Also preserve the Chat-Is-Post-Message header

This will remove all headers possible during LMTP delivery.

From header: required or clients do not process the message correctly

Message-Id header: required for clients to know which messages have been
downloaded

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/dictproxy.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class DictProxy:
                 wfile.flush()
 
     def handle_dovecot_request(self, msg, transactions):
-        # see https://doc.dovecot.org/developer_manual/design/dict_protocol/#dovecot-dict-protocol
+        # see https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/developer_manual/design/dict_protocol/#dovecot-dict-protocol
         short_command = msg[0]
         parts = msg[1:].split("\t")
 

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/doveauth.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ NOCREATE_FILE = "/etc/chatmail-nocreate"
 
 
 def encrypt_password(password: str):
-    # https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/authentication/password_schemes/
+    # https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/authentication/password_schemes/
     passhash = crypt_r.crypt(password, crypt_r.METHOD_SHA512)
     return "{SHA512-CRYPT}" + passhash
 

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/expire.py

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Expiry:
                 continue
             changed = True
         if changed:
-            self.remove_file("maildirsize")
+            self.remove_file(f"{mbox.basedir}/maildirsize")
 
     def get_summary(self):
         return (

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/cmdeploy.py

@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ def run_cmd_options(parser):
         action="store_true",
         help="install/upgrade the server, but disable postfix & dovecot for now",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--website-only",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="only update/deploy the website, skipping full server upgrade/deployment, useful when you only changed/updated the web pages and don't need to re-run a full server upgrade",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--skip-dns-check",
         dest="dns_check_disabled",
@@ -93,6 +98,7 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
 
     env = os.environ.copy()
     env["CHATMAIL_INI"] = args.inipath
+    env["CHATMAIL_WEBSITE_ONLY"] = "True" if args.website_only else ""
     env["CHATMAIL_DISABLE_MAIL"] = "True" if args.disable_mail else ""
     env["CHATMAIL_REQUIRE_IROH"] = "True" if require_iroh else ""
     deploy_path = importlib.resources.files(__package__).joinpath("run.py").resolve()
@@ -108,7 +114,12 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
 
     try:
         retcode = out.check_call(cmd, env=env)
-        if retcode == 0:
+        if args.website_only:
+            if retcode == 0:
+                out.green("Website deployment completed.")
+            else:
+                out.red("Website deployment failed.")
+        elif retcode == 0:
             out.green("Deploy completed, call `cmdeploy dns` next.")
         elif not remote_data["acme_account_url"]:
             out.red("Deploy completed but letsencrypt not configured")

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/deployers.py

@@ -502,23 +502,28 @@ class GithashDeployer(Deployer):
         except Exception:
             git_diff = ""
         files.put(
-            name="Upload chatmail relay git commiit hash",
+            name="Upload chatmail relay git commit hash",
             src=StringIO(git_hash + git_diff),
             dest="/etc/chatmail-version",
             mode="700",
         )
 
 
-def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool) -> None:
+def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool, website_only: bool) -> None:
     """Deploy a chat-mail instance.
 
     :param config_path: path to chatmail.ini
     :param disable_mail: whether to disable postfix & dovecot
+    :param website_only: if True, only deploy the website
     """
     config = read_config(config_path)
     check_config(config)
     mail_domain = config.mail_domain
 
+    if website_only:
+        Deployment().perform_stages([WebsiteDeployer(config)])
+        return
+
     if host.get_fact(Port, port=53) != "unbound":
         files.line(
             name="Add 9.9.9.9 to resolv.conf",
@@ -536,6 +541,8 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool) -> None:
         (["master", "smtpd"], 587),
         (["imap-login", "dovecot"], 993),
         ("iroh-relay", 3340),
+        ("mtail", 3903),
+        ("dovecot-stats", 3904),
         ("nginx", 8443),
         (["master", "smtpd"], config.postfix_reinject_port),
         (["master", "smtpd"], config.postfix_reinject_port_incoming),

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/auth.conf

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ iterate_prefix = userdb/
 
 default_pass_scheme = plain
 # %E escapes characters " (double quote), ' (single quote) and \ (backslash) with \ (backslash).
-# See <https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/config_file/config_variables/#modifiers>
+# See <https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/config_file/config_variables/#modifiers>
 # for documentation.
 #
 # We escape user-provided input and use double quote as a separator.

