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<h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
<p>postfwd2 - postfix firewall daemon</p>
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<h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
<p><strong>postfwd2</strong> [OPTIONS] [SOURCE1, SOURCE2, ...]</p>
<pre>
Ruleset: (at least one, multiple use is allowed):
-f, --file &lt;file&gt; reads rules from &lt;file&gt;
-r, --rule &lt;rule&gt; adds &lt;rule&gt; to config
-s, --scores &lt;v&gt;=&lt;r&gt; returns &lt;r&gt; when score exceeds &lt;v&gt;</pre>
<pre>
Server:
-i, --interface &lt;dev&gt; listen on interface &lt;dev&gt;
-p, --port &lt;port&gt; listen on port &lt;port&gt;
--proto &lt;proto&gt; socket type (tcp or unix)
--server_socket &lt;sock&gt; e.g. tcp:127.0.0.1:10045
-u, --user &lt;name&gt; set uid to user &lt;name&gt;
-g, --group &lt;name&gt; set gid to group &lt;name&gt;
--umask &lt;mask&gt; umask for master filepermissions
--server_umask &lt;mask&gt; umask for server filepermissions
--pidfile &lt;path&gt; create pidfile under &lt;path&gt;
--min_servers &lt;i&gt; spawn at least &lt;i&gt; children
--max_servers &lt;i&gt; do not spawn more than &lt;i&gt; children
--min_spare_servers &lt;i&gt; minimum idle children
--max_spare_servers &lt;i&gt; maximum idle children</pre>
<pre>
Cache:
-c, --cache &lt;int&gt; sets the request-cache timeout to &lt;int&gt; seconds
--cleanup-requests &lt;int&gt; cleanup interval in seconds for request cache
--cache_interface &lt;dev&gt; listen on interface &lt;dev&gt;
--cache_port &lt;port&gt; listen on port &lt;port&gt;
--cache_proto &lt;proto&gt; socket type (tcp or unix)
--cache_socket &lt;sock&gt; e.g. tcp:127.0.0.1:10043
--cache_umask &lt;mask&gt; umask for cache filepermissions
--cacheid &lt;list&gt; list of request items for cache-id
--cache-rdomain-only skip recipient localpart for cache-id
--cache-no-sender skip sender address for cache-id
--cache-no-size skip size for cache-id
--no_parent_request_cache disable parent request cache
--no_parent_rate_cache disable parent rate cache
--no_parent_dns_cache disable parent dns cache
--no_parent_cache disable all parent caches</pre>
<pre>
Rates:
--cleanup-rates &lt;int&gt; cleanup interval in seconds for rate cache</pre>
<pre>
Control:
-k, --kill, --stop terminate postfwd2
--reload, --hup reload postfwd2
--watchdog &lt;w&gt; watchdog timer in seconds
--respawn &lt;r&gt; respawn delay in seconds
--failures &lt;f&gt; max respawn failure counter
--daemons &lt;list&gt; list of daemons to start
--dumpcache show cache contents
--dumpstats show statistics</pre>
<pre>
DNS:
-n, --nodns skip any dns based test
--dns_timeout &lt;i&gt; dns query timeout in seconds
--dns_timeout_max &lt;i&gt; disable dnsbl after &lt;i&gt; timeouts
--dns_timeout_interval &lt;i&gt; reenable dnsbl after &lt;i&gt; seconds
--cache-rbl-timeout &lt;i&gt; default dns ttl if not specified in ruleset
--cache-rbl-default &lt;s&gt; default dns pattern if not specified in ruleset
--cleanup-rbls &lt;i&gt; cleanup old dns cache items every &lt;i&gt; seconds
--dns_async_txt perform dnsbl A and TXT lookups simultaneously
--dns_max_ns_lookups max names to look up with sender_ns_addrs
--dns_max_mx_lookups max names to look up with sender_mx_addrs</pre>
<pre>
Optional:
-t, --test testing, always returns &quot;dunno&quot;
-S, --summary &lt;i&gt; show stats every &lt;i&gt; seconds
--noidlestats disables statistics when idle
--norulestats disables per rule statistics
-I, --instantcfg reloads ruleset on every new request
--config_timeout &lt;i&gt; parser timeout in seconds</pre>
<pre>
Logging:
-l, --logname &lt;label&gt; label for syslog messages
--facility &lt;s&gt; use syslog facility &lt;s&gt;
--nodnslog do not log dns results
--anydnslog log any dns (even cached) results
--norulelog do not log rule actions
--nolog|--perfmon no logging at all
-v, --verbose verbose logging, use twice to increase
--debug &lt;s&gt; list of debugging classes</pre>
<pre>
Information (use only at command-line!):
-h, --help display this help and exit
-m, --manual shows program manual
-V, --version output version information and exit
-D, --defaults show postfwd2 settings and exit
-C, --showconfig show postfwd2 ruleset and exit (-v allowed)
-L, --stdout redirect syslog messages to stdout
-q, --quiet no syslogging, no stdout (-P works for compatibility)</pre>
<pre>
Obsolete (only for compatibility with postfwd v1):
-d|--daemon, --shortlog, --dns_queuesize, --dns_retries</pre>
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<h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="introduction">INTRODUCTION</a></h2>
<p>postfwd2 is written to combine complex postfix restrictions in a ruleset similar to those of the most firewalls.
The program uses the postfix policy delegation protocol to control access to the mail system before a message
has been accepted (please visit <a href="http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html">http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html</a> for more information).</p>
<p>postfwd2 allows you to choose an action (e.g. reject, dunno) for a combination of several smtp parameters
(like sender and recipient address, size or the client's TLS fingerprint). Also it offers simple macros/acls
which should allow straightforward and easy-to-read configurations.</p>
<p><em>Features:</em></p>
<p>* Complex combinations of smtp parameters</p>
<p>* Combined RBL/RHSBL lookups with arbitrary actions depending on results</p>
<p>* Scoring system</p>
<p>* Date/time based rules</p>
<p>* Macros/ACLs, Groups, Negation</p>
<p>* Compare request attributes (e.g. client_name and helo_name)</p>
<p>* Internal caching for requests and dns lookups</p>
<p>* Built in statistics for rule efficiency analysis</p>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="configuration">CONFIGURATION</a></h2>
<p>A configuration line consists of optional item=value pairs, separated by semicolons
(`;`) and the appropriate desired action:</p>
<pre>
[ &lt;item1&gt;[=&gt;&lt;~]=&lt;value&gt;; &lt;item2&gt;[=&gt;&lt;~]=&lt;value&gt;; ... ] action=&lt;result&gt;</pre>
<p><em>Example:</em></p>
<pre>
client_address=192.168.1.1 ; sender==no@bad.local ; action=REJECT</pre>
<p>This will deny all mail from 192.168.1.1 with envelope sender <a href="mailto:no@bad.local.">no@bad.local.</a> The order of the elements
is not important. So the following would lead to the same result as the previous example:</p>
<pre>
action=REJECT ; client_address=192.168.1.1 ; sender==no@bad.local</pre>
<p>The way how request items are compared to the ruleset can be influenced in the following way:</p>
<pre>
====================================================================
ITEM == VALUE true if ITEM equals VALUE
ITEM =&gt; VALUE true if ITEM &gt;= VALUE
ITEM =&lt; VALUE true if ITEM &lt;= VALUE
ITEM =~ VALUE true if ITEM ~= /^VALUE$/i
ITEM != VALUE false if ITEM equals VALUE
ITEM !&gt; VALUE false if ITEM &gt;= VALUE
ITEM !&lt; VALUE false if ITEM &lt;= VALUE
ITEM !~ VALUE false if ITEM ~= /^VALUE$/i
ITEM = VALUE default behaviour (see ITEMS section)
====================================================================</pre>
<p>To identify single rules in your log files, you may add an unique identifier for each of it:</p>
<pre>
id=R_001 ; action=REJECT ; client_address=192.168.1.1 ; sender==no@bad.local</pre>
<p>You may use these identifiers as target for the `jump()` command (see ACTIONS section below). Leading
