fix: pin chatmail core to 2.49.0

2.50.0 has delete_server_after config removed,
but it is still used in the tests.

.github/workflows/ci-no-dns.yaml

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   no-dns:
     name: LXC deploy and test
-    uses: chatmail/cmlxc/.github/workflows/lxc-test.yml@main
+    uses: chatmail/cmlxc/.github/workflows/lxc-test.yml@v0.14.6
     with:
-      cmlxc_version: main
+      cmlxc_version: v0.14.6
       cmlxc_commands: |
         cmlxc init 
         # single cmdeploy relay test

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: download filtermail
-        run: curl -L https://github.com/chatmail/filtermail/releases/download/v0.7.4/filtermail-x86_64 -o /usr/local/bin/filtermail && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/filtermail
+        run: curl -L https://github.com/chatmail/filtermail/releases/download/v0.6.6/filtermail-x86_64 -o /usr/local/bin/filtermail && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/filtermail
       - name: run chatmaild tests 
         working-directory: chatmaild
         run: pipx run tox
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ jobs:
 
   lxc-test:
     name: LXC deploy and test
-    uses: chatmail/cmlxc/.github/workflows/lxc-test.yml@main
+    uses: chatmail/cmlxc/.github/workflows/lxc-test.yml@v0.14.6
     with:
-      cmlxc_version: main
+      cmlxc_version: v0.14.6
       cmlxc_commands: |
         cmlxc init 
         # single cmdeploy relay test

.github/workflows/docs-preview.yaml

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p "$HOME/.ssh"
           echo "${{ secrets.CHATMAIL_STAGING_SSHKEY }}" > "$HOME/.ssh/key"
           chmod 600 "$HOME/.ssh/key"
-          rsync -rILvh -e "ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/doc/build/ "${{ secrets.USERNAME }}@chatmail.at:${STEPS_PREPARE_OUTPUTS_PRID}/"
+          rsync -rILvh -e "ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/doc/build/ "${{ secrets.USERNAME }}@chatmail.at:/var/www/html/staging.chatmail.at/doc/relay/${STEPS_PREPARE_OUTPUTS_PRID}/"
         env:
           STEPS_PREPARE_OUTPUTS_PRID: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.prid }}
 

.github/workflows/docs.yaml

@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p "$HOME/.ssh"
           echo "${{ secrets.CHATMAIL_STAGING_SSHKEY }}" > "$HOME/.ssh/key"
           chmod 600 "$HOME/.ssh/key"
-          rsync -rILvh -e "ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/doc/build/ "${{ secrets.USERNAME }}@chatmail.at:"
+          rsync -rILvh -e "ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/doc/build/ "${{ secrets.USERNAME }}@chatmail.at:/var/www/html/chatmail.at/doc/relay/"
 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,60 +1,5 @@
 # Changelog for chatmail deployment
 
-## [1.12.0] - 2026-07-31
-
-### Breaking Changes
-
-- [**breaking**] Introduce configurable system limits to reject new address creation and limit imap/smtp connections.
-  Dovecot default connection limit lowered from 50k to 10k,
-  Postfix default connection limit lowered from 5k to 1k,
-  larger relays need to adjust their settings.
-
-### Features
-
-- Reduce maximal_queue_lifetime from 5d to 2d
-- Disable negative cache in unbound (#992)
-- *(mtail)* Add incoming_mailer_daemon_mail_count
-- *(postfix)* Disable processing of MIME headers
-- *(dovecot)* Advertise privacy_mail as admin contact, drop server comment
-
-### Bug Fixes
-
-- Set relay restrictions per smtpd service with default reject
-- Reduce maxproc for filtermail-transport LMTP client to 500
-- Core 2.50.0 does not have delete_server_after config anymore.
-- Check if all required ports are available for filtermail (#983)
-- Always deploy unbound.conf.d/chatmail.conf (#993)
-- Expire empty directories (#994)
-- Crypt-r dependency was declared for wrong Python version
-- Always overwrite /etc/resolv.conf, even if it is a symbolic link
-- Pass kwargs to files.put()
-- List Iroh proxy endpoints used by 0.35 and 1.0, drop stale /relay/probe from earlier versions
-- Fix port discovery when ss -tulpn shows dovecot before stats
-
-### Documentation
-
-- Add scripts/initenv.sh to upgrade instructions
-- Update overview diagrams (#995)
-- *(overview)* Remove mermaid styles from 'Accepting and delivering mail' (#1009)
-- *(README.md)* Clarify security enforcement (#1011)
-
-### Miscellaneous Tasks
-
-- *(ci)* Auto-trigger docker build on release tag push
-- *(acmetool)* Update let's encrypt ToS link to 1.8
-- *(ci)* Update doc staging upload path
-- *(ci)* Fix docs upload path
-
-### Refactor
-
-- *(postfix)* Remove unused "filter" lmtp service
-- Install dns-root-data instead of using unbound-anchor
-- *(deps)* Remove domain-validator dependency
-
-### Testing
-
-- Set socket security for IMAP and SMTP to "TLS" in "dclogin"
-
 ## [1.11.0] - 2026-05-15
 
