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holger krekel
d32b2497ed apply cmdeploy fmt linting, no content changes 2026-04-28 21:31:38 +02:00
link2xt
454ac6248a docs: add documentation on reverse DNS (PTR) records 2026-04-27 16:43:29 +00:00
link2xt
85915652b3 feat: do not bind SMTP client sockets to public addresses
This change reverts 06560dd071

Main reason for using the same address for sending
as the one used in DNS is to pass FCrDNS
(forward-confirmed reverse DNS) checks:
IP address used by SMTP client should resolve
to the domain which in turn resolves to the same IP.
chatmail relays don't do check reverse DNS
for incoming connections,
but other email servers may do and reject email
if the check does not pass.

Most chatmail relays only have one IP address per address family,
so this configuration does not change anything.

For chatmail relays that have multiple addresses
and only publishing one IP to DNS,
source address used for outgoing SMTP connections
should be the public IP.

This can be ensured by configuring the source
address in the routing table,
e.g. with the `src` argument
to `ip route add/change/replace` command.

Solving this by binding SMTP client address
on the application level prevents chatmail relays
from configuring alternative routes.

Besides, some chatmail relays are NATed
and NAT is responsible for translating the address to the public one,
in which case using `smtp_bind_address_enforce`
will result in unnecessarily deferring all mails.
2026-04-27 16:43:29 +00:00
link2xt
1e8c56e08a docs(doc/README.md): scripts/initenv.sh should be used for building the docs
doc/README.md was outdated, it did not include sphinxcontrib-mermaid.
Better use scripts/initenv.sh which already installs all dependencies
and is used in CI.
2026-04-24 21:18:58 +00:00
holger krekel
a65f082817 feat: automatic oldest-first message removal from mailboxes to (almost) always stay under max_mailbox_size
Both dovecot-quota-threshold triggers and the daily expiry routine
will now expunge oldest messages from mailboxes automatically
when the mailbox reaches 75% of max_mailbox_size.
Delta Chat users should not see any warnings (at 80/95 percent) or bounce messages,
and existing over-quota mailboxes should start receiving mails again.
2026-04-24 23:17:31 +02:00
missytake
6c18d37772 chore(tests): remove --slow from cmdeploy 2026-04-21 22:50:39 +02:00
23 changed files with 371 additions and 103 deletions

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@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ where = ['src']
[project.scripts]
doveauth = "chatmaild.doveauth:main"
chatmail-metadata = "chatmaild.metadata:main"
chatmail-expire = "chatmaild.expire:main"
chatmail-expire = "chatmaild.expire:daily_expire_main"
chatmail-quota-expire = "chatmaild.expire:quota_expire_main"
chatmail-fsreport = "chatmaild.fsreport:main"
lastlogin = "chatmaild.lastlogin:main"
turnserver = "chatmaild.turnserver:main"

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@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
import os
from pathlib import Path
import iniconfig
@@ -47,8 +46,6 @@ class Config:
)
self.mtail_address = params.get("mtail_address")
self.disable_ipv6 = params.get("disable_ipv6", "false").lower() == "true"
self.addr_v4 = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_ADDR_V4", "")
self.addr_v6 = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_ADDR_V6", "")
self.acme_email = params.get("acme_email", "")
self.imap_rawlog = params.get("imap_rawlog", "false").lower() == "true"
self.imap_compress = params.get("imap_compress", "false").lower() == "true"
@@ -95,6 +92,11 @@ class Config:
# old unused option (except for first migration from sqlite to maildir store)
self.passdb_path = Path(params.get("passdb_path", "/home/vmail/passdb.sqlite"))
@property
def max_mailbox_size_mb(self):
"""Return max_mailbox_size as an integer in megabytes."""
return parse_size_mb(self.max_mailbox_size)
def _getbytefile(self):
return open(self._inipath, "rb")
@@ -108,6 +110,16 @@ class Config:
return User(maildir, addr, password_path, uid="vmail", gid="vmail")
def parse_size_mb(limit):
"""Parse a size string like ``500M`` or ``2G`` and return megabytes."""
value = limit.strip().upper().removesuffix("B")
if value.endswith("G"):
return int(value[:-1]) * 1024
if value.endswith("M"):
return int(value[:-1])
return int(value)
def write_initial_config(inipath, mail_domain, overrides):
"""Write out default config file, using the specified config value overrides."""
content = get_default_config_content(mail_domain, **overrides)

