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3From time to time, experimental features may be added to Exim.
4While a feature is experimental, there will be a build-time
5option whose name starts "EXPERIMENTAL_" that must be set in
6order to include the feature. This file contains information
7about experimenatal features, all of which are unstable and
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8liable to incompatibile change.
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110. DKIM support
12--------------------------------------------------------------
13
14DKIM support is implemented via libdkim. A compatible version
15is available here:
16
17http://duncanthrax.net/exim-experimental/libdkim-1.0.15-tk.tar.gz
18
19Build the lib according to the instructions in the enclosed
20INSTALL file.
21
22To build Exim with DKIM support, specify this in Local/Makefile:
23
24EXPERIMENTAL_DKIM=yes
25CFLAGS += -I/home/tom/libdkim/include
26LDFLAGS += -ldkim -lssl -lstdc++ -L/home/tom/libdkim/lib
27
28Remember to tweak the CFLAGS and LDFLAGS lines to match the
29location of the libdomainkeys includes and lib on your system.
30
31The current experimental implementation supports two independent
32functions:
33
34o Validate incoming DKIM-signed email.
35o Sign outgoing email with DKIM.
36
37The former is implemented in the ACLs for SMTP, the latter as
38an extension to the SMTP transport. That means both facilities
39are limited to SMTP I/O.
40
41
421) Validate incoming email
43
44Incoming messages are fed to the DKIM validation process as they
45are received "on the wire". This happens synchronously to Exim's
46buffering of the message in the spool.
47
48You must set "control = dkim_verify" in one of the ACLs preceding
49DATA (you will typically use acl_smtp_rcpt), at a point where
50non-local, non-relay, non-submission mail is processed. If that
51control flag is not set, the message will NOT be verified.
52
53Example:
54
55warn log_message = Feeding message to DKIM validator.
56 control = dk_verify
57
58You can then check for DKIM signatures in the ACL after data
59(acl_smtp_data), using the 'dkim' query-style lookup type. The
60query string should be a domain or DKIM identity:
61
62${lookup dkim{domain.example}}
63
64Such a lookup will yield one of the following strings:
65
66unverified: Exim did not (yet) verify the eventual DKIM
67 signatures in this message. This may happen
68 if a) You did not use control=dkim_verify
69 or b) You are using the lookup before
70 the DATA ACL.
71
72unsigned: The message does not have a signature from
73 the specified domain.
74
75good: The message has a signature from the specified
76 domain, and it verified successfully.
77
78bad: The message has a signature from the specified
79 domain, but it did not verify.
80
81defer: A temporary DNS problem was encountered while
82 trying to verify the signature.
83
84
85
862) Sign outgoing email with DKIM
87
88Outgoing messages are signed just before Exim puts them "on
89the wire". The only thing that happens after DKIM signing is
90eventual TLS encryption.
91
92Signing is implemented by setting private options on the SMTP
93transport. These options take (expandable) strings as
94arguments.
95
96 dkim_domain = <expanded string> [MANDATORY]
97
98 The domain you want to sign with. Should optimally match
99 the domain in the "From:" header of the message, but
100 does not necessarily have to. The result of this expanded
101 option is put into the $dkim_domain expansion variable.
102
103 dkim_selector = <expanded string> [MANDATORY]
104
105 This sets the key selector string. You can use the
106 $dkim_domain expansion variable to look up a matching
107 selector. The result is put in the expansion variable
108 $dkim_selector which should be used in the dkim_private_key
109 option along with $dkim_domain.
110
111 dkim_private_key = <expanded string> [MANDATORY]
112
113 This sets the private key to use. You can use the
114 $dkim_domain and $dkim_selector expansion variables to
115 determine the private key to use. The result can either
116
117 o be a valid RSA private key in ASCII armor, including
118 line breaks.
119 o start with a slash, in which case it is treated as
120 a file that contains the private key.
121 o be "0", "false" or the empty string, in which case
122 the message will not be signed. This case will not
123 result in an error, even if dkim_strict is set.
124
125 dkim_canon = <expanded string> [OPTIONAL]
126
127 This option sets the canonicalization method used when
128 signing a message. The DKIM RFC currently supports two
129 methods: "simple" and "relaxed". The option defaults to
130 "relaxed" when unset. Note: the current implementation
131 only support using the same canonicalization method for
132 both headers and body.
133
134 dkim_strict = <expanded string> [OPTIONAL]
135
136 This option defines how Exim behaves when signing a
137 message that should be signed fails for some reason. When
138 the expansion evaluates to either "1" or "true", Exim will
139 defer. Otherwise Exim will send the message unsigned. You
140 can use the $dkim_domain and $dkim_selector expansion
141 variables here.