 ### Breaking Changes

README.md

@@ -1,24 +1,19 @@
 
 # Chatmail relays for end-to-end encrypted email
 
-Chatmail relay servers are interoperable Mail Transport Agents (MTAs) designed for:
+Chatmail relay servers are interoperable Mail Transport Agents (MTAs) designed for: 
 
 -  **Zero State:** no private data or metadata collected, messages are auto-deleted, low disk usage
 
 -  **Instant/Realtime:** sub-second message delivery, realtime P2P
    streaming, privacy-preserving Push Notifications for Apple, Google, and Huawei;
 
--  **Security Enforcement**: Only connections with strict TLS are accepted;
-   all messages must be correctly signed with DKIM and OpenPGP-encrypted with minimized metadata.
-   There are experimental exceptions for no-DNS relays,
-   which are allowed use self-signed TLS certificates
-   and which do not need to DKIM-sign their messages.
-   Unencrypted messages are allowed in neither case.
+-  **Security Enforcement**: only strict TLS, DKIM and OpenPGP with minimized metadata accepted
 
 -  **Reliable Federation and Decentralization:** No spam or IP reputation checks, federating
    depends on established IETF standards and protocols.
 
-This repository contains everything needed to setup a ready-to-use chatmail relay on an ssh-reachable host.
+This repository contains everything needed to setup a ready-to-use chatmail relay on an ssh-reachable host. 
 For getting started and more information please refer to the web version of this repositories' documentation at
 
 [https://chatmail.at/doc/relay](https://chatmail.at/doc/relay)

RELEASE.md

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 # Releasing a new version of chatmail relay
 
-For example, to release version 1.13.0 of chatmail relay, do the following steps.
+For example, to release version 1.9.0 of chatmail relay, do the following steps.
 
-1. Update the changelog: `git cliff --unreleased --tag 1.13.0 --prepend CHANGELOG.md` or `git cliff -u -t 1.13.0 -p CHANGELOG.md`.
+1. Update the changelog: `git cliff --unreleased --tag 1.9.0 --prepend CHANGELOG.md` or `git cliff -u -t 1.9.0 -p CHANGELOG.md`.
 
 2. Open the changelog in the editor, edit it if required.
 
 3. Commit the changes to the changelog with a commit message `chore(release): prepare for 1.9.0`.
 
-4. Open a PR with the new commit, merge it to main after review.
+3. Tag the release: `git tag --annotate 1.9.0`.
 
-5. In the web interface, create a GitHub release, tell it to create a new tag.
+4. Push the release tag: `git push origin 1.9.0`.
+
+5. Create a GitHub release: `gh release create 1.9.0`.

chatmaild/pyproject.toml

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ version = "0.3"
 dependencies = [
   "iniconfig",
   "filelock",
-  "psutil",
   "requests",
-  "crypt-r >= 3.13.1 ; python_version >= '3.13'",
+  "crypt-r >= 3.13.1 ; python_version >= '3.11'",
+  "domain-validator",
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools]

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import ipaddress
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import iniconfig
+from domain_validator import DomainValidator
 
 from chatmaild.user import User
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ class Config:
             self.mail_domain = f"[{raw_domain}]"
             self.postfix_myhostname = ipaddress.IPv4Address(raw_domain).reverse_pointer
         else:
+            DomainValidator().validate_domain_re(raw_domain)
             self.ipv4_relay = None
             self.mail_domain = raw_domain
             self.postfix_myhostname = raw_domain
@@ -75,16 +77,6 @@ class Config:
         self.privacy_pdo = params.pop("privacy_pdo", None)
         self.privacy_supervisor = params.pop("privacy_supervisor", None)
 
-        self.max_load_1m = float(params.pop("max_load_1m", 5))
-        self.min_available_memory_mb = parse_size_mb(
-            params.pop("min_available_memory", "200M")
-        )
-        self.min_free_disk_space_mb = parse_size_mb(
-            params.pop("min_free_disk_space", "1G")
-        )
-        self.max_imap_connections = int(params.pop("max_imap_connections", 10000))
-        self.max_smtp_connections = int(params.pop("max_smtp_connections", 1000))
-
         # TLS certificate management.
         # If tls_external_cert_and_key is set, use externally managed certs.
         # Otherwise derived from the domain name:

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/doveauth.py

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ except ImportError:
 from .config import Config, read_config
 from .dictproxy import DictProxy
 from .migrate_db import migrate_from_db_to_maildir
-from .syslimits import has_sufficient_resources
 
