refinements and fixes

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog for chatmail deployment 
 
-## untagged
-
-## 1.2.0 - 2024-04-04
+## untagged 
 
 - Install dig on the server to resolve DNS records
   ([#267](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/267))

README.md

@@ -159,27 +159,4 @@ While this file is present, account creation will be blocked.
 Delta Chat apps will, however, discover all ports and configurations
 automatically by reading the [autoconfig XML file](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-bucksch-autoconfig-00.html) from the chatmail service.
 
-## Email authentication
 
-chatmail servers rely on [DKIM](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6376)
-to authenticate incoming emails.
-Incoming emails must have a valid DKIM signature with
-Signing Domain Identifier (SDID, `d=` parameter in the DKIM-Signature header)
-equal to the `From:` header domain.
-This property is checked by OpenDKIM screen policy script
-before validating the signatures.
-This correpsonds to strict [DMARC](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7489) alignment (`adkim=s`),
-but chatmail does not rely on DMARC and does not consult the sender policy published in DMARC records.
-Other legacy authentication mechanisms such as [iprev](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8601#section-2.7.3)
-and [SPF](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7208) are also not taken into account.
-If there is no valid DKIM signature on the incoming email,
-the sender receives a "5.7.1 No valid DKIM signature found" error.
-
-Outgoing emails must be sent over authenticated connection
-with envelope MAIL FROM (return path) corresponding to the login.
-This is ensured by Postfix which maps login username
-to MAIL FROM with
-[`smtpd_sender_login_maps`](https://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtpd_sender_login_maps)
-and rejects incorrectly authenticated emails with [`reject_sender_login_mismatch`](reject_sender_login_mismatch) policy.
-`From:` header must correspond to envelope MAIL FROM,
-this is ensured by `filtermail` proxy.