142
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143 dkim_sign_headers = <expanded string> [OPTIONAL]
144
145 When set, this option must expand to (or be specified as)
146 a colon-separated list of header names. These headers will
147 be included in the message signature. When unspecified,
148 the recommended headers will be used. Currently, these
149 are:
150
151 from:sender:reply-to:subject:date:
152 message-id:to:cc:mime-version:content-type:
153 content-transfer-encoding:content-id:
154 content-description:resent-date:resent-from:
155 resent-sender:resent-to:resent-cc:resent-message-id:
156 in-reply-to:references:
157 list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe:
158 list-subscribe:list-post:list-owner:list-archive
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160
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1631. Yahoo DomainKeys support
164--------------------------------------------------------------
165
166DomainKeys (DK) support is built into Exim using the
167"libdomainkeys" reference library implementation. It is
168available at
169
170http://domainkeys.sf.net
171
172You must build this library on your system and compile Exim
173against it. To build Exim with DK support, add these lines to
174your Local/Makefile:
175
176EXPERIMENTAL_DOMAINKEYS=yes
177CFLAGS += -I/home/tom/exim-cvs/extra/libdomainkeys
178LDFLAGS += -ldomainkeys -L/home/tom/exim-cvs/extra/libdomainkeys
179
180Remember to tweak the CFLAGS and LDFLAGS lines to match the
181location of the libdomainkeys includes and lib on your system.
182
183The current experimental implementation supports two
184independent functions:
185
186o Validate incoming DK-signed email.
187o Sign outgoing email with DK.
188
189The former is implemented in the ACLs for SMTP, the latter as
190an extension to the SMTP transport. That means both facilities
191are limited to SMTP I/O.
192
193
194
1951) Validate incoming email
196
197Incoming messages are fed to the DK validation process as they
198are received "on the wire". This happens synchronously to
8ff3788c 199Exim's buffering of the message in the spool.
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200
201You must set "control = dk_verify" in one of the ACLs
202preceding DATA (you will typically use acl_smtp_rcpt), at a
203point where non-local, non-relay, non-submission mail is
204processed. If that control flag is not set, the message will
205NOT be verified.
206
207Example:
208
209warn log_message = Feeding message to DK validator.
210 control = dk_verify
211
212You can check for the outcome of the DK check in the ACL after
213data (acl_smtp_data), using a number of ACL conditions and/or
214expansion variables.
215
216
217
2181.1.) DK ACL conditions
219
220 dk_sender_domains = <domain list>
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222 This condition takes a domainlist as argument and
223 succeeds if the domain that DK has been verifying for is
224 found in the list.
225
226
227 dk_senders = <address list>
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229 This condition takes an addresslist as argument and
230 succeeds if the address that DK has been verifying for
231 is found in the list.
232
233
234 dk_sender_local_parts = <local part list>
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236 This condition takes a local_part list as argument
237 and succeeds if the domain that DK has been
238 verifying for is found in the list.
239
240
241 dk_status = <colon separated list of keywords>
8ff3788c 242
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243 This condition takes a list of keywords as argument, and
244 succeeds if one of the listed keywords matches the outcome
245 of the DK check. The available keywords are:
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247 good DK check succeeded, mail is verified.
248 bad DK check failed.
249 no signature Mail is not signed with DK.
250 no key Public key missing in target domain DNS.
251 bad format Public key available, but unuseable.
252 non-participant Target domain states not to participate in DK.
253 revoked The signing key has been revoked by the domain.
254
255
256 dk_policy = <colon separated list of keywords>
8ff3788c 257
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258 This condition takes a list of keywords as argument, and
259 succeeds if one of the listed keywords matches the policy
260 announced by the target domain. The available keywords
261 are:
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263 signsall The target domain signs all outgoing email.
264 testing The target domain is currently testing DK.
265
266
267 dk_domain_source = <colon separated list of keywords>
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269 This condition takes a list of keywords as argument, and
270 succeeds if one of the listed keywords matches the
271 location where DK found the sender domain it verified for.
272 The available keywords are:
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274 from The domain came from the "From:" header.
275 sender The domain came from the "Sender:" header.
276 none DK was unable to find the responsible domain.
277
278
279
2801.2.) DK verification expansion variables
281
282 $dk_sender_domain
8ff3788c 283
7bafa7d9 284 Contains the domain that DK has verified for.
