**DKIM Problem:**

Here is how I enter the value for DKIM key:

```
"v=DKIM1; h=sha256; k=rsa; p=JKskfkkSLLWOFJDJFKKSLLFOxsnnisn/SnhcQp2oP1RKDYd6AdmpYf2y+0O/OayDhhLCMRHB+A3F4cYp01wXk2BF6OMuqUKGRh/5a1d8fKpW5vSCpZWf2i8rwXU0Aae11Kku742IxnPXLQFP/OUjNyWi3pZV7E6hShsKDs3Fks67Kslwoo,s+fw8z0ROCGZ9NNUQmTVf4bBmB919mrnv" "KP2n9zX3n2mty/fqv8AEWGUlMyg0EjKJtpEAt6ApdlWlfk43123m5K0UhWRH8Gf0f/v8orSwkksbmHoXX/5x7J999/EUWo+fSVjskiwk23gFcohutk85/7u4w1E9gmdnRX6C7J/Ay8fwIDAQAB"

```

When I try to add it AWS doesn't acceppt it because it is too long.

I came across the below post on Stackoverflow where commenters advised that I should break break up the string with (""):

[DKIM for Mandrill on Amazon's Route 53](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21363640/dkim-for-mandrill-on-amazons-route-53)

So I followed the advice and did the following:

```
"v=DKIM1; h=sha256; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhki""G9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAthZaOcxMzOmiQx""Aw7p/SnhcQp2oP1RKDYd6AdmpYf2y+0O/Oa""yDhhLCMRHB+A3F4cYp01wXk2BF6OMuqUKGRh/5a1d8""fKpW5vSCpZWf2i8rwXU0Aae11Kku742Ix""nPXLQFP/OUjNytrytrZV7E6jlkjWkjpOETcJpeWcU34VXvRRzQQ""q+fw8z0ROCGZ9NNUQmTVf4bBmB919mrnvKP2""n9zX3n2mty/fqv8AEWGUlMy""g0EjKJtpEAt6jlkjApRg1TYdzA4m5K0""UhWRH8Gf0f/v8orS27bm""HoXX/5x7J999/EUWo+fSV0TUv""0gFtrtyeutk85/7u4w1E9""gmdnRX6C7J/Ay8fwIDAQAB"

```

However I am still getting a DKIM fail,according to <https://dmarcian.com/dkim-validator/>, my Record is not formatted correctly and Public key ("p" tag) is required. I am copying and pasting directly from the terminal so I have no idea what I am doing wrong?

Furthermore, when I do a dig I receive DKIM TXT however I see gaps in where I put the apostrophes. Not sure if this is causing my problem?

I also looked at <https://serverfault.com/questions/763815/route-53-doesnt-allow-adding-dkim-keys-because-length-is-too-long>.

However I still get the same issues, I aslo read that doing /"/" should help, so I tried:

```
"v=DKIM1; h=sha256; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhki""G9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAthZaOcxMzOmiQx/"/"Aw7p/SnhcQp2oP1RKDYd6AdmpYf2y+0O/Oa""yDhhLCMRHB+A3F4cYp01wXk2BF6OMuqUKGRh/5a1d8"/"/fKpW5vSCpZWf2i8rwXUytut11Kku742Ix""nPXLQFP/OUjNiuyiu3pZV7E6hShWkjpOETcJpeWcU34VXvRRzQQ"/"/q+fw8z0ROCGghfhgfhNNUQmTVf4bBmB919mrnvKP2"/"/n9zX3n2mty/fqv8AEWGUlMy"/"/g0EjKJtpEAt68DpApRg1TYdzA4m5K0"/"/UhWRH8Gf0f/v8orS27bm"/"/HoXX/5x7J999/EUWo+fSV0TUv"/"/0grytstk85/7u4w1E9""gmdnRX6C7J/Ay8fwIDAQAB"

```

But once again I get the string is too long and I am unable to save the record... I am totally lost on what to do. I have never had such a problem setting up DKIM before.

**DMARC Issue**

I have set up a TXT record for DMARC such as below for mailserver, \_demarc.mydomain.co.za:

```
"v=DMARC1; p=reject;"

```

When I assess the mails, there is no DMARC? I have added it correctly according to the documentation but it doesn't work? 

What the heck am I doing wrong? All I can say is first and last time 

I will use Route53 again, its been a horrible experience.