 NOCREATE_FILE = "/etc/chatmail-nocreate"
 VALID_LOCALPART_RE = re.compile(r"^[a-z0-9._-]+$")
@@ -148,8 +147,6 @@ class AuthDictProxy(DictProxy):
             return userdata
         if not is_allowed_to_create(self.config, addr, cleartext_password):
             return
-        if not has_sufficient_resources(self.config):
-            return
 
         lock = filelock.FileLock(str(user.password_path) + ".lock", timeout=5)
         with lock:

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/expire.py

@@ -168,16 +168,6 @@ class Expiry:
         if mbox.last_login and mbox.last_login < cutoff_without_login:
             self.remove_mailbox(mbox.basedir)
             return
-        elif mbox.last_login is None:
-            try:
-                if not self.dry:
-                    os.rmdir(mbox.basedir)
-                    self.del_mboxes += 1
-            except OSError:
-                print_info(
-                    f"Skipped deleting {mbox.basedir}, doesn't have last_login but isn't empty"
-                )
-            return
 
         mboxname = os.path.basename(mbox.basedir)
         if self.verbose:

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/ini/chatmail.ini.f

@@ -42,33 +42,6 @@ mail_domain = {mail_domain}
 # minimum length a password must have
 #password_min_length = 9
 
-#
-# System resource limits
-#
-
-# The following three limits refuse creation of new addresses
-# while existing addresses keep working.
-# Rejections are logged by the doveauth service.
-
-# Maximum 1-minute load average, as reported by "uptime";
-# it counts processes waiting for disk I/O as well as for CPU.
-#max_load_1m = 5
-
-# Minimum memory available without swapping.
-#min_available_memory = 200M
-
-# Minimum free disk space on the file system holding the mailboxes.
-#min_free_disk_space = 1G
-
-# Maximum number of concurrent IMAP connections
-# (the Dovecot imap process limit).
-#max_imap_connections = 10000
-
-# Maximum number of concurrent SMTP connections
-# on each of the submission and smtps ports (the Postfix process limit).
-# A single client IP may use up to a fifth of this.
-#max_smtp_connections = 1000
-
 # Use externally managed TLS certificates instead of built-in acmetool.
 # Paths refer to files on the deployment server (not the build machine).
 # Both files must already exist before running cmdeploy.

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/syslimits.py

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-"""Detect whether the system is at its limits."""
-
-import logging
-
-import psutil
-
-MB = 1024 * 1024
-
-
-def read_value(getter):
-    try:
-        return getter()
-    except Exception as e:
-        logging.warning("ignoring unreadable system limit: %s", e)
-        return None
-
-
-def has_sufficient_resources(config):
-    """Return False if load, memory or disk exceeds a configured limit."""
-    load = read_value(lambda: psutil.getloadavg()[0])
-    mem = read_value(lambda: psutil.virtual_memory().available // MB)
-    disk = read_value(lambda: psutil.disk_usage(str(config.mailboxes_dir)).free // MB)
-    if load is not None and load > config.max_load_1m:
-        msg = f"load avg {load:.2f} > {config.max_load_1m:.2f}"
-    elif mem is not None and mem < config.min_available_memory_mb:
-        msg = f"available memory {mem}MB < {config.min_available_memory_mb}MB"
-    elif disk is not None and disk < config.min_free_disk_space_mb:
-        msg = f"free disk {disk}MB < {config.min_free_disk_space_mb}MB"
-    else:
-        return True
-    logging.warning("registration rejected: %s", msg)
-    return False

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/plugin.py

@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ def make_config(tmp_path):
         basedir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         overrides = settings.copy() if settings else {}
         overrides["mailboxes_dir"] = str(basedir)
-        # permissive resource limits so tests never depend on host load/memory/disk
-        overrides.setdefault("max_load_1m", "99999")
-        overrides.setdefault("min_available_memory", "0")
-        overrides.setdefault("min_free_disk_space", "0")
         write_initial_config(inipath, mail_domain, overrides=overrides)
         return read_config(inipath)
 

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_config.py

@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ def test_read_config_basic_using_defaults(tmp_path, maildomain):
     assert example_config.username_min_length == 9
     assert example_config.username_max_length == 9
     assert example_config.password_min_length == 9
-    assert example_config.max_imap_connections == 10000
-    assert example_config.max_smtp_connections == 1000
     assert example_config._unused_keys == []
 
 

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_doveauth.py

@@ -202,17 +202,3 @@ def test_50_concurrent_lookups_different_accounts(gencreds, dictproxy):
         res = results.get()
         if res is not None:
             pytest.fail(f"concurrent lookup failed\n{res}")
-
-
-def test_insufficient_resources_block_creation_not_existing_logins(
-    dictproxy, gencreds, monkeypatch
-):
-    addr, password = gencreds()
-    assert dictproxy.lookup_passdb(addr, password)
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        chatmaild.doveauth, "has_sufficient_resources", lambda config: False
-    )
-    newaddr, newpassword = gencreds()
-    assert not dictproxy.lookup_passdb(newaddr, newpassword)
-    assert dictproxy.lookup_passdb(addr, password)

