PhoenixDKIM 1.0.0

15 June 2026

PhoenixDKIM 1.0.0 is the first stable release, closing the 1.0.0 beta series. Alongside the features built up over the betas, this release adds a round of pre-release security and robustness hardening — the testing process is now documented on the Security page.

Signing-side strict-header rejection

With StrictHeaders enabled, a message that cannot be signed because it violates RFC 5322 (for example a duplicate From, a known spoofing vector) is now refused back to its sender — with the specific reason in the SMTP reply — per On-SignatureError (default reject). The verifying side is unchanged: such a message is accepted and the condition recorded in the Authentication-Results field. The two directions are dispositioned independently.

Shutdown race fix

smfi_main() returns without joining libmilter's per-connection worker threads, so the previous teardown could free the configuration, signing key, and databases while a worker was still processing a message — an exit-time use-after-free. The daemon now drains in-flight connections before tearing down. Steady-state processing under load was never affected.

Testing and assurance

Full notes: 1.0.0 release notes; source and signatures on the Download page.

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