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/deployer.py

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def _configure_dovecot(config: Config, debug: bool = False) -> (bool, bool):
     )
     need_restart |= lua_push_notification_script.changed
 
-    # as per https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/os/
+    # as per https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/os/
     # it is recommended to set the following inotify limits
     for name in ("max_user_instances", "max_user_watches"):
         key = f"fs.inotify.{name}"

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

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ default_client_limit = 20000
 # Increase number of logged in IMAP connections.
 # Each connection is handled by a separate `imap` process.
 # `imap` process should have `client_limit=1` as described in
-# <https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/service_configuration/#service-limits>
+# <https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/service_configuration/#service-limits>
 # so each logged in IMAP session will need its own `imap` process.
 #
 # If this limit is reached,
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ mail_server_comment = Chatmail server
 
 # `zlib` enables compressing messages stored in the maildir.
 # See
-# <https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/zlib_plugin/>
+# <https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/zlib_plugin/>
 # for documentation.
 #
 # quota plugin documentation:
-# <https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/quota_plugin/>
+# <https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/quota_plugin/>
 mail_plugins = zlib quota
 
 imap_capability = +XDELTAPUSH XCHATMAIL
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ plugin {
 
 protocol lmtp {
   # notify plugin is a dependency of push_notification plugin:
-  # <https://doc.dovecot.org/settings/plugin/notify-plugin/>
+  # <https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/settings/plugin/notify-plugin/>
   #
   # push_notification plugin documentation:
-  # <https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/push_notification/>
+  # <https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/push_notification/>
   #
   # mail_lua and push_notification_lua are needed for Lua push notification handler.
-  # <https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/push_notification/#configuration>
+  # <https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/push_notification/#configuration>
   mail_plugins = $mail_plugins mail_lua notify push_notification push_notification_lua
 }
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ plugin {
 
 # push_notification configuration
 plugin {
-  # <https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/push_notification/#lua-lua>
+  # <https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/push_notification/#lua-lua>
   push_notification_driver = lua:file=/etc/dovecot/push_notification.lua
 }
 
@@ -277,3 +277,134 @@ service imap-hibernate {
   }
 }
 {% endif %}
+
+{% if config.mtail_address %}
+#
+# Dovecot Statistics
+#
+# OpenMetrics endpoint at http://{{- config.mtail_address}}:3904/metrics
+service stats {
+  inet_listener http {
+    port = 3904
+    address = {{- config.mtail_address}}
+  }
+}
+
+# IMAP Command Metrics
+# - Bytes in/out for compression efficiency analysis
+# - Lock wait time for contention debugging
+# - Grouped by command name and reply state
+metric imap_command {
+  filter = event=imap_command_finished
+  fields = bytes_in bytes_out lock_wait_usecs running_usecs
+  group_by = cmd_name tagged_reply_state
+}
+
+# Duration buckets for latency histograms (base 10: 10us, 100us, 1ms, 10ms, 100ms, 1s, 10s, 100s)
+metric imap_command_duration {
+  filter = event=imap_command_finished
+  group_by = cmd_name duration:exponential:1:8:10
+}
+
+# Slow command outliers (>1 second = 1000000 usecs)
+# Useful for alerting without high cardinality
+metric imap_command_slow {
+  filter = event=imap_command_finished AND duration>1000000 AND NOT cmd_name=IDLE
+  group_by = cmd_name
+}
+
+# IDLE-specific metrics
+metric imap_idle {
+  filter = event=imap_command_finished AND cmd_name=IDLE
+  fields = bytes_in bytes_out running_usecs
+  group_by = tagged_reply_state
+}
+
+metric imap_idle_duration {
+  filter = event=imap_command_finished AND cmd_name=IDLE
+  # Base 10: 100ms to 27h (covers short wakeups to long idle sessions)
+  group_by = duration:exponential:5:11:10
+}
+
+# Hibernation Metrics (requires imap_hibernate_timeout to be set)
+metric imap_hibernated {
+  filter = event=imap_client_hibernated
+  # error field present = failure
+  group_by = mailbox
+}
+
+metric imap_hibernated_failed {
+  filter = event=imap_client_hibernated AND error=*
+}
+
+metric imap_unhibernated {
+  filter = event=imap_client_unhibernated
+  fields = hibernation_usecs
+  group_by = reason
+}
+
+metric imap_unhibernated_failed {
+  filter = event=imap_client_unhibernated AND error=*
+}
+
+# Hibernation duration buckets (how long clients actually stayed hibernated)
+# Base 10: 100ms to 27h
+metric imap_hibernation_duration {
+  filter = event=imap_client_unhibernated
+  group_by = reason duration:exponential:5:11:10
+}
+
+# Authentication / Login Metrics
+metric auth_request {
+  filter = event=auth_request_finished
+  group_by = success
+}
+
+metric auth_request_duration {
+  filter = event=auth_request_finished
+  group_by = success duration:exponential:2:6:10
+}
+
+metric auth_failed {
+  filter = event=auth_request_finished AND success=no
+}
+
+# Passdb cache effectiveness
+metric auth_passdb {
+  filter = event=auth_passdb_request_finished
+  group_by = result cache
+}
+
+# Master login (post-auth userdb lookup)
+metric auth_master_login {
+  filter = event=auth_master_client_login_finished
+}
+
+metric auth_master_login_failed {
+  filter = event=auth_master_client_login_finished AND error=*
+}
+
+# Mail Delivery (LMTP) - affects IDLE wakeup latency
+metric mail_delivery {
+  filter = event=mail_delivery_finished
+}
+
+metric mail_delivery_duration {
+  filter = event=mail_delivery_finished
+  group_by = duration:exponential:3:7:10
+}
+
+metric mail_delivery_failed {
+  filter = event=mail_delivery_finished AND error=*
+}
+
+# Connection Events
+metric client_connected {
+  filter = event=client_connection_connected AND category=service:imap
+}
+
+metric client_disconnected {
+  filter = event=client_connection_disconnected AND category=service:imap
+  fields = bytes_in bytes_out
+}
+{% endif %}