or trailing whitespace characters will be ignored. Use '#' to comment your configuration. Others will
appreciate.</p>
<p>A ruleset consists of one or multiple rules, which can be loaded from files or passed as command line
arguments. Please see the COMMAND LINE section below for more information on this topic.</p>
<p>Rules can span multiple lines by adding a trailing backslash ``\'' character:</p>
<pre>
id=R_001 ; client_address=192.168.1.0/24; sender==no@bad.local; \
action=REJECT please use your relay from there</pre>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="items">ITEMS</a></h2>
<pre>
id - a unique rule id, which can be used for log analysis
ids also serve as targets for the &quot;jump&quot; command.</pre>
<pre>
date, time - a time or date range within the specified rule shall hit
# FORMAT:
# Feb, 29th
date=29.02.2008
# Dec, 24th - 26th
date=24.12.2008-26.12.2008
# from today until Nov, 23rd
date=-23.09.2008
# from April, 1st until today
date=01.04.2008-</pre>
<pre>
days, months - a range of weekdays (Sun-Sat) or months (Jan-Dec)
within the specified rule shall hit</pre>
<pre>
score - when the specified score is hit (see ACTIONS section)
the specified action will be returned to postfix
scores are set global until redefined!</pre>
<pre>
request_score - this value allows to access a request's score. it
may be used as variable ($$request_score).</pre>
<pre>
rbl, rhsbl, - query the specified RBLs/RHSBLs, possible values are:
rhsbl_client, &lt;name&gt;[/&lt;reply&gt;/&lt;maxcache&gt;, &lt;name&gt;/&lt;reply&gt;/&lt;maxcache&gt;]
rhsbl_sender, (defaults: reply=^127\.0\.0\.\d+$ maxcache=3600)
rhsbl_reverse_client the results of all rhsbl_* queries will be combined
in rhsbl_count (see below).</pre>
<pre>
rblcount, rhsblcount - minimum RBL/RHSBL hitcounts to match. if not specified
a single RBL/RHSBL hit will match the rbl/rhsbl items.
you may specify 'all' to evaluate all items, and use
it as variable in an action (see ACTIONS section)
(default: 1)</pre>
<pre>
sender_localpart, - the local-/domainpart of the sender address
sender_domain</pre>
<pre>
recipient_localpart, - the local-/domainpart of the recipient address
recipient_domain</pre>
<pre>
helo_address - postfwd2 tries to look up the helo_name. use
helo_address=!!(0.0.0.0/0) to check for unknown.
Please do not use this for positive access control
(whitelisting), as it might be forged.</pre>
<pre>
sender_ns_names, - postfwd2 tries to look up the names/ip addresses
sender_ns_addrs of the nameservers for the sender domain part.
Please do not use this for positive access control
(whitelisting), as it might be forged.</pre>
<pre>
sender_mx_names, - postfwd2 tries to look up the names/ip addresses
sender_mx_addrs of the mx records for the sender domain part.
Please do not use this for positive access control
(whitelisting), as it might be forged.</pre>
<pre>
version - postfwd2 version, contains &quot;postfwd2 n.nn&quot;
this enables version based checks in your rulesets
(e.g. for migration). works with old versions too,
because a non-existing item always returns false:
id=R01; version~=1.10; sender_domain==some.org \
; action=REJECT sorry no access</pre>
<p>Besides these you can specify any attribute of the postfix policy delegation protocol.
Feel free to combine them the way you need it (have a look at the EXAMPLES section below).</p>
<p>Most values can be specified as regular expressions (PCRE). Please see the table below
for details:</p>
<pre>
# ==========================================================
# ITEM=VALUE TYPE
# ==========================================================
id=something mask = string
date=01.04.2007-22.04.2007 mask = date (DD.MM.YYYY-DD.MM.YYYY)
time=08:30:00-17:00:00 mask = time (HH:MM:SS-HH:MM:SS)
days=Mon-Wed mask = weekdays (Mon-Wed) or numeric (1-3)
months=Feb-Apr mask = months (Feb-Apr) or numeric (1-3)
score=5.0 mask = maximum floating point value
rbl=zen.spamhaus.org mask = &lt;name&gt;/&lt;reply&gt;/&lt;maxcache&gt;[,...]
rblcount=2 mask = numeric, will match if rbl hits &gt;= 2
helo_address=&lt;a.b.c.d/nn&gt; mask = CIDR[,CIDR,...]
sender_ns_names=some.domain.tld mask = PCRE
sender_mx_names=some.domain.tld mask = PCRE
sender_ns_addrs=&lt;a.b.c.d/nn&gt; mask = CIDR[,CIDR,...]
sender_mx_addrs=&lt;a.b.c.d/nn&gt; mask = CIDR[,CIDR,...]
# ------------------------------
# Postfix version 2.1 and later:
# ------------------------------
client_address=&lt;a.b.c.d/nn&gt; mask = CIDR[,CIDR,...]
client_name=another.domain.tld mask = PCRE
reverse_client_name=another.domain.tld mask = PCRE
helo_name=some.domain.tld mask = PCRE
sender=foo@bar.tld mask = PCRE
recipient=bar@foo.tld mask = PCRE
recipient_count=5 mask = numeric, will match if recipients &gt;= 5
# ------------------------------
# Postfix version 2.2 and later:
# ------------------------------
sasl_method=plain mask = PCRE
sasl_username=you mask = PCRE
sasl_sender= mask = PCRE
size=12345 mask = numeric, will match if size &gt;= 12345
ccert_subject=blackhole.nowhere.local mask = PCRE (only if tls verified)
ccert_issuer=John+20Doe mask = PCRE (only if tls verified)
ccert_fingerprint=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:... mask = PCRE (do NOT use &quot;...&quot; here)
# ------------------------------
# Postfix version 2.3 and later:
# ------------------------------
encryption_protocol=TLSv1/SSLv3 mask = PCRE
encryption_cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA mask = PCRE
encryption_keysize=256 mask = numeric, will match if keysize &gt;= 256
...</pre>
<p>the current list can be found at <a href="http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html">http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html</a>. Please read carefully about which
attribute can be used at which level of the smtp transaction (e.g. size will only work reliably at END_OF_DATA level).
Pattern matching is performed case insensitive.</p>
<p>Multiple use of the same item is allowed and will compared as logical OR, which means that this will work as expected:</p>
<pre>
id=TRUST001; action=OK; encryption_keysize=64; \
ccert_fingerprint=11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99; \
ccert_fingerprint=22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:00; \
ccert_fingerprint=33:44:55:66:77:88:99:00:11; \
sender=@domain\.local$</pre>
<p>client_address, rbl and rhsbl items may also be specified as whitespace-or-comma-separated values:</p>
<pre>
id=SKIP01; action=dunno; \
client_address=192.168.1.0/24, 172.16.254.23
id=SKIP02; action=dunno; \
client_address= 10.10.3.32 \
10.216.222.0/27</pre>
<p>The following items must be unique:</p>
<pre>
id, minimum and maximum values, rblcount and rhsblcount</pre>
<p>Any item can be negated by preceeding '!!' to it, e.g.:</p>
<pre>
id=TLS001 ; hostname=!!^secure\.trust\.local$ ; action=REJECT only secure.trust.local please</pre>
<p>or using the right compare operator:</p>
<pre>
id=USER01 ; sasl_username !~ /^(bob|alice)$/ ; action=REJECT who is that?</pre>
<p>To avoid confusion with regexps or simply for better visibility you can use '!!(...)':</p>
<pre>
id=USER01 ; sasl_username=!!( /^(bob|alice)$/ ) ; action=REJECT who is that?</pre>
<p>Request attributes can be compared by preceeding '$$' characters, e.g.:</p>
<pre>
id=R-003 ; client_name = !! $$helo_name ; action=WARN helo does not match DNS
# or
id=R-003 ; client_name = !!($$(helo_name)) ; action=WARN helo does not match DNS</pre>
<p>This is only valid for PCRE values (see list above). The comparison will be performed as case insensitive exact match.