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@@ -4,17 +4,26 @@ Expire old messages and addresses.
"""
import os
import re
import shutil
import sys
import time
from argparse import ArgumentParser
from collections import namedtuple
from datetime import datetime
from pathlib import Path
from stat import S_ISREG
from chatmaild.config import read_config
FileEntry = namedtuple("FileEntry", ("path", "mtime", "size"))
QuotaFileEntry = namedtuple("QuotaFileEntry", ("mtime", "quota_size", "path"))
# Quota cleanup factor of max_mailbox_size. The mailbox is reset to this size.
QUOTA_CLEANUP_FACTOR = 0.7
# e.g. "cur/1775324677.M448978P3029757.exam,S=3235,W=3305:2,S"
_dovecot_fn_rex = re.compile(r".+/(\d+)\..+,S=(\d+)")
def iter_mailboxes(basedir, maxnum):
@@ -74,6 +83,42 @@ class MailboxStat:
self.extrafiles.sort(key=lambda x: -x.size)
def parse_dovecot_filename(relpath):
m = _dovecot_fn_rex.match(relpath)
if not m:
return None
return QuotaFileEntry(int(m.group(1)), int(m.group(2)), relpath)
def scan_mailbox_messages(mbox):
messages = []
for sub in ("cur", "new"):
for name in os_listdir_if_exists(mbox / sub):
if entry := parse_dovecot_filename(f"{sub}/{name}"):
messages.append(entry)
return messages
def expire_to_target(mbox, target_bytes):
messages = scan_mailbox_messages(mbox)
total_size = sum(m.quota_size for m in messages)
# Keep recent 24 hours of messages protected from expiry because
# likely something is wrong with interactions on that address
# and quota-full signal can help the address owner's device to notice it
undeletable_messages_cutoff = time.time() - (3600 * 24)
removed = 0
for entry in sorted(messages):
if total_size <= target_bytes:
break
if entry.mtime > undeletable_messages_cutoff:
break
(mbox / entry.path).unlink(missing_ok=True)
total_size -= entry.quota_size
removed += 1
return removed
def print_info(msg):
print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
@@ -143,6 +188,19 @@ class Expiry:
else:
continue
changed = True
target_bytes = (
self.config.max_mailbox_size_mb * 1024 * 1024 * QUOTA_CLEANUP_FACTOR
)
removed = expire_to_target(Path(mbox.basedir), target_bytes)
if removed:
changed = True
self.del_files += removed
if self.verbose:
print_info(
f"quota-expire: removed {removed} message(s) from {mboxname}"
)
if changed:
self.remove_file(f"{mbox.basedir}/maildirsize")
@@ -154,9 +212,9 @@ class Expiry:
)
def main(args=None):
def daily_expire_main(args=None):
"""Expire mailboxes and messages according to chatmail config"""
parser = ArgumentParser(description=main.__doc__)
parser = ArgumentParser(description=daily_expire_main.__doc__)
ini = "/usr/local/lib/chatmaild/chatmail.ini"
parser.add_argument(
"chatmail_ini",
@@ -202,5 +260,33 @@ def main(args=None):
print(exp.get_summary())
if __name__ == "__main__":
main(sys.argv[1:])
def quota_expire_main(args=None):
"""Remove mailbox messages to stay within a megabyte target.
This entry point is called by dovecot when a quota threshold is passed.
"""
parser = ArgumentParser(description=quota_expire_main.__doc__)
parser.add_argument(
"target_mb",
type=int,
help="target mailbox size in megabytes",
)
parser.add_argument(
"mailbox_path",
type=Path,
help="path to a user mailbox",
)
args = parser.parse_args(args)
target_bytes = args.target_mb * 1024 * 1024
removed_count = expire_to_target(args.mailbox_path, target_bytes)
if removed_count:
(args.mailbox_path / "maildirsize").unlink(missing_ok=True)
print(
f"quota-expire: removed {removed_count} message(s)"
f" from {args.mailbox_path.name}",
file=sys.stderr,
)
return 0

