I grepped my logs and found that from Mar 31 - Apr 4, I got these same
errors too. They have stopped as of Apr 4 22:18 UTC.
Inbound past month: 1427
Failed (3/31-4/4): 290
Whatever the problem was, they have fixed it on their end.
...Todd
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 5:03 AM, Michael J. Tubby B.Sc. MBCS G8TIC
<mike.tubby@???> wrote:
> All,
>
> Exim 4.82 on up-to-date Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server 64-bit. Using DKIM and
> seeing "syntax in public key" errors from some (a few) hosts, for example:
>
> 2014-03-31 12:53:30 CONNECT: Accepting connection from:
> 216.180.230.250 - not blocked by any RBL
> 2014-03-31 12:53:30 HELO: Accepted HELO/EHLO m78.madmimi.com from
> remote host: 216.180.230.250 (m78.madmimi.com)
> 2014-03-31 12:53:30 MAIL: SPF Result=pass (m78.madmimi.com /
> m78.madmimi.com [216.180.230.250])
> 2014-03-31 12:53:30 MAIL: Accept from: mailman@??? host:
> m78.madmimi.com [216.180.230.250]
> 2014-03-31 12:53:30 RCPT: SPF Result2=pass (m78.madmimi.com /
> m78.madmimi.com [216.180.230.250])
> 2014-03-31 12:53:30 1WUamQ-0005wP-IP DKIM: d=madmimi.com s=jul13mimi
> c=relaxed/relaxed a=rsa-sha1 [invalid - syntax error in public key record]
> 2014-03-31 12:53:30 1WUamQ-0005wP-IP DKIM START:
> domain=m78.madmimi.com possible_signer=madmimi.com status=invalid
> (reason=pubkey_syntax)
> 2014-03-31 12:53:30 1WUamQ-0005wP-IP DKIM DEFER: domain=m78.madmimi.com
> 2014-03-31 12:53:30 1WUamQ-0005wP-IP H=m78.madmimi.com
> [216.180.230.250] temporarily rejected DKIM : Message from
> m78.madmimi.com cannot be verified
>
> However when I check them out with ProtoDave's tool, here:
>
> http://www.protodave.com/tools/dkim-key-checker/
>
> he validates it okay and returns "success":
>
>
> DNS QUERY: jul13mimi._domainkey.madmimi.com
> QUERY STATUS: Success
> TXT RECORD: jul13mimi._domainkey.madmimi.com. 300 IN TXT "k=rsa\;
>
> p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAuThrbTu+nsO0xUR7Ht1mF7nAuIaSD0b6OMYxIxIxv3gFWwZj7J4M3TnJ0B78ViZHzWDrBKxBUjamToMD5NmNDsgJGE+Jl/gdkMb8bf9DLlJ69YVfr6SDPizSE8M8dOIbykeHXAev98liQK0GTs2+0i3qxhb19kbPOuq8MNDa+WwZVrH79JUUZCV6blAUGpuqZ17\\\"
> \\\"p"
> "l9G35v7iY21odGO5SoWHhUp5n2kvw5XEjnAOXcq6mJUdczoygqlFjgdu5I1uCOgnCTbE2/RuPy6kmWHa9I0QjxPf7pItQvK5r5cInsHw/s4iVFc1/ULX9nKzkKMN5upRNvHjwDWEAJYZpTcV0wIDAQAB"
>
> KEY LENGTH (BITS): 2048
> VERSION:
> KEY TYPE: rsa
> GRANULARITY:
> HASHES:
> SERVICE TYPE:
> FLAGS:
> NOTES:
> PUBLIC KEY:
> -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
>
> MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAuThrbTu+nsO0xUR7Ht1mF7nAuIaSD0b6OM
>
> YxIxIxv3gFWwZj7J4M3TnJ0B78ViZHzWDrBKxBUjamToMD5NmNDsgJGE+Jl/gdkMb8bf9DLlJ69YVf
>
> r6SDPizSE8M8dOIbykeHXAev98liQK0GTs2+0i3qxhb19kbPOuq8MNDa+WwZVrH79JUUZCV6blAUGp
>
> uqZ17pl9G35v7iY21odGO5SoWHhUp5n2kvw5XEjnAOXcq6mJUdczoygqlFjgdu5I1uCOgnCTbE2/Ru
>
> Py6kmWHa9I0QjxPf7pItQvK5r5cInsHw/s4iVFc1/ULX9nKzkKMN5upRNvHjwDWEAJYZpTcV0wIDAQ
> AB
> -----END PUBLIC KEY-----
>
>
> Can anyone shed any light on this?
>
> Madmimi appear to be doing the "right thing"(tm) but Exim is failing to
> parse the key?
>
>
>
> Mike Tubby MJT4-RIPE
>
>
>
>
>
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