Use the '-vv' option to debug.</p>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="files">FILES</a></h2>
<p>Since postfwd1 v1.15 and postfwd2 v0.18 long item lists can be stored in separate files:</p>
<pre>
id=R001 ; ccert_fingerprint==<a href="file:/etc/postfwd/wl_ccerts">file:/etc/postfwd/wl_ccerts</a> ; action=DUNNO</pre>
<p>postfwd2 will read a list of items (one item per line) from /etc/postfwd/wl_ccerts. comments are allowed:</p>
<pre>
# client1
11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99
# client2
22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:00
# client3
33:44:55:66:77:88:99:00:11</pre>
<p>To use existing tables in key=value format, you can use:</p>
<pre>
id=R001 ; ccert_fingerprint==table:/etc/postfwd/wl_ccerts ; action=DUNNO</pre>
<p>This will ignore the right-hand value. Items can be mixed:</p>
<pre>
id=R002 ; action=REJECT \
client_name==unknown; \
client_name==<a href="file:/etc/postfwd/blacklisted">file:/etc/postfwd/blacklisted</a></pre>
<p>and for non pcre (comma separated) items:</p>
<pre>
id=R003 ; action=REJECT \
client_address==10.1.1.1, <a href="file:/etc/postfwd/blacklisted">file:/etc/postfwd/blacklisted</a></pre>
<pre>
id=R004 ; action=REJECT \
rbl=myrbl.home.local, zen.spamhaus.org, <a href="file:/etc/postfwd/rbls_changing">file:/etc/postfwd/rbls_changing</a></pre>
<p>You can check your configuration with the --show_config option at the command line:</p>
<pre>
# postfwd2 --showconfig --rule='action=DUNNO; client_address=10.1.0.0/16, <a href="file:/etc/postfwd/wl_clients">file:/etc/postfwd/wl_clients</a>, 192.168.2.1'</pre>
<p>should give something like:</p>
<pre>
Rule 0: id-&gt;&quot;R-0&quot;; action-&gt;&quot;DUNNO&quot;; client_address-&gt;&quot;=;10.1.0.0/16, =;194.123.86.10, =;186.4.6.12, =;192.168.2.1&quot;</pre>
<p>If a file can not be read, it will be ignored:</p>
<pre>
# postfwd2 --showconfig --rule='action=DUNNO; client_address=10.1.0.0/16, <a href="file:/etc/postfwd/wl_clients">file:/etc/postfwd/wl_clients</a>, 192.168.2.1'
[LOG warning]: error: file /etc/postfwd/wl_clients not found - file will be ignored ?
Rule 0: id-&gt;&quot;R-0&quot;; action-&gt;&quot;DUNNO&quot;; client_address-&gt;&quot;=;10.1.0.0/16, =;192.168.2.1&quot;</pre>
<p>File items are evaluated at configuration stage. Therefore postfwd2 needs to be reloaded if a file has changed</p>
<p>If you want to specify a file, that will be reloaded for each request, you can use lfile: and ltable:</p>
<pre>
id=R001; client_address=lfile:/etc/postfwd/client_whitelist; action=dunno</pre>
<p>This will check the modification time of /etc/postfwd/client_whitelist every time the rule is evaluated and reload it as
necessary. Of course this might increase the system load, so please use it with care.</p>
<p>The --showconfig option illustrates the difference:</p>
<pre>
## evaluated at configuration stage
# postfwd2 --nodaemon -L --rule='client_address=table:/etc/postfwd/clients; action=dunno' -C
Rule 0: id-&gt;&quot;R-0&quot;; action-&gt;&quot;dunno&quot;; client_address-&gt;&quot;=;1.1.1.1, =;1.1.1.2, =;1.1.1.3&quot;</pre>
<pre>
## evaluated for any rulehit
# postfwd2 --nodaemon -L --rule='client_address=ltable:/etc/postfwd/clients; action=dunno' -C
Rule 0: id-&gt;&quot;R-0&quot;; action-&gt;&quot;dunno&quot;; client_address-&gt;&quot;=;ltable:/etc/postfwd/clients&quot;</pre>
<p>Files can refer to other files. The following is valid.</p>
<pre>
-- FILE /etc/postfwd/rules.cf --
id=R01; client_address=<a href="file:/etc/postfwd/clients_master.cf">file:/etc/postfwd/clients_master.cf</a>; action=DUNNO</pre>
<pre>
-- FILE /etc/postfwd/clients_master.cf --
192.168.1.0/24
<a href="file:/etc/postfwd/clients_east.cf">file:/etc/postfwd/clients_east.cf</a>
<a href="file:/etc/postfwd/clients_west.cf">file:/etc/postfwd/clients_west.cf</a></pre>
<pre>
-- FILE /etc/postfwd/clients_east.cf --
192.168.2.0/24</pre>
<pre>
-- FILE /etc/postfwd/clients_west.cf --
192.168.3.0/24</pre>
<p>Remind that there is currently no loop detection (/a/file calls /a/file) and that this feature is only available
with postfwd1 v1.15 and postfwd2 v0.18 and higher.</p>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="actions">ACTIONS</a></h2>
<p><em>General</em></p>
<p>Actions will be executed, when all rule items have matched a request (or at least one of any item list). You can refer to
request attributes by preceeding $$ characters, like:</p>
<pre>
id=R-003; client_name = !!$$helo_name; action=WARN helo '$$helo_name' does not match DNS '$$client_name'
# or
id=R-003; client_name = !!$$helo_name; action=WARN helo '$$(helo_name)' does not match DNS '$$(client_name)'</pre>
<p><em>postfix actions</em></p>
<p>Actions will be replied to postfix as result to policy delegation requests. Any action that postfix understands is allowed - see
``man 5 access'' or <a href="http://www.postfix.org/access.5.html">http://www.postfix.org/access.5.html</a> for a description. If no action is specified, the postfix WARN action
which simply logs the event will be used for the corresponding rule.</p>
<p>postfwd2 will return dunno if it has reached the end of the ruleset and no rule has matched. This can be changed by placing a last
rule containing only an action statement:</p>
<pre>
...
action=dunno ; sender=@domain.local # sender is ok
action=reject # default deny</pre>
<p><em>postfwd2 actions</em></p>
<p>postfwd2 actions control the behaviour of the program. Currently you can specify the following:</p>
<pre>
jump (&lt;id&gt;)
jumps to rule with id &lt;id&gt;, use this to skip certain rules.
you can jump backwards - but remember that there is no loop
detection at the moment! jumps to non-existing ids will be skipped.</pre>
<pre>
score (&lt;score&gt;)
the request's score will be modified by the specified &lt;score&gt;,
which must be a floating point value. the modificator can be either
+n.nn adds n.nn to current score
-n.nn sustracts n.nn from the current score
*n.nn multiplies the current score by n.nn
/n.nn divides the current score through n.nn
=n.nn sets the current score to n.nn
if the score exceeds the maximum set by `--scores` option (see
COMMAND LINE) or the score item (see ITEMS section), the action
defined for this case will be returned (default: 5.0=&gt;&quot;REJECT postfwd2 score exceeded&quot;).</pre>
<pre>
set (&lt;item&gt;=&lt;value&gt;,&lt;item&gt;=&lt;value&gt;,...)
this command allows you to insert or override request attributes, which then may be
compared to your further ruleset. use this to speed up repeated comparisons to large item lists.
please see the EXAMPLES section for more information. you may separate multiple key=value pairs
by &quot;,&quot; characters.</pre>
<pre>
rate (&lt;item&gt;/&lt;max&gt;/&lt;time&gt;/&lt;action&gt;)
this command creates a counter for the given &lt;item&gt;, which will be increased any time a request
containing it arrives. if it exceeds &lt;max&gt; within &lt;time&gt; seconds it will return &lt;action&gt; to postfix.
rate counters are very fast as they are executed before the ruleset is parsed.
please note that &lt;action&gt; is currently limited to postfix actions (no postfwd actions)!
