symptom:** "no new sales." Campaigns were sending (~3-4k/day) but delivery was
~23% (sent 1,802 vs deferred 5,143 + bounced 580), Gmail returned `550-5.7.1
likely unsolicited mail`, and there were **zero clicks since Jun 8** despite
~600 opens/day.
**Root cause:** OpenDKIM was signing **nothing** that came from Listmonk.
`/etc/opendkim.conf` was in single-key mode with **no `InternalHosts`**, so it
defaulted to signing only `127.0.0.1`. Cron/transactional mail is injected
locally (127.0.0.1) so it WAS signed — but campaign mail is injected over the
Docker bridge from the Listmonk containers (`172.18.0.5` trucking,
`172.18.0.25` healthcare). Those clients were not "internal," so OpenDKIM
*verified* (instead of *signed*) them: every cold email went out **unsigned**.
Since Feb 2024 Gmail/Yahoo require DKIM on bulk mail, so unsigned campaigns were
junked/blocked. Proof: `2,620` campaign messages that day, `0` "DKIM-Signature
field added" events, while the every-5-min cron mail was signed.
The correct table files already existed (`/etc/opendkim/{key.table,
signing.table,trusted.hosts}`, and `trusted.hosts` already listed
`172.16.0.0/12`) — they were simply **never wired into `opendkim.conf`**.
**Fix (now codified in Ansible `roles/mail`):** point `opendkim.conf` at the
tables and set the signing scope —
```
KeyTable refile:/etc/opendkim/key.table
SigningTable refile:/etc/opendkim/signing.table
InternalHosts /etc/opendkim/trusted.hosts # includes 172.16.0.0/12 (Docker)
ExternalIgnoreList /etc/opendkim/trusted.hosts
OversignHeaders From
```
then `systemctl restart opendkim`. This fixes BOTH streams at once: the
healthcare submission instances (ports 2526-2528) inherit the global
`smtpd_milters` and the `*@performancewest.net` signing table covers
`compliance@`. Verified by injecting a message from a Docker IP through both
port 25 and port 2526 and confirming "DKIM-Signature field added" for each.
**Verify DKIM is actually signing campaign mail:**
```bash
# Should be NON-ZERO and roughly track campaign volume:
sudo journalctl -u opendkim --since today | grep -c 'DKIM-Signature field added'
# Cross-check: campaign cleanup events today (should be similar order of magnitude)
sudo grep "^$(date '+%b %e')" /var/log/mail.log | grep -c postfix/cleanup
# Key still matches published DNS:
sudo opendkim-testkey -d performancewest.net -s mail -vvv # expect "key OK"
```
**Still TODO from this incident (list quality + content, not yet done):**
- Scrub dead rural/satellite ISPs + dead M365 tenants from audiences and
suppress repeat-deferring/bouncing domains (extend `_email_exclusions.py`).
- Throttle/pause Gmail until reputation recovers (`550-5.7.1` was still firing).
- Add a plaintext (altbody) MIME part — all campaigns are currently HTML-only,
itself a spam signal.
- Fix the self-bounce cron emailing the nonexistent `deploy@performancewest.net`
(~700 self-inflicted `550` bounces/day).

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# minio — MinIO object storage + bucket creation # minio — MinIO object storage + bucket creation
# workers — Python job server + Ollama LLM # workers — Python job server + Ollama LLM
# shkeeper — k3s + Helm + SHKeeper (crypto payments: BTC/ETH/USDC/Polygon/TRX/BNB/LTC) # shkeeper — k3s + Helm + SHKeeper (crypto payments: BTC/ETH/USDC/Polygon/TRX/BNB/LTC)
# mail — OpenDKIM signing for outbound Postfix mail (incl. Listmonk campaigns)
# nginx — nginx + certbot TLS for all domains + fail2ban # nginx — nginx + certbot TLS for all domains + fail2ban
- name: Provision Performance West server - name: Provision Performance West server
@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
- workers - workers
- worker-crons - worker-crons
- shkeeper - shkeeper
- mail
- nginx - nginx
- monitoring - monitoring
- security-updates - security-updates

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---
# OpenDKIM signing for outbound mail (Postfix milter).
#
# CRITICAL: campaign mail is injected into Postfix from the Listmonk containers
# over the Docker bridge network, NOT from localhost. OpenDKIM only signs mail
# whose client is in InternalHosts; if the Docker subnet is missing there,
# OpenDKIM *verifies* (rather than *signs*) campaign mail, so every cold email
# goes out UNSIGNED. Since Feb 2024 Gmail/Yahoo require DKIM on bulk mail, so
# unsigned campaigns get junked/blocked (this caused the Jun 2026 deliverability
# collapse: ~23% delivery, Gmail 550-5.7.1). The Docker subnet below MUST be in
# opendkim_internal_hosts.
opendkim_selector: mail
opendkim_signing_domain: performancewest.net
opendkim_socket: "inet:8891@localhost"
# Hosts OpenDKIM will SIGN for (vs verify). Must include the Docker bridge
# subnet so Listmonk container traffic is signed.
opendkim_internal_hosts:
- "127.0.0.1"
- "localhost"
- "172.16.0.0/12" # Docker bridge networks (Listmonk, workers, etc.)
- "10.0.0.0/8"

