RE: Collection of DKIM statistics

From: Murray S. Kucherawy <msk_at_cloudmark.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:51:05 -0700

> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendkim-users-bounce_at_lists.opendkim.org [mailto:opendkim-users-
> bounce_at_lists.opendkim.org] On Behalf Of Todd Lyons
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 10:44 AM
> To: Murray S. Kucherawy
> Cc: opendkim-users_at_lists.opendkim.org
> Subject: Re: Collection of DKIM statistics
>
> 1. How often do you want these stats to be submitted? Hourly,
> nightly, weekly, etc.

Your discretion. I'm doing mine hourly but that's just because I'm impatient for data. :-) Some people are doing daily and that's just fine. The only technical argument favouring higher frequencies is that a bad batch means only a small set gets lost.

> 2. I feel like I should be resetting the data after submitting it,
> what say you? Should we add the -r to the commandline? Or does your
> side handle duplicate data submission?

Both are true, but I'd prefer "-r" just in case one duplicate in the bunch causes the whole bunch to be rejected.

We should try one without "-r" just to make sure. Use:

        opendkim-stats -c [-a] -m msk_at_opendkim.org /path/to/your/db

...to test. ("-a" anonymizes the domain and sending IP address using MD5.) If it looks good, you just add "-r" and change to the submission address, and throw it in cron.

> 3. I have a few more machines to install this on, so will be building
> up more data for you rather quickly.

Outstanding, thanks!
Received on Fri Aug 13 2010 - 18:51:15 PST