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@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ max_user_send_per_minute = 60
max_user_send_burst_size = 10
# maximum mailbox size of a chatmail address
# Oldest messages will be removed automatically, so mailboxes never run full.
max_mailbox_size = 500M
# maximum message size for an e-mail in bytes

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
import pytest
from chatmaild.config import read_config
from chatmaild.config import parse_size_mb, read_config
def test_read_config_basic(example_config):
@@ -121,3 +121,17 @@ def test_config_tls_external_bad_format(make_config):
"tls_external_cert_and_key": "/only/one/path.pem",
},
)
def test_parse_size_mb():
assert parse_size_mb("500M") == 500
assert parse_size_mb("2G") == 2048
assert parse_size_mb(" 1g ") == 1024
assert parse_size_mb("100MB") == 100
assert parse_size_mb("256") == 256
def test_max_mailbox_size_mb(make_config):
config = make_config("chat.example.org")
assert config.max_mailbox_size == "500M"
assert config.max_mailbox_size_mb == 500

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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
import time
from chatmaild.doveauth import AuthDictProxy
from chatmaild.expire import main as main_expire
from chatmaild.expire import daily_expire_main as main_expire
def test_login_timestamps(example_config):

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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
import itertools
import os
import random
import time
from datetime import datetime
from fnmatch import fnmatch
from pathlib import Path
@@ -9,13 +11,19 @@ import pytest
from chatmaild.expire import (
FileEntry,
MailboxStat,
expire_to_target,
get_file_entry,
iter_mailboxes,
os_listdir_if_exists,
parse_dovecot_filename,
quota_expire_main,
scan_mailbox_messages,
)
from chatmaild.expire import main as expiry_main
from chatmaild.expire import daily_expire_main as expiry_main
from chatmaild.fsreport import main as report_main
MB = 1024 * 1024
def fill_mbox(folderdir):
password = folderdir.joinpath("password")
@@ -196,3 +204,51 @@ def test_os_listdir_if_exists(tmp_path):
tmp_path.joinpath("x").write_text("hello")
assert len(os_listdir_if_exists(str(tmp_path))) == 1
assert len(os_listdir_if_exists(str(tmp_path.joinpath("123123")))) == 0
# --- quota expire tests ---
_msg_counter = itertools.count(1)
def _create_message(basedir, sub, size, days_old=0, disk_size=None):
seq = next(_msg_counter)
mtime = int(time.time() - days_old * 86400)
name = f"{mtime}.M1P1Q{seq}.hostname,S={size},W={size}:2,S"
path = basedir / sub / name
path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
path.write_bytes(b"x" * (disk_size if disk_size is not None else size))
os.utime(path, (mtime, mtime))
return path
def test_parse_dovecot_filename():
e = parse_dovecot_filename("cur/1775324677.M448978P3029757.exam,S=3235,W=3305:2,S")
assert e.path == "cur/1775324677.M448978P3029757.exam,S=3235,W=3305:2,S"
assert e.mtime == 1775324677
assert e.quota_size == 3235
assert parse_dovecot_filename("cur/msg_without_structure") is None
def test_expire_to_target(tmp_path):
_create_message(tmp_path, "cur", MB, days_old=10, disk_size=100)
_create_message(tmp_path, "new", MB, days_old=5)
_create_message(tmp_path, "cur", MB, days_old=0) # undeletable (<1 hour)
assert len(scan_mailbox_messages(tmp_path)) == 3
# removes oldest first, uses S= size not disk size
removed = expire_to_target(tmp_path, MB)
assert removed == 2
msgs = scan_mailbox_messages(tmp_path)
assert len(msgs) == 1
# the surviving message is the fresh undeletable one
assert msgs[0].mtime > time.time() - 3600
def test_quota_expire_main(tmp_path, capsys):
mbox = tmp_path / "user@example.org"
_create_message(mbox, "cur", 2 * MB, days_old=5)
(mbox / "maildirsize").write_text("x")
quota_expire_main([str(1), str(mbox)])
_, err = capsys.readouterr()
assert "quota-expire: removed 1 message(s) from user@example.org" in err
assert not (mbox / "maildirsize").exists()