# no more than 3 requests per 5 minutes
# from the same &quot;unknown&quot; client
id=RATE01 ; client_name==unknown ; \
action==rate(client_address/3/300/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 3 requests per 5 minutes)</pre>
<pre>
size (&lt;item&gt;/&lt;max&gt;/&lt;time&gt;/&lt;action&gt;)
this command works similar to the rate() command with the difference, that the rate counter is
increased by the request's size attribute. to do this reliably you should call postfwd2 from
smtpd_end_of_data_restrictions. if you want to be sure, you could check it within the ruleset:
# size limit 1.5mb per hour per client
id=SIZE01 ; state==END_OF_DATA ; client_address==!!(10.1.1.1); \
action==size(client_address/1572864/3600/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 1.5mb per hour)</pre>
<pre>
rcpt (&lt;item&gt;/&lt;max&gt;/&lt;time&gt;/&lt;action&gt;)
this command works similar to the rate() command with the difference, that the rate counter is
increased by the request's recipient_count attribute. to do this reliably you should call postfwd
from smtpd_data_restrictions or smtpd_end_of_data_restrictions. if you want to be sure, you could
check it within the ruleset:
# recipient count limit 3 per hour per client
id=RCPT01 ; state==END_OF_DATA ; client_address==!!(10.1.1.1); \
action==rcpt(client_address/3/3600/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 3 recipients per hour)</pre>
<pre>
ask (&lt;addr&gt;:&lt;port&gt;[:&lt;ignore&gt;])
allows to delegate the policy decision to another policy service (e.g. postgrey). the first
and the second argument (address and port) are mandatory. a third optional argument may be
specified to tell postfwd2 to ignore certain answers and go on parsing the ruleset:
# example1: query postgrey and return it's answer to postfix
id=GREY; client_address==10.1.1.1; action=ask(127.0.0.1:10031)
# example2: query postgrey but ignore it's answer, if it matches 'DUNNO'
# and continue parsing postfwd's ruleset
id=GREY; client_address==10.1.1.1; action=ask(127.0.0.1:10031:^dunno$)</pre>
<pre>
wait (&lt;delay&gt;)
pauses the program execution for &lt;delay&gt; seconds. use this for
delaying or throtteling connections.</pre>
<pre>
note (&lt;string&gt;)
just logs the given string and continues parsing the ruleset.
if the string is empty, nothing will be logged.</pre>
<pre>
quit (&lt;code&gt;)
terminates the program with the given exit-code. postfix doesn`t
like that too much, so use it with care.</pre>
<p>You can reference to request attributes, like</p>
<pre>
id=R-HELO ; helo_name=^[^\.]+$ ; action=REJECT invalid helo '$$helo_name'</pre>
<p>These special attributes will be reset for any new rule:</p>
<pre>
rblcount - contains the number of RBL answers
rhsblcount - contains the number of RHSBL answers
matches - contains the number of matched items
dnsbltext - contains the dns TXT part of all RBL and RHSBL replies in the form
rbltype:rblname:&lt;txt&gt;; rbltype:rblname:&lt;txt&gt;; ...</pre>
<p>These special attributes will be changed for any matching rule:</p>
<pre>
request_hits - contains ids of all matching rules</pre>
<p>This means that it might be necessary to save them, if you plan to use these values in later rules:</p>
<pre>
# set vals
id=RBL01 ; rhsblcount=all ; rblcount=all ; \
rbl=list.dsbl.org, bl.spamcop.net, dnsbl.sorbs.net, zen.spamhaus.org ; \
rhsbl_client=rddn.dnsbl.net.au, rhsbl.ahbl.org, rhsbl.sorbs.net ; \
rhsbl_sender=rddn.dnsbl.net.au, rhsbl.ahbl.org, rhsbl.sorbs.net ; \
action=set(HIT_rhls=$$rhsblcount,HIT_rbls=$$rblcount,HIT_txt=$$dnsbltext)</pre>
<pre>
# compare
id=RBL02 ; HIT_rhls&gt;=1 ; HIT_rbls&gt;=1 ; action=554 5.7.1 blocked using $$HIT_rhls RHSBLs and $$HIT_rbls RBLs [INFO: $$HIT_txt]
id=RBL03 ; HIT_rhls&gt;=2 ; action=554 5.7.1 blocked using $$HIT_rhls RHSBLs [INFO: $$HIT_txt]
id=RBL04 ; HIT_rbls&gt;=2 ; action=554 5.7.1 blocked using $$HIT_rbls RBLs [INFO: $$HIT_txt]</pre>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="macros_acls">MACROS/ACLS</a></h2>
<p>Multiple use of long items or combinations of them may be abbreviated by macros. Those must be prefixed by '&amp;&amp;' (two '&amp;' characters).
First the macros have to be defined as follows:</p>
<pre>
&amp;&amp;RBLS { rbl=zen.spamhaus.org,list.dsbl.org,bl.spamcop.net,dnsbl.sorbs.net,ix.dnsbl.manitu.net; };</pre>
<p>Then these may be used in your rules, like:</p>
<pre>
&amp;&amp;RBLS ; client_name=^unknown$ ; action=REJECT
&amp;&amp;RBLS ; client_name=(\d+[\.-_]){4} ; action=REJECT
&amp;&amp;RBLS ; client_name=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_] ; action=REJECT</pre>
<p>Macros can contain actions, too:</p>
<pre>
# definition
&amp;&amp;GONOW { action=REJECT your request caused our spam detection policy to reject this message. More info at <a href="http://www.domain.local">http://www.domain.local</a>; };
# rules
&amp;&amp;GONOW ; &amp;&amp;RBLS ; client_name=^unknown$
&amp;&amp;GONOW ; &amp;&amp;RBLS ; client_name=(\d+[\.-_]){4}
&amp;&amp;GONOW ; &amp;&amp;RBLS ; client_name=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_]</pre>
<p>Macros can contain macros, too:</p>
<pre>
# definition (note the trailing &quot;\&quot; characters)
&amp;&amp;RBLS { \
rbl=zen.spamhaus.org ; \
rbl=list.dsbl.org ; \
rbl=bl.spamcop.net ; \
rbl=dnsbl.sorbs.net ; \
rbl=ix.dnsbl.manitu.net ; \
};
&amp;&amp;DYNAMIC { \
client_name=^unknown$ ; \
client_name=(\d+[\.-_]){4} ; \
client_name=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_] ; \
};
&amp;&amp;GOAWAY { &amp;&amp;RBLS; &amp;&amp;DYNAMIC; };
# rules
&amp;&amp;GOAWAY ; action=REJECT dynamic client and listed on RBL</pre>
<p>Basically macros are simple text substitutions - see the <a href="#parser">PARSER</a> section for more information.</p>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="plugins">PLUGINS</a></h2>
<p>Please visit <a href="http://www.postfwd.org/postfwd.plugins">http://www.postfwd.org/postfwd.plugins</a></p>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="command_line">COMMAND LINE</a></h2>
<p><em>Ruleset</em></p>
<p>The following arguments are used to specify the source of the postfwd2 ruleset. This means
that at least one of the following is required for postfwd2 to work.</p>
<pre>
-f, --file &lt;file&gt;
Reads rules from &lt;file&gt;. Please see the CONFIGURATION section
below for more information.</pre>
<pre>
-r, --rule &lt;rule&gt;
Adds &lt;rule&gt; to ruleset. Remember that you might have to quote
strings that contain whitespaces or shell characters.</pre>
<p><em>Plugins</em></p>
<pre>
--plugins
A file containing plugin routines for postfwd. Please see the
PLUGINS section for more information.</pre>
<p><em>Scoring</em></p>
<pre>
-s, --scores &lt;val&gt;=&lt;action&gt;
Returns &lt;action&gt; to postfix, when the request's score exceeds &lt;val&gt;</pre>
<p>Multiple usage is allowed. Just chain your arguments, like:</p>
<pre>
postfwd2 -r &quot;&lt;item&gt;=&lt;value&gt;;action=&lt;result&gt;&quot; -f &lt;file&gt; -f &lt;file&gt; --plugins &lt;file&gt; ...