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_expire.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import itertools
 import os
 import random
-import shutil
 import time
 from datetime import datetime
 from fnmatch import fnmatch
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 
 from chatmaild.expire import (
-    Expiry,
     FileEntry,
     MailboxStat,
     expire_to_target,
@@ -106,32 +104,6 @@ def test_stats_mailbox(mbox1):
     assert mbox3.last_login is None
 
 
-def test_mbox_without_password(mbox1, example_config, capsys):
-    password = Path(mbox1.basedir).joinpath("password")
-    os.remove(password)
-    mbox_rescan = MailboxStat(mbox1.basedir)
-    assert mbox_rescan.last_login is None
-
-    exp = Expiry(
-        example_config, dry=False, now=datetime.now().timestamp(), verbose=False
-    )
-    exp.process_mailbox_stat(mbox_rescan)
-    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
-    assert "doesn't have last_login but isn't empty" in err
-    assert os.path.isdir(mbox_rescan.basedir)
-
-    for entry in os.scandir(mbox_rescan.basedir):
-        if os.path.isdir(entry):
-            shutil.rmtree(entry)
-        else:
-            os.remove(entry)
-
-    exp.process_mailbox_stat(mbox_rescan)
-    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
-    assert "doesn't have last_login but isn't empty" not in err
-    assert not os.path.isdir(mbox_rescan.basedir)
-
-
 def test_report_no_mailboxes(example_config):
     args = (str(example_config._inipath),)
     report_main(args)

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_syslimits.py

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-import shutil
-
-import psutil
-
-from chatmaild.syslimits import has_sufficient_resources
-
-PERMISSIVE = {
-    "max_load_1m": "99999",
-    "min_available_memory": "0",
-    "min_free_disk_space": "0",
-}
-
-
-def test_rejects_constrained_system(make_config, caplog):
-    assert has_sufficient_resources(make_config("chat.example.org", PERMISSIVE))
-    for settings in (
-        {"max_load_1m": "-1.0"},
-        {"min_available_memory": "99999999G"},
-        {"min_free_disk_space": "99999999G"},
-    ):
-        config = make_config("chat.example.org", PERMISSIVE | settings)
-        caplog.clear()
-        assert not has_sufficient_resources(config), settings
-        assert "registration rejected" in caplog.text
-
-
-def test_unreadable_disk_does_not_reject(make_config, caplog):
-    config = make_config(
-        "chat.example.org", PERMISSIVE | {"min_free_disk_space": "99999999G"}
-    )
-    shutil.rmtree(config.mailboxes_dir)
-    assert has_sufficient_resources(config)
-    assert "ignoring" in caplog.text
-
-
-def test_one_unreadable_value_keeps_other_checks(make_config, monkeypatch, caplog):
-    def raise_error(*args):
-        raise psutil.Error("dud")
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(psutil, "getloadavg", raise_error)
-    config = make_config(
-        "chat.example.org", PERMISSIVE | {"min_free_disk_space": "99999999G"}
-    )
-    assert not has_sufficient_resources(config)
-    assert "ignoring" in caplog.text

cmdeploy/pyproject.toml

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ dependencies = [
   "pytest-xdist", 
   "execnet",
   "imap_tools",
-  "deltachat-rpc-client",
-  "deltachat-rpc-server",
+  "deltachat-rpc-client==2.49.0",
+  "deltachat-rpc-server==2.49.0",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/acmetool/response-file.yaml.j2

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 "acme-enter-email": "{{ email }}"
-"acme-agreement:https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.8-July-06-2026.pdf": true
+"acme-agreement:https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.6-August-18-2025.pdf": true

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/basedeploy.py

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class Deployer:
             return self.put_template(src, dest, **kwargs)
         return self.put_file(src, dest)
 
-    def put_file(self, src, dest, mode="644", **kwargs):
+    def put_file(self, src, dest, mode="644"):
         if isinstance(src, str):
             src = get_resource(src)
         res = files.put(
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ class Deployer:
             user="root",
             group="root",
             mode=mode,
-            **kwargs,
         )
 
         return self._update_restart_signals(dest, res)

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/deployers.py

@@ -138,22 +138,9 @@ class UnboundDeployer(Deployer):
         # On an IPv4-only system, if unbound is started but not configured,
         # it causes subsequent steps to fail to resolve hosts.
         with blocked_service_startup():
-            # dns-root-data is an optional package
-            # that contains /usr/share/dns/root.key
-            #
-            # This file is copied into /var/lib/unbound/root.key
-            # at the start of "unbound" systemd unit
-            # by /usr/libexec/unbound-helper shell script
-            # from the "unbound" package as of version 1.17.1-2+deb12u4
-            #
-            # The same /var/lib/unbound/root.key can be retrieved directly
-            # following the procedure from
-            # <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7958/#section-3.1>
-            # with "unbound-anchor -a /var/lib/unbound/root.key"
-            # We don't install and use "unbound-anchor".
             apt.packages(
                 name="Install unbound",
-                packages=["unbound", "dns-root-data", "dnsutils"],
+                packages=["unbound", "unbound-anchor", "dnsutils"],
             )
 
