why is Mail::DKIM not optional any more in amavisd ?

[Michael Orlitzky]

On 08/01/12 08:24, Mark Martinec wrote:
>> why is Mail::DKIM not optional any more in amavisd ?
>>   https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429106
>> in gentoo i have not tryed 2.8.x yet
> 
> It is still optional, amavisd 2.7.* or 2.8.0 will
> start normally without Mail::DKIM, unless you require
> their use by either $enable_dkim_verification=1 or
> $enable_dkim_signing=1. Both of these settings are
> off by default, so it must be a Gentoo default config
> which is enabling one or the other.
> 
> Btw, $enable_dkim_verification and $enable_dkim_signing
> are enabled in a *sample* config file that comes with
> amavis. Not to be confused with their *default* value
> (in absence of a config file). Perhaps this explains.
> 

This is the default Gentoo conf:

  $ sudo grep dkim /etc/amavisd.conf
  $enable_dkim_verification = 0;  # enable DKIM signatures verification
  $enable_dkim_signing = 0;    # load DKIM signing code, keys defined
  by dkim_key