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@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
strict_tls = args.config.tls_cert_mode == "acme"
if not args.dns_check_disabled:
remote_data = dns.get_initial_remote_data(sshexec, args.config.mail_domain)
if not dns.check_initial_remote_data(remote_data, strict_tls=strict_tls, print=out.red):
if not dns.check_initial_remote_data(
remote_data, strict_tls=strict_tls, print=out.red
):
return 1
env = os.environ.copy()
@@ -101,9 +103,6 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
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 ""
if not args.dns_check_disabled:
env["CHATMAIL_ADDR_V4"] = remote_data.get("A") or ""
env["CHATMAIL_ADDR_V6"] = remote_data.get("AAAA") or ""
deploy_path = importlib.resources.files(__package__).joinpath("run.py").resolve()
pyinf = "pyinfra --dry" if args.dry_run else "pyinfra"
@@ -119,7 +118,11 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
out.check_call(cmd, env=env)
if args.website_only:
out.green("Website deployment completed.")
elif not args.dns_check_disabled and strict_tls and not remote_data["acme_account_url"]:
elif (
not args.dns_check_disabled
and strict_tls
and not remote_data["acme_account_url"]
):
out.red("Deploy completed but letsencrypt not configured")
out.red("Run 'cmdeploy run' again")
else:
@@ -194,12 +197,6 @@ def status_cmd(args, out):
def test_cmd_options(parser):
parser.add_argument(
"--slow",
dest="slow",
action="store_true",
help="also run slow tests",
)
add_ssh_host_option(parser)
@@ -221,8 +218,6 @@ def test_cmd(args, out):
"-v",
"--durations=5",
]
if args.slow:
pytest_args.append("--slow")
ret = out.run_ret(pytest_args, env=env)
return ret

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@@ -591,11 +591,17 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool, website_only: bool) -
return
# Check if mtail_address interface is available (if configured)
if config.mtail_address and config.mtail_address not in ('127.0.0.1', '::1', 'localhost'):
if config.mtail_address and config.mtail_address not in (
"127.0.0.1",
"::1",
"localhost",
):
ipv4_addrs = host.get_fact(hardware.Ipv4Addrs)
all_addresses = [addr for addrs in ipv4_addrs.values() for addr in addrs]
if config.mtail_address not in all_addresses:
Out().red(f"Deploy failed: mtail_address {config.mtail_address} is not available (VPN up?).\n")
Out().red(
f"Deploy failed: mtail_address {config.mtail_address} is not available (VPN up?).\n"
)
exit(1)
if not is_in_container():