     def configure(self):
@@ -177,16 +164,23 @@ class UnboundDeployer(Deployer):
         self.put_file(
             src=BytesIO(b"nameserver 127.0.0.1\nnameserver 9.9.9.9\n"),
             dest="/etc/resolv.conf",
-            force=True,
         )
-        self.ensure_directory(
-            path="/etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d",
-        )
-        self.put_template(
-            "unbound/unbound.conf.j2",
-            "/etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/chatmail.conf",
-            disable_ipv6=self.config.disable_ipv6,
+        server.shell(
+            name="Generate root keys for validating DNSSEC",
+            commands=[
+                "unbound-anchor -a /var/lib/unbound/root.key || true",
+            ],
         )
+        if self.config.disable_ipv6:
+            self.ensure_directory(
+                path="/etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d",
+            )
+            self.put_template(
+                "unbound/unbound.conf.j2",
+                "/etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/chatmail.conf",
+            )
+        else:
+            self.remove_file("/etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/chatmail.conf")
 
     def activate(self):
         server.shell(
@@ -253,13 +247,6 @@ class LegacyRemoveDeployer(Deployer):
     def install(self):
         apt.packages(name="Remove rspamd", packages="rspamd", present=False)
 
-        # unbound-anchor was used to download /var/lib/unbound/root.key
-        # It is replaced by dns-root-data which contains /usr/share/dns/root.key.
-        # unbound systemd unit copies /usr/share/dns/root.key
-        # into /var/lib/unbound/root.key automatically on start
-        # as long as /usr/share/dns/root.key is present.
-        apt.packages(name="Remove unbound-anchor", packages="unbound-anchor", present=False)
-
         # remove historic expunge script
         # which is now implemented through a systemd timer (chatmail-expire)
         self.remove_file("/etc/cron.d/expunge")
@@ -370,8 +357,6 @@ class ChatmailVenvDeployer(Deployer):
     def __init__(self, config):
         self.config = config
         self.units = (
-            # doveauth must restart when chatmaild/ini file changes
-            "doveauth",
             "chatmail-metadata",
             "lastlogin",
             "chatmail-expire",
@@ -520,17 +505,15 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool, website_only: bool) -
             ("nginx", 443),
             (["master", "smtpd"], 465),
             (["master", "smtpd"], 587),
-            (["dovecot", "imap-login"], 993),
+            (["imap-login", "dovecot"], 993),
             ("iroh-relay", 3340),
             ("mtail", 3903),
-            (["dovecot", "stats"], 3904),
+            ("stats", 3904),
             ("nginx", 8443),
             (["master", "smtpd"], config.postfix_reinject_port),
             (["master", "smtpd"], config.postfix_reinject_port_incoming),
             ("filtermail", config.filtermail_smtp_port),
             ("filtermail", config.filtermail_smtp_port_incoming),
-            ("filtermail", config.filtermail_http_port_incoming),
-            ("filtermail", config.filtermail_lmtp_port_transport),
         ]
         for service, port in port_services:
             print(f"Checking if port {port} is available for {service}...")

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/deployer.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class DovecotDeployer(Deployer):
     def __init__(self, config, disable_mail):
         self.config = config
         self.disable_mail = disable_mail
-        self.units = []
+        self.units = ["doveauth"]
 
     def install(self):
         arch = host.get_fact(Arch)

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/dovecot.conf.j2

@@ -37,15 +37,11 @@ default_client_limit = 20000
 # the following warning will be logged:
 #   Warning: service(imap): process_limit (1024) reached, client connections are being dropped
 service imap {
-  process_limit = {{ config.max_imap_connections }}
+  process_limit = 50000
 }
 
-{% if config.privacy_mail %}
-# Advertised to clients as IMAP METADATA /shared/admin (RFC 5464).
-# The privacy_mail contact from chatmail.ini is used because it is
-# the only address set by an operator.
-mail_server_admin = mailto:{{ config.privacy_mail }}
-{% endif %}
+mail_server_admin = mailto:root@{{ config.mail_domain }}
+mail_server_comment = Chatmail server
 
 # `zlib` enables compressing messages stored in the maildir.
 # See

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/filtermail/deployer.py

@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ class FiltermailDeployer(Deployer):
             return
 
         arch = host.get_fact(facts.server.Arch)
-        url = f"https://github.com/chatmail/filtermail/releases/download/v0.7.4/filtermail-{arch}"
+        url = f"https://github.com/chatmail/filtermail/releases/download/v0.6.6/filtermail-{arch}"
         sha256sum = {
-            "x86_64": "484cb8dff083134aefba9fce4a6b7ef4784a0f0e28e5108ecf8bb9e58a44fd2c",
-            "aarch64": "66aa0ca2ca9add7a12d92883d76f8786384092adfde24a3d3a1d0b1f30d23a9e",
+            "x86_64": "05c7e7ac244606c2eeb275f2d282ffdbc2403e0169f1cdd3110ffcebdb994a92",
+            "aarch64": "8cf8bbda4d907beca547b365cc7e6753532a74b1712492d0d2f3d2d8a553fb3d",
         }[arch]
         self.download_executable(url, self.bin_path, sha256sum)
 