or
postfwd2 --scores 4.5=&quot;WARN high score&quot; --scores 5.0=&quot;REJECT postfwd2 score too high&quot; ...</pre>
<p>In case of multiple scores, the highest match will count. The order of the arguments will be
reflected in the postfwd2 ruleset.</p>
<p><em>Networking</em></p>
<p>postfwd2 can be run as daemon so that it listens on the network for incoming requests.
The following arguments will control it's behaviour in this case.</p>
<pre>
-d, --daemon
postfwd2 will run as daemon and listen on the network for incoming
queries (default 127.0.0.1:10040).</pre>
<pre>
-i, --interface &lt;dev&gt;
Bind postfwd2 to the specified interface (default 127.0.0.1).</pre>
<pre>
-p, --port &lt;port&gt;
postfwd2 listens on the specified port (default tcp/10040).</pre>
<pre>
--proto &lt;type&gt;
The protocol type for postfwd's socket. Currently you may use 'tcp' or 'unix' here.
To use postfwd2 with a unix domain socket, run it as follows:
postfwd2 --proto=unix --port=/somewhere/postfwd.socket</pre>
<pre>
-u, --user &lt;name&gt;
Changes real and effective user to &lt;name&gt;.</pre>
<pre>
-g, --group &lt;name&gt;
Changes real and effective group to &lt;name&gt;.</pre>
<pre>
--umask &lt;mask&gt;
Changes the umask for filepermissions of the master process (pidfile).
Attention: This is umask, not chmod - you have to specify the bits that
should NOT apply. E.g.: umask 077 equals to chmod 700.</pre>
<pre>
--cache_umask &lt;mask&gt;
Changes the umask for filepermissions of the cache process (unix domain socket).</pre>
<pre>
--server_umask &lt;mask&gt;
Changes the umask for filepermissions of the server process (unix domain socket).</pre>
<pre>
-R, --chroot &lt;path&gt;
Chroot the process to the specified path.
Test this before using - you might need some libs there.</pre>
<pre>
--pidfile &lt;path&gt;
The process id will be saved in the specified file.</pre>
<pre>
-l, --logname &lt;label&gt;
Labels the syslog messages. Useful when running multiple
instances of postfwd.</pre>
<pre>
--loglen &lt;int&gt;
Truncates any syslog message after &lt;int&gt; characters.</pre>
<p><em>Optional arguments</em></p>
<p>These parameters influence the way postfwd2 is working. Any of them can be combined.</p>
<pre>
-v, --verbose
Verbose logging displays a lot of useful information but can cause
your logfiles to grow noticeably. So use it with caution. Set the option
twice (-vv) to get more information (logs all request attributes).</pre>
<pre>
-c, --cache &lt;int&gt; (default=600)
Timeout for request cache, results for identical requests will be
cached until config is reloaded or this time (in seconds) expired.
A setting of 0 disables this feature.</pre>
<pre>
--cache-no-size
Ignores size attribute for cache comparisons which will lead to better
cache-hit rates. You should set this option, if you don't use the size
item in your ruleset.</pre>
<pre>
--cache-no-sender
Ignores sender address for cache comparisons which will lead to better
cache-hit rates. You should set this option, if you don't use the sender
item in your ruleset.</pre>
<pre>
--cache-rdomain-only
This will strip the localpart of the recipient's address before filling the
cache. This may considerably increase cache-hit rates.</pre>
<pre>
--cache-rbl-timeout &lt;timeout&gt; (default=3600)
This default value will be used as timeout in seconds for rbl cache items,
if not specified in the ruleset.</pre>
<pre>
--cache-rbl-default &lt;pattern&gt; (default=^127\.0\.0\.\d+$)
Matches &lt;pattern&gt; to rbl/rhsbl answers (regexp) if not specified in the ruleset.</pre>
<pre>
--cacheid &lt;item&gt;, &lt;item&gt;, ...
This csv-separated list of request attributes will be used to construct
the request cache identifier. Use this only, if you know exactly what you
are doing. If you, for example, use postfwd2 only for RBL/RHSBL control,
you may set this to
postfwd2 --cache=3600 --cacheid=client_name,client_address
This increases efficiency of caching and improves postfwd's performance.
Warning: You should list all items here, which are used in your ruleset!</pre>
<pre>
--cleanup-requests &lt;interval&gt; (default=600)
The request cache will be searched for timed out items after this &lt;interval&gt; in
seconds. It is a minimum value. The cleanup process will only take place, when
a new request arrives.</pre>
<pre>
--cleanup-rbls &lt;interval&gt; (default=600)
The rbl cache will be searched for timed out items after this &lt;interval&gt; in
seconds. It is a minimum value. The cleanup process will only take place, when
a new request arrives.</pre>
<pre>
--cleanup-rates &lt;interval&gt; (default=600)
The rate cache will be searched for timed out items after this &lt;interval&gt; in
seconds. It is a minimum value. The cleanup process will only take place, when
a new request arrives.</pre>
<pre>
-S, --summary &lt;int&gt; (default=600)
Shows some usage statistics (program uptime, request counter, matching rules)
every &lt;int&gt; seconds. This option is included by the -v switch.
This feature uses the alarm signal, so you can force postfwd2 to dump the stats
using `kill -ALRM &lt;pid&gt;` (where &lt;pid&gt; is the process id of postfwd).</pre>
<pre>
Example:
Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Counters: 213000 seconds uptime, 39 rules
Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Requests: 71643 overall, 49 last interval, 62.88% cache hits
Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Averages: 20.18 overall, 4.90 last interval, 557.30 top
Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Contents: 44 cached requests, 239 cached dnsbl results
Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Rule ID: R-001 matched: 2704 times
Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Rule ID: R-002 matched: 9351 times
Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Rule ID: R-003 matched: 3116 times
...</pre>
<pre>
--no-rulestats
Disables per rule statistics. Keeps your log clean, if you do not use them.