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@@ -20,12 +20,30 @@ DOVECOT_ARCHIVE_VERSION = "2.3.21+dfsg1-3"
DOVECOT_PACKAGE_VERSION = f"1:{DOVECOT_ARCHIVE_VERSION}"
DOVECOT_SHA256 = {
("core", "amd64"): "dd060706f52a306fa863d874717210b9fe10536c824afe1790eec247ded5b27d",
("core", "arm64"): "e7548e8a82929722e973629ecc40fcfa886894cef3db88f23535149e7f730dc9",
("imapd", "amd64"): "8d8dc6fc00bbb6cdb25d345844f41ce2f1c53f764b79a838eb2a03103eebfa86",
("imapd", "arm64"): "178fa877ddd5df9930e8308b518f4b07df10e759050725f8217a0c1fb3fd707f",
("lmtpd", "amd64"): "2f69ba5e35363de50962d42cccbfe4ed8495265044e244007d7ccddad77513ab",
("lmtpd", "arm64"): "89f52fb36524f5877a177dff4a713ba771fd3f91f22ed0af7238d495e143b38f",
(
"core",
"amd64",
): "dd060706f52a306fa863d874717210b9fe10536c824afe1790eec247ded5b27d",
(
"core",
"arm64",
): "e7548e8a82929722e973629ecc40fcfa886894cef3db88f23535149e7f730dc9",
(
"imapd",
"amd64",
): "8d8dc6fc00bbb6cdb25d345844f41ce2f1c53f764b79a838eb2a03103eebfa86",
(
"imapd",
"arm64",
): "178fa877ddd5df9930e8308b518f4b07df10e759050725f8217a0c1fb3fd707f",
(
"lmtpd",
"amd64",
): "2f69ba5e35363de50962d42cccbfe4ed8495265044e244007d7ccddad77513ab",
(
"lmtpd",
"arm64",
): "89f52fb36524f5877a177dff4a713ba771fd3f91f22ed0af7238d495e143b38f",
}
@@ -61,11 +79,7 @@ class DovecotDeployer(Deployer):
self.need_restart = True
files.put(
name="Pin dovecot packages to block Debian dist-upgrades",
src=io.StringIO(
"Package: dovecot-*\n"
"Pin: version *\n"
"Pin-Priority: -1\n"
),
src=io.StringIO("Package: dovecot-*\nPin: version *\nPin-Priority: -1\n"),
dest="/etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-dovecot",
user="root",
group="root",
@@ -84,7 +98,7 @@ class DovecotDeployer(Deployer):
if not self.disable_mail and not self.need_restart:
stale = host.get_fact(
Command,
'pid=$(systemctl show -p MainPID --value dovecot.service 2>/dev/null);'
"pid=$(systemctl show -p MainPID --value dovecot.service 2>/dev/null);"
' [ "${pid:-0}" != "0" ] && readlink "/proc/$pid/exe" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "(deleted)"'
" && echo STALE || true",
)

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@@ -149,12 +149,26 @@ plugin {
}
plugin {
# for now we define static quota-rules for all users
quota = maildir:User quota
quota_rule = *:storage={{ config.max_mailbox_size }}
quota_max_mail_size={{ config.max_message_size }}
quota_grace = 0
# quota_over_flag_value = TRUE
quota_rule = *:storage={{ config.max_mailbox_size_mb }}M
# Trigger at 75%% of quota, expire oldest messages down to 70%%.
# The percentages are chosen to prevent current Delta Chat users
# from seeing "quota warnings" which trigger at 80% and 95%.
quota_warning = storage=75%% quota-warning {{ config.max_mailbox_size_mb * 70 // 100 }} {{ config.mailboxes_dir }}/%u
}
service quota-warning {
executable = script /usr/local/lib/chatmaild/venv/bin/chatmail-quota-expire
user = vmail
unix_listener quota-warning {
user = vmail
mode = 0600
}
}
# push_notification configuration

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@@ -78,3 +78,11 @@ counter rejected_unencrypted_mail_count
/Rejected unencrypted mail/ {
rejected_unencrypted_mail_count++
}
counter quota_expire_runs
counter quota_expire_removed_files
/quota-expire: removed (?P<count>\d+) message\(s\)/ {
quota_expire_runs++
quota_expire_removed_files += $count
}

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@@ -69,15 +69,6 @@ mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
{% else %}
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
{% endif %}
{% if config.addr_v4 %}
smtp_bind_address = {{ config.addr_v4 }}
{% endif %}
{% if config.addr_v6 %}
smtp_bind_address6 = {{ config.addr_v6 }}
{% endif %}
{% if config.addr_v4 or config.addr_v6 %}
smtp_bind_address_enforce = yes
{% endif %}
mailbox_size_limit = 0
message_size_limit = {{config.max_message_size}}
recipient_delimiter = +

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@@ -12,15 +12,27 @@ def openssl_selfsigned_args(domain, cert_path, key_path, days=36500):
``www.<domain>`` and ``mta-sts.<domain>``.
"""
return [
"openssl", "req", "-x509",
"-newkey", "ec", "-pkeyopt", "ec_paramgen_curve:P-256",
"-noenc", "-days", str(days),
"-keyout", str(key_path),
"-out", str(cert_path),
"-subj", f"/CN={domain}",
"openssl",
"req",
"-x509",
"-newkey",
"ec",
"-pkeyopt",
"ec_paramgen_curve:P-256",
"-noenc",
"-days",
str(days),
"-keyout",
str(key_path),
"-out",
str(cert_path),
"-subj",
f"/CN={domain}",
# Mark as end-entity cert so it cannot be used as a CA to sign others.
"-addext", "basicConstraints=critical,CA:FALSE",
"-addext", "extendedKeyUsage=serverAuth,clientAuth",
"-addext",
"basicConstraints=critical,CA:FALSE",
"-addext",
"extendedKeyUsage=serverAuth,clientAuth",
"-addext",
f"subjectAltName=DNS:{domain},DNS:www.{domain},DNS:mta-sts.{domain}",
]
@@ -42,7 +54,9 @@ class SelfSignedTlsDeployer(Deployer):
def configure(self):
args = openssl_selfsigned_args(
self.mail_domain, self.cert_path, self.key_path,
self.mail_domain,
self.cert_path,
self.key_path,
)
cmd = shlex.join(args)
server.shell(

