Documentation updates.

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Stuart Gathman
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<h1> Python Milter <a name=faq>FAQ</a> </h1>
<menu>
<li> <a href="#compiling">Compiling Python Milter</a>
<li> <a href="#running">Running Python Milter</a>
<li> <a href="#spf">Using SPF</a>
<li> <a href="#srs">Using SRS</a>
</menu>
<ol>
<h3> Compiling Python Milter </h3>
<h3> <a name="compiling">Compiling Python Milter </a> </h3>
<li> Q. I have installed sendmail from source, but Python milter won't
compile.
<p> A. Even though libmilter is officially supported in sendmail-8.12,
@@ -36,7 +45,7 @@ in setup.py to
define_macros = [ ('MAX_ML_REPLY',1) ]
</pre>
<h3> Running Python Milter </h3>
<h3> <a name="running">Running Python Milter </a></h3>
<li> Q. The sample.py milter prints a message, then just sits there.
<pre>
@@ -186,10 +195,16 @@ The <code>internal_domains</code> option is simplistic, it assumes all
valid senders of the domains are internal. SPF provides a much more general
check of IP and MAIL FROM for external email. Pymilter should soon
have a local policy feature for more general checking of internal mail.
<li> Q. <code>mail_archive</code> isn't working. Or I don't understand how
it's suppose to work. I have
<code>mail_archive = /var/mail/mail_archive</code>
in <code>pymilter.cfg</code> but nothing ever gets dumped into
<code>/var/mail/mail_archive</code>.
<p> A. The 'mail' user needs to have write access. Permission failures
should be logged as a traceback in milter.log if it doesn't.
<h3> Using SPF </h3>
<h3> <a name="spf">Using SPF </a></h3>
<a name="spf">
<li> Q. So how do I use the SPF support? The sample.py milter doesn't seem
to use it.
<p> A. The bms.py milter supports spf. The RedHat RPMs will set almost
@@ -209,5 +224,63 @@ everything up for you. For other systems:
logfiles and a simple cron script using <code>find</code> to clean
<code>tempdir</code>.
</ol>
In CVS, there is <code>spfmilter.py</code>. Run that as a service,
and it does just SPF. It uses the sendmail <code>access</code>
file to configure SPF responses just like <code>bms.py</code>, but
supports only REJECT and OK.
<li> Q. The SPF DSN is sent at least once for domains that don't publish a SPF.
How do I stop this behavior?
<p> A. The SPF response is controlled by <code>/etc/mail/access</code>
(actually the file you specify with <code>access_file</code> in
the <code>[spf]</code> section of <code>pymilter.cfg</code>. Responses
are OK, CBV, and REJECT. CBV sends the DSN.
<p>
You can change the defaults. For instance, I have:
<pre>
SPF-None: REJECT
SPF-Neutral: CBV
SPF-Softfail: CBV
SPF-Permerror: CBV
</pre>
I have best_guess = 1, so SPF none is converted to PASS/NEUTRAL for policy
lookup, and 3 strikes (no PTR, no HELO, no SPF) becomes "SPF NONE" for local
policy purposes (the Received-SPF header always shows the official SPF
result.)
<p>
You can change the default for specific domains:
<pre>
# these guys aren't going to pay attention to CBVs anyway...
SPF-None:cia.gov REJECT
SPF-None:fbi.gov REJECT
SPF-Neutral:aol.com REJECT
SPF-Softfail:ebay.com REJECT
</pre>
<h3> <a name="srs">Using SRS </a></h3>
<li> Q. The SRS part doesn't seem to work as whenever I try to start
<code>/etc/init.d/pysrs</code>, I get this in
<code>/var/log/milter/pysrs.log</code>:
<pre>
ConfigParser.NoOptionError: No option 'fwdomain' in section: 'srs'
</pre>
<p> A. You need to specify the forward domain - i.e. the domain you want
SRS to rewrite stuff too.
<p>
For instance, I have:
<pre>
# sample SRS configuration
[srs]
secret = don't you wish
maxage = 8
hashlength = 5
;database=/var/log/milter/srs.db
fwdomain = bmsi.com
sign=bmsi.com,mail.bmsi.com,gathman.org
srs=bmsaix.bmsi.com,bmsred.bmsi.com,stl.gathman.org,bampa.gathman.org
</pre>
The <code>sign</code> is for local domains which are signed.
The <code>srs</code> list is for other domains which you are relaying,
and which need to have SRS checked/undone for bounces.
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