This option has no effect without --summary or --verbose set.</pre>
<pre>
-L, --stdout
Redirects all syslog messages to stdout for debugging. Never use this with postfix!</pre>
<pre>
-t, --test
In test mode postfwd2 always returns &quot;dunno&quot;, but logs according
to it`s ruleset. -v will be set automatically with this option.</pre>
<pre>
-n, --nodns
Disables all DNS based checks like RBL checks. Rules containing
such elements will be ignored.</pre>
<pre>
-n, --nodnslog
Disables logging of dns events.</pre>
<pre>
--dns_timeout (default: 14)
Sets the timeout for asynchonous dns queries in seconds. This value will apply to
all dns items in a rule.</pre>
<pre>
--dns_timeout_max (default: 10)
Sets the maximum timeout counter for dnsbl lookups. If the timeouts exceed this value
the corresponding dnsbl will be deactivated for a while (see --dns_timeout_interval).</pre>
<pre>
--dns_timeout_interval (default=1200)
The dnsbl timeout counter will be cleaned after this interval in seconds. Use this
in conjunction with the --dns_timeout_max parameter.</pre>
<pre>
--dns_async_txt
Perform dnsbl A and TXT lookups simultaneously (otherwise only for listings with at
least one A record). This needs more network bandwidth due to increased queries but
might increase throughput because the lookups can be parallelized.</pre>
<pre>
--dns_max_ns_lookups (default=0)
maximum ns names to lookup up with sender_ns_addrs item. use 0 for no maximum.</pre>
<pre>
--dns_max_mx_lookups (default=0)
maximum mx names to lookup up with sender_mx_addrs item. use 0 for no maximum.</pre>
<pre>
-I, --instantcfg
The config files, specified by -f will be re-read for every request
postfwd2 receives. This enables on-the-fly configuration changes
without restarting. Though files will be read only if necessary
(which means their access times changed since last read) this might
significantly increase system load.</pre>
<pre>
--config_timeout (default=3)
timeout in seconds to parse a single configuration line. if exceeded, the rule will
be skipped. this is used to prevent problems due to large files or loops.
I&lt;Informational arguments&gt;</pre>
<p>These arguments are for command line usage only. Never ever use them with postfix!</p>
<pre>
-C, --showconfig
Displays the current ruleset. Use -v for verbose output.</pre>
<pre>
-V, --version
Displays the program version.</pre>
<pre>
-h, --help
Shows program usage.</pre>
<pre>
-m, --manual
Displays the program manual.</pre>
<pre>
-D, --defaults
displays complete postfwd2 settings.</pre>
<pre>
-P, --perfmon
This option turns of any syslogging and output. It is included
for performance testing.</pre>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="refresh">REFRESH</a></h2>
<p>In daemon mode postfwd2 reloads it's ruleset after receiving a HUP signal. Please see the description of
the '-I' switch to have your configuration refreshed for every request postfwd2 receives.</p>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="examples">EXAMPLES</a></h2>
<pre>
## whitelisting
# 1. networks 192.168.1.0/24, 192.168.2.4
# 2. client_names *.gmx.net and *.gmx.de
# 3. sender *@someshop.tld from 11.22.33.44
id=WL001; action=dunno ; client_address=192.168.1.0/24, 192.168.2.4
id=WL002; action=dunno ; client_name=\.gmx\.(net|de)$
id=WL003; action=dunno ; sender=@someshop\.tld$ ; client_address=11.22.33.44</pre>
<pre>
## TLS control
# 1. *@authority.tld only with correct TLS fingerprint
# 2. *@secret.tld only with keysizes &gt;=64
id=TL001; action=dunno ; sender=@authority\.tld$ ; ccert_fingerprint=AA:BB:CC..
id=TL002; action=REJECT wrong TLS fingerprint ; sender=@authority\.tld$
id=TL003; action=REJECT tls keylength &lt; 64 ; sender=@secret\.tld$ ; encryption_keysize=64</pre>
<pre>
## Combined RBL checks
# This will reject mail if
# 1. listed on ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
# 2. listed on zen.spamhaus.org (sbl and xbl, dns cache timeout 1200s instead of 3600s)
# 3. listed on min 2 of bl.spamcop.net, list.dsbl.org, dnsbl.sorbs.net
# 4. listed on bl.spamcop.net and one of rhsbl.ahbl.org, rhsbl.sorbs.net
id=RBL01 ; action=REJECT listed on ix.dnsbl.manitu.net ; rbl=ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
id=RBL02 ; action=REJECT listed on zen.spamhaus.org ; rbl=zen.spamhaus.org/127.0.0.[2-8]/1200
id=RBL03 ; action=REJECT listed on too many RBLs ; rblcount=2 ; rbl=bl.spamcop.net, list.dsbl.org, dnsbl.sorbs.net
id=RBL04 ; action=REJECT combined RBL+RHSBL check ; rbl=bl.spamcop.net ; rhsbl=rhsbl.ahbl.org, rhsbl.sorbs.net</pre>
<pre>
## Message size (requires message_size_limit to be set to 30000000)
# 1. 30MB for systems in *.customer1.tld
# 2. 20MB for SASL user joejob
# 3. 10MB default
id=SZ001; state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=DUNNO; size&lt;=30000000 ; client_name=\.customer1.tld$
id=SZ002; state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=DUNNO; size&lt;=20000000 ; sasl_username==joejob
id=SZ002; state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=DUNNO; size&lt;=10000000
id=SZ100; state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=REJECT message too large</pre>
<pre>
## Selective Greylisting
# 1. if listed on zen.spamhaus.org with results 127.0.0.10 or .11, dns cache timeout 1200s
# 2. Client has no rDNS
# 3. Client comes from several dialin domains
id=GR001; action=greylisting ; rbl=dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net, zen.spamhaus.org/127.0.0.1[01]/1200
id=GR002; action=greylisting ; client_name=^unknown$
id=GR003; action=greylisting ; client_name=\.(t-ipconnect|alicedsl|ish)\.de$</pre>
<pre>
## Date Time
date=24.12.2007-26.12.2007 ; action=450 4.7.1 office closed during christmas
time=04:00:00-05:00:00 ; action=450 4.7.1 maintenance ongoing, try again later
time=-07:00:00 ; sasl_username=jim ; action=450 4.7.1 to early for you, jim
time=22:00:00- ; sasl_username=jim ; action=450 4.7.1 to late now, jim
months=-Apr ; action=450 4.7.1 see you in may
days=!!Mon-Fri ; action=greylist</pre>
<pre>
## Usage of jump
# The following allows a message size of 30MB for different
# users/clients while others will only have 10MB.
id=R001 ; action=jump(R100) ; sasl_username=^(Alice|Bob|Jane)$
id=R002 ; action=jump(R100) ; client_address=192.168.1.0/24
id=R003 ; action=jump(R100) ; ccert_fingerprint=AA:BB:CC:DD:...
id=R004 ; action=jump(R100) ; ccert_fingerprint=AF:BE:CD:DC:...
id=R005 ; action=jump(R100) ; ccert_fingerprint=DD:CC:BB:DD:...