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@@ -30,12 +30,15 @@ def test_newemail_configure(maildomain, rpc, chatmail_config):
# set_config_from_qr, so fetch credentials via requests instead
res = requests.post(f"https://{maildomain}/new", verify=False)
data = res.json()
rpc.add_or_update_transport(account_id, {
"addr": data["email"],
"password": data["password"],
"imapServer": maildomain,
"smtpServer": maildomain,
"certificateChecks": "acceptInvalidCertificates",
})
rpc.add_or_update_transport(
account_id,
{
"addr": data["email"],
"password": data["password"],
"imapServer": maildomain,
"smtpServer": maildomain,
"certificateChecks": "acceptInvalidCertificates",
},
)
else:
rpc.add_transport_from_qr(account_id, url)

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@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ def test_rewrite_subject(cmsetup, maildata):
assert "Subject: Unencrypted subject" not in rcvd_msg
@pytest.mark.slow
def test_exceed_rate_limit(cmsetup, gencreds, maildata, chatmail_config):
"""Test that the per-account send-mail limit is exceeded."""
user1, user2 = cmsetup.gen_users(2)
@@ -244,7 +243,6 @@ def test_exceed_rate_limit(cmsetup, gencreds, maildata, chatmail_config):
pytest.fail("Rate limit was not exceeded")
@pytest.mark.slow
def test_expunged(remote, chatmail_config):
outdated_days = int(chatmail_config.delete_mails_after) + 1
find_cmds = [

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@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ def _is_ip(domain):
return False
def pytest_addoption(parser):
parser.addoption(
"--slow", action="store_true", default=False, help="also run slow tests"
)
def pytest_configure(config):
config._benchresults = {}
config.addinivalue_line(
@@ -36,13 +30,6 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
)
def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
markers = list(item.iter_markers(name="slow"))
if markers:
if not item.config.getoption("--slow"):
pytest.skip("skipping slow test, use --slow to run")
def _get_chatmail_config():
inipath = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_INI")
if inipath:
@@ -430,9 +417,12 @@ class Remote:
getjournal = "journalctl -f" if not logcmd else logcmd
print(self.sshdomain)
match self.sshdomain:
case "@local": command = []
case "localhost": command = []
case _: command = ["ssh", f"root@{self.sshdomain}"]
case "@local":
command = []
case "localhost":
command = []
case _:
command = ["ssh", f"root@{self.sshdomain}"]
[command.append(arg) for arg in getjournal.split()]
popen = subprocess.Popen(
command,

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@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ def make_host(*fact_pairs):
if cls not in facts:
registered = ", ".join(c.__name__ for c in facts)
raise LookupError(
f"unexpected get_fact({cls.__name__}); "
f"only registered: {registered}"
f"unexpected get_fact({cls.__name__}); only registered: {registered}"
)
return facts[cls]

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@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
You can use the `make` command and `make html` to build web pages.
You need a Python environment where the following install was excuted:
pip install furo sphinx-autobuild
You need a Python environment with `sphinx` and other
dependencies, you can create it by running `scripts/initenv.sh`
from the repository root.
To develop/change documentation, you can then do:
. venv/bin/activate
cd doc
make auto
A page will open at https://127.0.0.1:8000/ serving the docs and it will

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@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ Contributions and feedback welcome through the https://github.com/chatmail/relay
proxy
migrate
overview
reverse_dns
related
faq