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---
- name: Restart opendkim
ansible.builtin.systemd:
name: opendkim
state: restarted
- name: Reload postfix
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: postfix reload
changed_when: true

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---
- name: Install OpenDKIM + tools
ansible.builtin.apt:
name:
- opendkim
- opendkim-tools
state: present
- name: Ensure OpenDKIM key directory exists
ansible.builtin.file:
path: "/etc/opendkim/keys/{{ opendkim_signing_domain }}"
state: directory
owner: opendkim
group: opendkim
mode: "0750"
- name: Generate DKIM keypair if missing
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: >-
opendkim-genkey
-b 2048
-d {{ opendkim_signing_domain }}
-s {{ opendkim_selector }}
-D /etc/opendkim/keys/{{ opendkim_signing_domain }}
creates: "/etc/opendkim/keys/{{ opendkim_signing_domain }}/{{ opendkim_selector }}.private"
register: dkim_keygen
- name: Fix DKIM private key ownership
ansible.builtin.file:
path: "/etc/opendkim/keys/{{ opendkim_signing_domain }}/{{ opendkim_selector }}.private"
owner: opendkim
group: opendkim
mode: "0600"
- name: Show DKIM public DNS record to publish (only when newly generated)
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: >-
A new DKIM key was generated. Publish the TXT record from
/etc/opendkim/keys/{{ opendkim_signing_domain }}/{{ opendkim_selector }}.txt
at {{ opendkim_selector }}._domainkey.{{ opendkim_signing_domain }}
when: dkim_keygen is changed
- name: Deploy OpenDKIM KeyTable
ansible.builtin.copy:
dest: /etc/opendkim/key.table
content: |
{{ opendkim_selector }}._domainkey.{{ opendkim_signing_domain }} {{ opendkim_signing_domain }}:{{ opendkim_selector }}:/etc/opendkim/keys/{{ opendkim_signing_domain }}/{{ opendkim_selector }}.private
owner: root
group: root
mode: "0644"
notify: Restart opendkim
- name: Deploy OpenDKIM SigningTable
ansible.builtin.copy:
dest: /etc/opendkim/signing.table
content: |
*@{{ opendkim_signing_domain }} {{ opendkim_selector }}._domainkey.{{ opendkim_signing_domain }}
owner: root
group: root
mode: "0644"
notify: Restart opendkim
- name: Deploy OpenDKIM trusted/internal hosts (MUST include Docker subnet)
ansible.builtin.template:
src: trusted.hosts.j2
dest: /etc/opendkim/trusted.hosts
owner: root
group: root
mode: "0644"
notify: Restart opendkim
- name: Deploy opendkim.conf (table signing + InternalHosts)
ansible.builtin.template:
src: opendkim.conf.j2
dest: /etc/opendkim.conf
owner: root
group: root
mode: "0644"
validate: "opendkim -n -f -x %s"
notify: Restart opendkim
- name: Ensure OpenDKIM is enabled and running
ansible.builtin.systemd:
name: opendkim
enabled: true
state: started
- name: Wire Postfix to the OpenDKIM milter
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: "postconf -e {{ item }}"
loop:
- "smtpd_milters={{ opendkim_socket }}"
- "non_smtpd_milters={{ opendkim_socket }}"
- "milter_default_action=accept"
- "milter_protocol=6"
register: postfix_milter
changed_when: false
notify: Reload postfix

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Syslog yes
SyslogSuccess yes
LogWhy yes
Mode s
Canonicalization relaxed/simple
Socket {{ opendkim_socket }}
PidFile /run/opendkim/opendkim.pid
UserID opendkim:opendkim
UMask 007
# Multi-domain table-based signing. Lets us add domains/selectors without
# touching the daemon config.
KeyTable refile:/etc/opendkim/key.table
SigningTable refile:/etc/opendkim/signing.table
# Hosts we SIGN for (must include the Docker bridge subnet so Listmonk
# container campaign mail is signed, not just localhost cron mail).
InternalHosts /etc/opendkim/trusted.hosts
ExternalIgnoreList /etc/opendkim/trusted.hosts
# Oversign From to prevent header-injection / replay of an extra From.
OversignHeaders From

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# OpenDKIM signing/trusted hosts. Mail whose client matches an entry here is
# SIGNED (InternalHosts) and never treated as external to verify
# (ExternalIgnoreList). The Docker bridge subnet is REQUIRED so campaign mail
# injected by the Listmonk containers is signed -- see roles/mail/defaults.
{% for h in opendkim_internal_hosts %}
{{ h }}
{% endfor %}