id=R099 ; state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=REJECT message too big (max. 10MB); size=10000000
id=R100 ; state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=REJECT message too big (max. 30MB); size=30000000</pre>
<pre>
## Usage of score
# The following rejects a mail, if the client
# - is listed on 1 RBL and 1 RHSBL
# - is listed in 1 RBL or 1 RHSBL and has no correct rDNS
# - other clients without correct rDNS will be greylist-checked
# - some whitelists are used to lower the score
id=S01 ; score=2.6 ; action=greylisting
id=S02 ; score=5.0 ; action=REJECT postfwd2 score too high
id=R00 ; action=score(-1.0) ; rbl=exemptions.ahbl.org,list.dnswl.org,query.bondedsender.org,spf.trusted-forwarder.org
id=R01 ; action=score(2.5) ; rbl=bl.spamcop.net, list.dsbl.org, dnsbl.sorbs.net
id=R02 ; action=score(2.5) ; rhsbl=rhsbl.ahbl.org, rhsbl.sorbs.net
id=N01 ; action=score(-0.2) ; client_name==$$helo_name
id=N02 ; action=score(2.7) ; client_name=^unknown$
...</pre>
<pre>
## Usage of rate and size
# The following temporary rejects requests from &quot;unknown&quot; clients, if they
# 1. exceeded 30 requests per hour or
# 2. tried to send more than 1.5mb within 10 minutes
id=RATE01 ; client_name==unknown ; state==RCPT ; \
action==rate(client_address/30/3600/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 30 requests per hour)
id=SIZE01 ; client_name==unknown ; state==END_OF_DATA ; \
action==size(client_address/1572864/600/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 1.5mb per 10 minutes)</pre>
<pre>
## Macros
# definition
&amp;&amp;RBLS { rbl=zen.spamhaus.org,list.dsbl.org,bl.spamcop.net,dnsbl.sorbs.net,ix.dnsbl.manitu.net; };
&amp;&amp;GONOW { action=REJECT your request caused our spam detection policy to reject this message. More info at <a href="http://www.domain.local">http://www.domain.local</a>; };
# rules
&amp;&amp;GONOW ; &amp;&amp;RBLS ; client_name=^unknown$
&amp;&amp;GONOW ; &amp;&amp;RBLS ; client_name=(\d+[\.-_]){4}
&amp;&amp;GONOW ; &amp;&amp;RBLS ; client_name=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_]</pre>
<pre>
## Groups
# definition
&amp;&amp;RBLS { \
rbl=zen.spamhaus.org ; \
rbl=list.dsbl.org ; \
rbl=bl.spamcop.net ; \
rbl=dnsbl.sorbs.net ; \
rbl=ix.dnsbl.manitu.net ; \
};
&amp;&amp;RHSBLS { \
...
};
&amp;&amp;DYNAMIC { \
client_name==unknown ; \
client_name~=(\d+[\.-_]){4} ; \
client_name~=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_] ; \
...
};
&amp;&amp;BAD_HELO { \
helo_name==my.name.tld; \
helo_name~=^([^\.]+)$; \
helo_name~=\.(local|lan)$; \
...
};
&amp;&amp;MAINTENANCE { \
date=15.01.2007 ; \
date=15.04.2007 ; \
date=15.07.2007 ; \
date=15.10.2007 ; \
time=03:00:00 - 04:00:00 ; \
};
# rules
id=COMBINED ; &amp;&amp;RBLS ; &amp;&amp;DYNAMIC ; action=REJECT dynamic client and listed on RBL
id=MAINTENANCE ; &amp;&amp;MAINTENANCE ; action=DEFER maintenance time - please try again later
# now with the set() command, note that long item
# lists don't have to be compared twice
id=RBL01 ; &amp;&amp;RBLS ; action=set(HIT_rbls=1)
id=HELO01 ; &amp;&amp;BAD_HELO ; action=set(HIT_helo=1)
id=DYNA01 ; &amp;&amp;DYNAMIC ; action=set(HIT_dyna=1)
id=REJECT01 ; HIT_rbls==1 ; HIT_helo==1 ; action=REJECT please see <a href="http://some.org/info?reject=01">http://some.org/info?reject=01</a> for more info
id=REJECT02 ; HIT_rbls==1 ; HIT_dyna==1 ; action=REJECT please see <a href="http://some.org/info?reject=02">http://some.org/info?reject=02</a> for more info
id=REJECT03 ; HIT_helo==1 ; HIT_dyna==1 ; action=REJECT please see <a href="http://some.org/info?reject=03">http://some.org/info?reject=03</a> for more info</pre>
<pre>
## combined with enhanced rbl features
#
id=RBL01 ; rhsblcount=all ; rblcount=all ; &amp;&amp;RBLS ; &amp;&amp;RHSBLS ; \
action=set(HIT_dnsbls=$$rhsblcount,HIT_dnsbls+=$$rblcount,HIT_dnstxt=$$dnsbltext)
id=RBL02 ; HIT_dnsbls&gt;=2 ; action=554 5.7.1 blocked using $$HIT_dnsbls DNSBLs [INFO: $$HIT_dnstxt]</pre>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="parser">PARSER</a></h2>
<p><em>Configuration</em></p>
<p>The postfwd2 ruleset can be specified at the commandline (-r option) or be read from files (-f). The order of your arguments will be kept. You should
check the parser with the -C | --showconfig switch at the command line before applying a new config. The following call:</p>
<pre>
postfwd2 --showconfig \
-r &quot;id=TEST; recipient_count=100; action=WARN mail with 100+ recipients&quot; \
-f /etc/postfwd.cf \
-r &quot;id=DEFAULT; action=dunno&quot;;</pre>
<p>will produce the following output:</p>
<pre>
Rule 0: id-&gt;&quot;TEST&quot; action-&gt;&quot;WARN mail with 100+ recipients&quot;; recipient_count-&gt;&quot;100&quot;
...
... &lt;content of /etc/postfwd.cf&gt; ...
...
Rule &lt;n&gt;: id-&gt;&quot;DEFAULT&quot; action-&gt;&quot;dunno&quot;</pre>
<p>Multiple items of the same type will be added to lists (see the <a href="#items">ITEMS</a> section for more info):</p>
<pre>
postfwd2 --showconfig \
-r &quot;client_address=192.168.1.0/24; client_address=172.16.26.32; action=dunno&quot;</pre>
<p>will result in:</p>
<pre>
Rule 0: id-&gt;&quot;R-0&quot;; action-&gt;&quot;dunno&quot;; client_address-&gt;&quot;192.168.1.0/24, 172.16.26.32&quot;</pre>
<p>Macros are evaluated at configuration stage, which means that</p>
<pre>
postfwd2 --showconfig \
-r &quot;&amp;&amp;RBLS { rbl=bl.spamcop.net; client_name=^unknown$; };&quot; \
-r &quot;id=RBL001; &amp;&amp;RBLS; action=REJECT listed on spamcop and bad rdns&quot;;</pre>
<p>will result in:</p>
<pre>
Rule 0: id-&gt;&quot;RBL001&quot;; action-&gt;&quot;REJECT listed on spamcop and bad rdns&quot;; rbl-&gt;&quot;bl.spamcop.net&quot;; client_name-&gt;&quot;^unknown$&quot;</pre>
<p><em>Request processing</em></p>
<p>When a policy delegation request arrives it will be compared against postfwd`s ruleset. To inspect the processing in detail you should increase
verbority using use the ``-v'' or ``-vv'' switch. ``-L'' redirects log messages to stdout.</p>
<p>Keeping the order of the ruleset in general, items will be compared in random order, which basically means that</p>
<pre>
id=R001; action=dunno; client_address=192.168.1.1; sender=bob@alice.local</pre>
<p>equals to</p>
<pre>
id=R001; sender=bob@alice.local; client_address=192.168.1.1; action=dunno</pre>
<p>Lists will be evaluated in the specified order. This allows to place faster expressions at first:</p>
<pre>
postfwd2 --nodaemon -vv -L -r &quot;id=RBL001; rbl=localrbl.local zen.spamhaus.org; action=REJECT&quot; /some/where/request.sample</pre>
<p>produces the following</p>
<pre>
[LOGS info]: compare rbl: &quot;remotehost.remote.net[68.10.1.7]&quot; -&gt; &quot;localrbl.local&quot;
[LOGS info]: count1 rbl: &quot;2&quot; -&gt; &quot;0&quot;
[LOGS info]: query rbl: localrbl.local 7.1.10.68 (7.1.10.68.localrbl.local)
[LOGS info]: count2 rbl: &quot;2&quot; -&gt; &quot;0&quot;
[LOGS info]: match rbl: FALSE
[LOGS info]: compare rbl: &quot;remotehost.remote.net[68.10.1.7]&quot; -&gt; &quot;zen.spamhaus.org&quot;
[LOGS info]: count1 rbl: &quot;2&quot; -&gt; &quot;0&quot;
[LOGS info]: query rbl: zen.spamhaus.org 7.1.10.68 (7.1.10.68.zen.spamhaus.org)
[LOGS info]: count2 rbl: &quot;2&quot; -&gt; &quot;0&quot;
[LOGS info]: match rbl: FALSE
[LOGS info]: Action: dunno</pre>
<p>The negation operator !!(&lt;value&gt;) has the highest priority and therefore will be evaluated first. Then variable substitutions are performed:</p>
<pre>
postfwd2 --nodaemon -vv -L -r &quot;id=TEST; action=REJECT; client_name=!!($$heloname)&quot; /some/where/request.sample</pre>
<p>will give</p>
<pre>
[LOGS info]: compare client_name: &quot;unknown&quot; -&gt; &quot;!!($$helo_name)&quot;
[LOGS info]: negate client_name: &quot;unknown&quot; -&gt; &quot;$$helo_name&quot;
[LOGS info]: substitute client_name: &quot;unknown&quot; -&gt; &quot;english-breakfast.cloud8.net&quot;
[LOGS info]: match client_name: TRUE
[LOGS info]: Action: REJECT</pre>
<p><em>Ruleset evaluation</em></p>
<p>A rule hits when all items (or at least one element of a list for each item) have matched. As soon as one item (or all elements of a list) fails
to compare against the request attribute the parser will jump to the next rule in the postfwd2 ruleset.</p>
<p>If a rule matches, there are two options:</p>
<p>* Rule returns postfix action (dunno, reject, ...)