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/mtail/delivered_mail.mtail

@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ counter created_nonci_accounts
   }
 }
 
-# doveauth refusing new addresses because a chatmail.ini
-# system resource limit is exceeded.
-counter rejected_registrations
-/registration rejected: / {
-  rejected_registrations++
-}
-
 counter postfix_timeouts
 /timeout after DATA/ {
   postfix_timeouts++
@@ -80,11 +73,6 @@ counter incoming_unencrypted_mail_count
   filtered_incoming_mail_count++
 }
 
-counter incoming_mailer_daemon_mail_count
-/Incoming: Filtering mailer-daemon message from/ {
-  incoming_mailer_daemon_mail_count++
-  filtered_incoming_mail_count++
-}
 
 counter rejected_unencrypted_mail_count
 /Rejected unencrypted mail/ {

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/nginx/nginx.conf.j2

@@ -128,10 +128,7 @@ http {
                         proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
                 }
 
-		# Endpoints Iroh uses for net_report probes and that clients
-		# probe to tell whether this relay works. Both paths are served
-		# by iroh-relay 0.35 and by the 1.0 line.
-		location /ping {
+		location /relay/probe {
                         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3340;
                         proxy_http_version 1.1;
 		}

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/postfix/main.cf.j2

@@ -85,14 +85,6 @@ inet_protocols = all
 
 lmtp_header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/lmtp_header_cleanup
 
-# Do not apply header checks to MIME headers
-# and other headers that are actually part of the message body.
-# Reference:
-# <https://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#disable_mime_input_processing>
-# <https://www.postfix.org/header_checks.5.html>
-# <https://stump.io/blog/2020/11/29/a-little-gotcha-with-postfixs-header_checks/>
-disable_mime_input_processing = yes
-
 mua_client_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, reject
 mua_sender_restrictions = reject_sender_login_mismatch, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject
 mua_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_invalid_helo_hostname, reject_non_fqdn_helo_hostname, permit

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/postfix/master.cf.j2

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ smtp      inet  n       -       y       -       -       smtpd
   -o smtpd_tls_mandatory_protocols=>=TLSv1.2
   -o smtpd_proxy_filter=127.0.0.1:{{ config.filtermail_smtp_port_incoming }}
   -o smtpd_relay_restrictions=reject_unauth_destination
-submission inet n       -       y       -       {{ config.max_smtp_connections }}    smtpd
+submission inet n       -       y       -       5000    smtpd
   -o syslog_name=postfix/submission
   -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt
   -o smtpd_tls_mandatory_protocols=>=TLSv1.3
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ submission inet n       -       y       -       {{ config.max_smtp_connections }
   -o smtpd_sender_restrictions=$mua_sender_restrictions
   -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=
   -o smtpd_relay_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
-  -o smtpd_client_connection_count_limit={{ config.max_smtp_connections // 5 }}
+  -o smtpd_client_connection_count_limit=1000
   -o smtpd_proxy_filter=127.0.0.1:{{ config.filtermail_smtp_port }}
-smtps     inet  n       -       y       -       {{ config.max_smtp_connections }}    smtpd
+smtps     inet  n       -       y       -       5000    smtpd
   -o syslog_name=postfix/smtps
   -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes
   -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ smtps     inet  n       -       y       -       {{ config.max_smtp_connections }
   -o smtpd_sender_restrictions=$mua_sender_restrictions
   -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=
   -o smtpd_relay_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
-  -o smtpd_client_connection_count_limit={{ config.max_smtp_connections // 5 }}
+  -o smtpd_client_connection_count_limit=1000
   -o smtpd_proxy_filter=127.0.0.1:{{ config.filtermail_smtp_port }}
 #628       inet  n       -       y       -       -       qmqpd
 pickup    unix  n       -       y       60      1       pickup
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ lmtp      unix  -       -       y       -       -       lmtp
 anvil     unix  -       -       y       -       1       anvil
 scache    unix  -       -       y       -       1       scache
 postlog   unix-dgram n  -       n       -       1       postlogd
+filter    unix -        n       n       -       -       lmtp
 # Local SMTP server for reinjecting outgoing filtered mail.
 127.0.0.1:{{ config.postfix_reinject_port }} inet  n       -       n       -       100      smtpd
   -o syslog_name=postfix/reinject