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@@ -102,8 +102,12 @@ short overview of ``chatmaild`` services:
Apple/Google/Huawei.
- `chatmail-expire <https://github.com/chatmail/relay/blob/main/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/expire.py>`_
deletes users if they have not logged in for a longer while.
The timeframe can be configured in ``chatmail.ini``.
deletes old messages, large messages, and entire mailboxes
of users who have not logged in for longer than
``delete_inactive_users_after`` days.
- ``chatmail-quota-expire`` is called by Dovecot's ``quota_warning`` mechanism
and will automatically remove oldest messages to keep mailboxes well under ``max_mailbox_size``.
- `lastlogin <https://github.com/chatmail/relay/blob/main/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/lastlogin.py>`_
is contacted by Dovecot when a user logs in and stores the date of
@@ -156,6 +160,8 @@ Chatmail relay dependency diagram
/home/vmail/.../user"];
dovecot --- |lastlogin.socket|lastlogin;
dovecot --- chatmail-metadata;
dovecot --- |quota-warning|chatmail-quota-expire;
chatmail-quota-expire --- maildir;
lastlogin --- maildir;
doveauth --- maildir;
chatmail-expire-daily --- maildir;

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@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
Configuring reverse DNS
=======================
Some email servers reject the emails
if they don't pass `FCrDNS`_ check, also known as `iprev`_ check.
.. _FCrDNS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward-confirmed_reverse_DNS
.. _iprev: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8601#section-3
Passing the check requires that the IP address that email is sent from
should have a ``PTR`` record pointing to the domain name of the server,
and domain name record should have an ``A/AAAA`` record
pointing to the IP address.
Modern email relies on DKIM and SPF for authentication,
while iprev check exists for
`historical reasons <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-06#section-2.1>`_.
Chatmail relays don't resolve ``PTR`` records,
so you can ignore this section if configuring ``PTR`` records
is difficult and federation with legacy email servers that don't accept
valid DKIM signature for authentication is not important.
Multi-homed setups
------------------
If you have a server with multiple IP addresses,
also known as multi-homed setup,
and don't publish all IP addresses in DNS,
you need to make sure you are using
the published address when making outgoing connections.
For example, your server may have a static IP
address, and a so-called Floating IP or Virtual IP
that can be moved between servers in case of
migration or for failover.
By using Floating IP you can avoid downtime
and keep the IP address reputation
for destinatinons that rely on IP reputation and IP blocklists.
In this case you will only publish
the Floating IP to DNS and only use the static IP
to SSH into the server.
If you have such setup, make sure that
you not only set ``PTR`` records for the Floating IP,
but make outgoing connections using the Floating IP.
Otherwise reverse DNS check succeed,
but forward check making sure your domain name points
to the IP address will fail.
Such setup is indistinguishable from someone
setting IP address ``PTR`` with the domain they don't own
and as a result don't succeed.
On Linux you can configure source IP address with ``ip route`` command,
for example:
::
ip route change default via <default-gateway> dev eth0 src <source-address>
Make sure to persist the change after verifying it is working.
You can check what your outgoing IP address is
with ``curl icanhazip.com``.
Check both the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
For IPv4 address use ``curl ipv4.icanhazip.com`` or ``curl -4 icanhazip.com``
and similarly for IPv6 if you have it.

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@@ -18,15 +18,8 @@ if command -v lsb_release 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
esac
fi
if command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Using uv for faster environment setup..."
uv venv venv
uv pip install --python venv/bin/python -e chatmaild
uv pip install --python venv/bin/python -e cmdeploy
uv pip install --python venv/bin/python sphinx sphinxcontrib-mermaid sphinx-autobuild furo
else
python3 -m venv --upgrade-deps venv
venv/bin/pip install -e chatmaild
venv/bin/pip install -e cmdeploy
venv/bin/pip install sphinx sphinxcontrib-mermaid sphinx-autobuild furo
fi
python3 -m venv --upgrade-deps venv
venv/bin/pip install -e chatmaild
venv/bin/pip install -e cmdeploy
venv/bin/pip install sphinx sphinxcontrib-mermaid sphinx-autobuild furo # for building the docs