The parser stops rule processing and returns the action to postfix. Other rules will not be evaluated.</p>
<p>* Rule returns postfwd2 action (jump(), note(), ...)
The parser evaluates the given action and continues with the next rule (except for the <code>jump()</code> or <code>quit()</code> actions - please see the <a href="#actions">ACTIONS</a> section
for more information). Nothing will be sent to postfix.</p>
<p>If no rule has matched and the end of the ruleset is reached postfwd2 will return dunno without logging anything unless in verbose mode. You may
place a last catch-all rule to change that behaviour:</p>
<pre>
... &lt;your rules&gt; ...
id=DEFAULT ; action=dunno</pre>
<p>will log any request that passes the ruleset without having hit a prior rule.</p>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="debugging">DEBUGGING</a></h2>
<p>To debug special steps of the parser the '--debug' switch takes a list of debug classes. Currently the following classes are defined:</p>
<pre>
all cache config debugdns devel dns getcache getdns
getdnspacket rates request setcache setdns
parent_cache parent_dns_cache parent_rate_cache parent_request_cache
child_cache child_dns_cache child_rate_cache child_request_cache</pre>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="integration">INTEGRATION</a></h2>
<p><em>Integration via daemon mode</em></p>
<p>The common way to use postfwd2 is to start it as daemon, listening at a specified tcp port.
postfwd2 will spawn multiple child processes which communicate with a parent cache. This is
the prefered way to use postfwd2 in high volume environments. Start postfwd2 with the following parameters:</p>
<pre>
postfwd2 -d -f /etc/postfwd.cf -i 127.0.0.1 -p 10040 -u nobody -g nobody -S</pre>
<p>For efficient caching you should check if you can use the options --cacheid, --cache-rdomain-only,
--cache-no-sender and --cache-no-size.</p>
<p>Now check your syslogs (default facility ``mail'') for a line like:</p>
<pre>
Aug 9 23:00:24 mail postfwd[5158]: postfwd2 n.nn ready for input</pre>
<p>and use `netstat -an|grep 10040` to check for something like</p>
<pre>
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:10040 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN</pre>
<p>If everything works, open your postfix main.cf and insert the following</p>
<pre>
127.0.0.1:10040_time_limit = 3600 &lt;--- integration
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks &lt;--- recommended
reject_unauth_destination &lt;--- recommended
check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10040 &lt;--- integration</pre>
<p>Reload your configuration with `postfix reload` and watch your logs. In it works you should see
lines like the following in your mail log:</p>
<pre>
Aug 9 23:01:24 mail postfwd[5158]: rule=22, id=ML_POSTFIX, client=english-breakfast.cloud9.net[168.100.1.7], sender=owner-postfix-users@postfix.tld, recipient=someone@domain.local, helo=english-breakfast.cloud9.net, proto=ESMTP, state=RCPT, action=dunno</pre>
<p>If you want to check for size or rcpt_count items you must integrate postfwd2 in smtp_data_restrictions or
smtpd_end_of_data_restrictions. Of course you can also specify a restriction class and use it in your access
tables. First create a file /etc/postfix/policy containing:</p>
<pre>
domain1.local postfwdcheck
domain2.local postfwdcheck
...</pre>
<p>Then postmap that file (`postmap hash:/etc/postfix/policy`), open your main.cf and enter</p>
<pre>
# Restriction Classes
smtpd_restriction_classes = postfwdcheck, &lt;some more&gt;... &lt;--- integration
postfwdcheck = check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10040 &lt;--- integration</pre>
<pre>
127.0.0.1:10040_time_limit = 3600 &lt;--- integration
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, &lt;--- recommended
reject_unauth_destination, &lt;--- recommended
... &lt;--- optional
check_recipient_access hash:/etc/postfix/policy, &lt;--- integration
... &lt;--- optional</pre>
<p>Reload postfix and watch your logs.</p>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="testing">TESTING</a></h2>
<p>First you have to create a ruleset (see Configuration section). Check it with</p>
<pre>
postfwd2 -f /etc/postfwd.cf -C</pre>
<p>There is an example policy request distributed with postfwd, called 'request.sample'.
Simply change it to meet your requirements and use</p>
<pre>
postfwd2 -f /etc/postfwd.cf &lt;request.sample</pre>
<p>You should get an answer like</p>
<pre>
action=&lt;whateveryouconfigured&gt;</pre>
<p>For network tests I use netcat:</p>
<pre>
nc 127.0.0.1 10040 &lt;request.sample</pre>
<p>to send a request to postfwd. If you receive nothing, make sure that postfwd2 is running and
listening on the specified network settings.</p>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="performance">PERFORMANCE</a></h2>
<p>Some of these proposals might not match your environment. Please check your requirements and test new options carefully!</p>
<pre>
- use caching options
- use the correct match operator ==, &lt;=, &gt;=
- use ^ and/or $ in regular expressions
- use item lists (faster than single rules)
- use set() action on repeated item lists
- use jumps and rate limits
- use a pre-lookup rule for rbl/rhsbls with empty note() action</pre>
<p>
</p>
<h2><a name="see_also">SEE ALSO</a></h2>
<p>See <a href="http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html">http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html</a> for a description
of how Postfix policy servers work.</p>
<p>
</p>
<hr />
<h1><a name="license">LICENSE</a></h1>
<p>postfwd2 is free software and released under BSD license, which basically means
that you can do what you want as long as you keep the copyright notice:</p>
<p>Copyright (c) 2009, Jan Peter Kessler
All rights reserved.</p>
<p>Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:</p>
<pre>
* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
distribution.
* Neither the name of the authors nor the names of his contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
software without specific prior written permission.</pre>
<p>THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ME ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.</p>
<p>
</p>
<hr />
<h1><a name="author">AUTHOR</a></h1>
<p>Jan&nbsp;Peter&nbsp;Kessler&nbsp;&lt;info&nbsp;(AT)&nbsp;postfwd&nbsp;(DOT)&nbsp;org&gt;. Let me know, if you have any suggestions.</p>
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