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/plugin.py

@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 from chatmaild.config import is_valid_ipv4, read_config
+from domain_validator import DomainValidator
 
 
 def format_mail_domain(raw_domain: str) -> str:
     if is_valid_ipv4(raw_domain):
         return f"[{raw_domain}]"
+    DomainValidator().validate_domain_re(raw_domain)
     return raw_domain
 
 
@@ -347,9 +349,9 @@ class ChatmailACFactory:
                 qr = (
                     f"dclogin:{addr}"
                     f"?p={password}&v=1"
-                    f"&ih={domain}&ip=993&is=ssl"
-                    f"&sh={domain}&sp=465&ss=ssl"
-                    f"&ic=3"
+                    f"&ih={domain}&ip=993"
+                    f"&sh={domain}&sp=465"
+                    f"&ic=3&ss=default"
                 )
                 future = account.add_transport_from_qr.future(qr)
             else:
@@ -360,7 +362,7 @@ class ChatmailACFactory:
 
             # ensure messages stay in INBOX so that they can be
             # concurrently fetched via extra IMAP connections during tests
-            account.set_config("bcc_self", "1")
+            account.set_config("delete_server_after", "10")
             accounts.append(account)
 
         for future in futures:

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/unbound/unbound.conf.j2

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-# Managed by cmdeploy
+# Managed by cmdeploy: disable IPv6 in unbound.
 server:
-{% if disable_ipv6 %}
   interface: 127.0.0.1
   do-ip6: no
-{% endif %}
-  cache-max-negative-ttl: 0

doc/source/getting_started.rst

@@ -199,93 +199,6 @@ creating addresses, login with ssh to the deployment machine and run:
 Chatmail address creation will be denied while this file is present.
 
 
-.. _system-limits:
-
-Configurable System Limits
---------------------------
-
-Limits for auto-rejecting address creation
-..........................................
-
-A relay refuses creation of new addresses
-when the machine runs low on resources,
-but existing addresses keep working.
-
-Three ``chatmail.ini`` settings control this,
-shown here with their defaults::
-
-    max_load_1m = 5
-    min_available_memory = 200M
-    min_free_disk_space = 1G
-
-- ``max_load_1m`` is the maximum 1-minute load average,
-  as reported by ``uptime``;
-  it counts processes waiting for disk I/O as well as for CPU.
-  It is deliberately not scaled by the number of CPUs
-  because I/O rather than CPU is what typically limits a relay.
-
-- ``min_available_memory`` is the minimum memory available without swapping.
-
-- ``min_free_disk_space`` is the minimum free disk space
-  on the file system holding the mailboxes.
-
-The defaults suit the small machine described in
-`Minimal requirements and prerequisites`_.
-
-.. note::
-
-   If you run a bigger machine,
-   raise ``max_load_1m`` after watching ``uptime`` under typical load.
-
-Rejections are logged by the ``doveauth`` service,
-so you can check whether a limit is set too tightly::
-
-    journalctl -u doveauth --grep 'registration rejected'
-
-If ``mtail_address`` is set, rejections are also counted
-in the ``rejected_registrations`` metric.
-
-
-Overall IMAP and SMTP connection limits
-.......................................
-
-Two further settings bound how many connections
-the relay accepts at all, again shown with their defaults::
-
-    max_imap_connections = 10000
-    max_smtp_connections = 1000
-
-``max_imap_connections`` becomes the Dovecot imap process limit,
-and ``max_smtp_connections`` the Postfix process limit
-on each of the submission and smtps ports.
-A single client IP may use up to a fifth of ``max_smtp_connections``.
-Each connection costs memory,
-so these limits defend the relay against running out of RAM.
-
-Unless ``imap_compress`` is enabled,
-an IMAP connection that is idle for ``imap_hibernate_timeout``
-is handed over to the ``imap-hibernate`` process
-and does not count towards ``max_imap_connections``,
-which is why a relay can serve far more IMAP clients
-than this setting suggests.
-
-If you run a large relay with 10k or 100k's of addresses,
-check current connection counts before upgrading
-and set the limits accordingly.
-
-To see how close a running relay is to these two limits,
-copy ``scripts/check-connections.sh`` from the relay repository
-onto the relay and run it there::
-
-    imap             5  ports 143,993   (max_imap_connections)
-                     5  dovecot sessions, 0 of them in an active imap process
-    submission       0  ports 465,587   (max_smtp_connections per port)
-    incoming         0  port 25         (from other relays, no chatmail.ini limit)
-
-It counts established sockets with ``ss``
-and cross-checks the IMAP number against ``doveadm who``.
-
-
 Running a relay with self-signed certificates
 ----------------------------------------------
 

doc/source/overview.rst

@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ Chatmail relay dependency diagram
         postfix --- |10083|filtermail-transport;
         filtermail-outgoing --- |10025 reinject|postfix;
         filtermail-incoming --- |10026 reinject|postfix;
-        postfix --- |milter opendkim.sock|OpenDKIM
         dovecot --- |doveauth.socket|doveauth;
         dovecot --- |message delivery|maildir["maildir
         /home/vmail/.../user"];
@@ -180,51 +179,26 @@ Chatmail relay dependency diagram
         style nginx-right fill:#f66;
         style postfix fill:#f66;
         style dovecot fill:#f66;
-        style OpenDKIM fill:#f66;
         style notification-proxy fill:#f66;
 
-Accepting and delivering mail
------------------------------
+Message between users on the same relay
+---------------------------------------
 
 .. mermaid::
-    :caption: This diagram shows all the paths a message can take.
+    :caption: This diagram shows the path a non-federated message takes.
 