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/postfix/deployer.py

@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ class PostfixDeployer(Deployer):
         )
         need_restart |= header_cleanup.changed
 
+        lmtp_header_cleanup = files.put(
+            src=get_resource("postfix/lmtp_header_cleanup"),
+            dest="/etc/postfix/lmtp_header_cleanup",
+            user="root",
+            group="root",
+            mode="644",
+        )
+        need_restart |= lmtp_header_cleanup.changed
+
         # Login map that 1:1 maps email address to login.
         login_map = files.put(
             src=get_resource("postfix/login_map"),
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ class PostfixDeployer(Deployer):
         restart_conf = files.put(
             name="postfix: restart automatically on failure",
             src=get_resource("service/10_restart.conf"),
-            dest="/etc/systemd/system/dovecot.service.d/10_restart.conf",
+            dest="/etc/systemd/system/postfix@.service.d/10_restart.conf",
         )
         self.daemon_reload = restart_conf.changed
         self.need_restart = need_restart

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/postfix/lmtp_header_cleanup

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/^From:/            DUNNO
+/^Message-Id:/      DUNNO
+/^Chat-Is-Post-Message:/      DUNNO
+/.*/                IGNORE

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

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ inet_protocols = all
 
 virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp
 virtual_mailbox_domains = {{ config.mail_domain }}
+lmtp_header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/lmtp_header_cleanup
 
 mua_client_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, reject
 mua_sender_restrictions = reject_sender_login_mismatch, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/run.py

@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ def main():
         importlib.resources.files("cmdeploy").joinpath("../../../chatmail.ini"),
     )
     disable_mail = bool(os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_DISABLE_MAIL"))
+    website_only = bool(os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_WEBSITE_ONLY"))
 
-    deploy_chatmail(config_path, disable_mail)
+    deploy_chatmail(config_path, disable_mail, website_only)
 
 
 if pyinfra.is_cli:

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_2_deltachat.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def imap_mailbox(cmfactory):
     password = ac1.get_config("mail_pw")
     mailbox = imap_tools.MailBox(user.split("@")[1])
     mailbox.login(user, password)
+    mailbox.dc_ac = ac1
     return mailbox
 
 
@@ -121,6 +122,28 @@ class TestEndToEndDeltaChat:
         assert ch.id >= 10
         ac1._evtracker.wait_securejoin_inviter_progress(1000)
 
+    def test_dkim_header_stripped(self, cmfactory, maildomain2, lp, imap_mailbox):
+        """Test that if a DC address receives a message, it has no
+        DKIM-Signature and Authentication-Results headers."""
+        ac1 = cmfactory.new_online_configuring_account(cache=False)
+        cmfactory.switch_maildomain(maildomain2)
+        ac2 = cmfactory.new_online_configuring_account(cache=False)
+        cmfactory.bring_accounts_online()
+        chat = cmfactory.get_accepted_chat(ac1, imap_mailbox.dc_ac)
+        chat.send_text("message0")
+        chat2 = cmfactory.get_accepted_chat(ac2, imap_mailbox.dc_ac)
+        chat2.send_text("message1")
+
+        lp.sec("receive message with ac1...")
+        received = 0
+        while received < 2:
+            msgs = imap_mailbox.fetch()
+            for msg in msgs:
+                lp.sec(f"ac1 received msg from {msg.from_}")
+                received += 1
+                assert "authentication-results" not in msg.headers
+                assert "dkim-signature" not in msg.headers
+
     def test_read_receipts_between_instances(self, cmfactory, lp, maildomain2):
         ac1 = cmfactory.new_online_configuring_account(cache=False)
         cmfactory.switch_maildomain(maildomain2)

doc/source/getting_started.rst

@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@ You will need the following:
 
 -  Control over a domain through a DNS provider of your choice.
 