-    flowchart LR
-        subgraph chatmail relay
-            subgraph postfix
-                qmgr .-> lmtp-filtermail["lmtp/lmtp-filtermail (default_transport)"]
-                qmgr .-> lmtp["lmtp (local_transport)"]
-                lmtp --> cleanup["cleanup (lmtp_header_cleanup)"]
-                bounce
-                smtpd-submission["smtpd/submission"]
-                smtpd-smtps["smtpd/smtps"]
-                smtpd-reinject-outgoing["smtpd/reinject-outgoing"] --> authclean["cleanup/authclean (submission_header_cleanup)"]
-                authclean --> qmgr
-                smtpd-smtp["smtpd/smtp"]
-                smtpd-reinject-incoming["smtpd/reinject-incoming"] --> qmgr
-            end
-            lmtp-filtermail --LMTP inet:10083--> filtermail-transport
-            cleanup --LMTP unix:private/dovecot-lmtp --> dovecot
-            dovecot --> maildir
-            smtpd-submission --SMTP inet:10080--> filtermail-outgoing
-            smtpd-smtps --SMTP inet:10080--> filtermail-outgoing
-            filtermail-outgoing --SMTP inet:10025--> smtpd-reinject-outgoing
-            open-dkim["OpenDKIM (signing only)"] <--milter unix:opendkim/opendkim.sock--> smtpd-reinject-outgoing
-            bounce <--milter unix:opendkim/opendkim.sock--> open-dkim
-            bounce --> qmgr
-            nginx
-            smtpd-smtp -.SMTP inet:10081.-> filtermail-incoming
-            nginx -.HTTP inet:10082.-> filtermail-incoming
-            filtermail-incoming --SMTP inet:10026--> smtpd-reinject-incoming
-        end
-        filtermail-transport -.SMTP inet:25.-> mta1[Remote relay]
-        filtermail-transport -.HTTPS /mxdeliv.-> mta1
-        client[Client] -.SMTP inet:587.-> smtpd-submission
-        client -.SMTP inet:465.-> smtpd-smtps
-        client -.SMTP inet:443.-> nginx
-        nginx -.SMTP inet:465.-> smtpd-smtps
-        mta2[Remote relay] -.SMTP inet:25.-> smtpd-smtp
-        mta2 -.HTTPS /mxdeliv.-> nginx
+    graph LR;
+        sender --> |465|smtps/smtpd;
+        sender --> |587|submission/smtpd;
+        smtps/smtpd --> |10080|filtermail;
+        submission/smtpd --> |10080|filtermail;
+        filtermail --> |10025|smtpd_reinject;
+        smtpd_reinject --> cleanup;
+        cleanup --> qmgr;
+        qmgr --> smtpd_accepts_message;
+        qmgr --> |lmtp|dovecot;
+        dovecot --> recipient;
+        dovecot --> sender's_other_devices;
 
 Operational details of a chatmail relay
 ----------------------------------------

scripts/check-connections.sh

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Show current IMAP and SMTP connections on a chatmail relay,
-# to compare against the max_imap_connections and max_smtp_connections
-# settings in chatmail.ini.  Run this on the relay itself.
-set -e
-
-# Count established TCP connections whose local port is one of the arguments.
-established() {
-    filter=$(printf 'sport = :%s or ' "$@")
-    ss -Htn state established "( ${filter% or } )" | wc -l
-}
-
-# doveadm prints a header line and then one line per logged-in user,
-# with that user's number of connections in the second column.
-sessions=$(doveadm who | awk 'NR > 1 { n += $2 } END { print n + 0 }')
-
-# Unless imap_compress is enabled, connections idle for
-# imap_hibernate_timeout are handed over to the imap-hibernate
-# process, so they cost no imap process while idle.
-active=$(pgrep -x imap | wc -l)
-
-printf 'imap        %6d  ports 143,993   (max_imap_connections)\n' "$(established 143 993)"
-printf '            %6d  dovecot sessions, %d of them in an active imap process\n' "$sessions" "$active"
-printf 'submission  %6d  ports 465,587   (max_smtp_connections per port)\n' "$(established 465 587)"
-printf 'incoming    %6d  port 25         (from other relays, no chatmail.ini limit)\n' "$(established 25)"