--  A Debian 12 server with reachable SMTP/SUBMISSIONS/IMAPS/HTTPS ports.
+-  A Debian 12 **deployment server** with reachable SMTP/SUBMISSIONS/IMAPS/HTTPS ports.
    IPv6 is encouraged if available. Chatmail relay servers only require
    1GB RAM, one CPU, and perhaps 10GB storage for a few thousand active
    chatmail addresses.
 
--  Key-based SSH authentication to the root user. You must add a
-   passphrase-protected private key to your local ssh-agent because you
-   can’t type in your passphrase during deployment. (An ed25519 private
-   key is required due to an `upstream bug in
+-  A Linux or Unix **build machine** with key-based SSH access to the root
+   user of the deployment server.
+   You must add a passphrase-protected private key to your local ssh-agent because you
+   can’t type in your passphrase during deployment.
+   (An ed25519 private key is required due to an `upstream bug in
    paramiko <https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/issues/2191>`_)
 
 
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ Setup with ``scripts/cmdeploy``
 We use ``chat.example.org`` as the chatmail domain in the following
 steps. Please substitute it with your own domain.
 
-1. Setup the initial DNS records. The following is an example in the
+1. Setup the initial DNS records for your deployment server.
+   The following is an example in the
    familiar BIND zone file format with a TTL of 1 hour (3600 seconds).
    Please substitute your domain and IP addresses.
 
@@ -54,20 +56,20 @@ steps. Please substitute it with your own domain.
        cd relay
        scripts/initenv.sh
 
-3. On your local PC, create chatmail configuration file
+3. On your local build machine (PC), create a chatmail configuration file
    ``chatmail.ini``:
 
    ::
 
        scripts/cmdeploy init chat.example.org  # <-- use your domain
 
-4. Verify that SSH root login to your remote server works:
+4. Verify that SSH root login to the deployment server server works:
 
    ::
 
        ssh root@chat.example.org  # <-- use your domain
 
-5. From your local PC, deploy the remote chatmail relay server:
+5. From your local build machine, setup and configure the remote deployment server:
 
    ::
 
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ steps. Please substitute it with your own domain.
 Other helpful commands
 ----------------------
 
-To check the status of your remotely running chatmail service:
+To check the status of your deployment server running the chatmail service:
 
 ::
 
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ Disable automatic address creation
 --------------------------------------------------------
 
 If you need to stop address creation, e.g. because some script is wildly
-creating addresses, login with ssh and run:
+creating addresses, login with ssh to the deployment machine and run:
 
 ::
 
@@ -167,3 +169,23 @@ creating addresses, login with ssh and run:
 Chatmail address creation will be denied while this file is present.
 
 
+Migrating to a new build machine
+----------------------------------
+
+To move or add a build machine,
+clone the relay repository on the new build machine, and copy the ``chatmail.ini`` file from the old build machine.
+Make sure ``rsync`` is installed, then initialize the environment:
+
+::
+
+   ./scripts/initenv.sh
+
+Run safety checks before a new deployment:
+
+::
+
+   ./scripts/cmdeploy dns
+   ./scripts/cmdeploy status
+
+If you keep multiple build machines (ie laptop and desktop), keep ``chatmail.ini`` in sync between
+them.

doc/source/related.rst

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ We know of three work-in-progress alternative implementation efforts:
    it to support all of the features and configuration settings required
    to operate as a chatmail relay.
 
--  `Maddy-Chatmail <https://github.com/sadraiiali/maddy_chatmail>`_: a
-   plugin for the `Maddy email server <https://maddy.email/>`_ which
-   aims to implement the chatmail relay features and configuration
-   options.
+-  `Madmail <https://github.com/omidz4t/madmail>`_: an
+   experimental fork of Maddy Mail Server <https://maddy.email/>`_ optimized
+   for chatmail deployments.  It provides a single binary solution
+   for running a chatmail relay.
 
 -  `Chatmail Cookbook <https://github.com/feld/chatmail-cookbook>`_:
    A Chef Cookbook implementing a relay server. The project follows the