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286
7bafa7d9 287 $dk_sender
8ff3788c 288
7bafa7d9 289 Contains the address that DK has verified for.
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291
7bafa7d9 292 $dk_sender_local_part
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7bafa7d9 294 Contains the local part that DK has verified for.
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296
7bafa7d9 297 $dk_sender_source
8ff3788c 298
7bafa7d9 299 Contains the "source" of the above three variables, one of
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301 "from" The address came from the "From:" header.
302 "sender" The address came from the "Sender:" header.
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7bafa7d9 304 When DK was unable to find a valid address, this variable
8ff3788c 305 is "0".
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306
307
308 $dk_signsall
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310 Is "1" if the target domain signs all outgoing email,
311 "0" otherwise.
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313
7bafa7d9 314 $dk_testing
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7bafa7d9 316 Is "1" if the target domain is testing DK, "0" otherwise.
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318
7bafa7d9 319 $dk_is_signed
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7bafa7d9 321 Is "1" if the message is signed, "0" otherwise.
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323
7bafa7d9 324 $dk_status
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326 Contains the outcome of the DK check as a string, commonly
327 used to add a "DomainKey-Status:" header to messages. Will
328 contain one of:
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330 good DK check succeeded, mail is verified.
331 bad DK check failed.
332 no signature Mail is not signed with DK.
333 no key Public key missing in target domain DNS.
334 bad format Public key available, but unuseable.
335 non-participant Target domain states not to participate in DK.
336 revoked The signing key has been revoked by the domain.
337
338
339 $dk_result
8ff3788c 340
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341 Contains a human-readable result of the DK check, more
342 verbose than $dk_status. Useful for logging purposes.
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344
345
3462) Sign outgoing email with DK
347
3ec3e3bb 348Outgoing messages are signed just before Exim puts them "on
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349the wire". The only thing that happens after DK signing is
350eventual TLS encryption.
351
352Signing is implemented by setting private options on the SMTP
353transport. These options take (expandable) strings as
354arguments. The most important variable to use in these
355expansions is $dk_domain. It contains the domain that DK wants
356to sign for.
357
358
359 dk_selector = <expanded string> [MANDATORY]
8ff3788c 360
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361 This sets the key selector string. You can use the
362 $dk_domain expansion variable to look up a matching
363 selector. The result is put in the expansion variable
364 $dk_selector which should be used in the dk_private_key
365 option along with $dk_domain.
366
367
368 dk_private_key = <expanded string> [MANDATORY]
8ff3788c 369
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370 This sets the private key to use. You SHOULD use the
371 $dk_domain and $dk_selector expansion variables to
372 determine the private key to use. The result can either
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374 o be a valid RSA private key in ASCII armor, including
375 line breaks.
376 o start with a slash, in which case it is treated as
377 a file that contains the private key.
378 o be "0", "false" or the empty string, in which case
379 the message will not be signed. This case will not
380 result in an error, even if dk_strict is set.
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382
383 dk_canon = <expanded string> [OPTIONAL]
8ff3788c 384
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385 This option sets the canonicalization method used when
386 signing a message. The DK draft currently supports two
387 methods: "simple" and "nofws". The option defaults to
388 "simple" when unset.
389
390
391 dk_strict = <expanded string> [OPTIONAL]
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393 This option defines how Exim behaves when signing a
394 message that should be signed fails for some reason. When
395 the expansion evaluates to either "1" or "true", Exim will
396 defer. Otherwise Exim will send the message unsigned. You
397 can and should use the $dk_domain and $dk_selector
398 expansion variables here.
399
400
401 dk_domain = <expanded string> [NOT RECOMMENDED]
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403 This option overrides DKs autodetection of the signing
404 domain. You should only use this option if you know what
405 you are doing. The result of the string expansion is also
406 put in $dk_domain.
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408
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410
3ec3e3bb 4112. Brightmail AntiSpam (BMI) suppport
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412--------------------------------------------------------------
413
414Brightmail AntiSpam is a commercial package. Please see
415http://www.brightmail.com for more information on
416the product. For the sake of clarity, we'll refer to it as
417"BMI" from now on.
418
419
4200) BMI concept and implementation overview
421
422In contrast to how spam-scanning with SpamAssassin is
423implemented in exiscan-acl, BMI is more suited for per
424-recipient scanning of messages. However, each messages is
425scanned only once, but multiple "verdicts" for multiple
426recipients can be returned from the BMI server. The exiscan
427implementation passes the message to the BMI server just
428before accepting it. It then adds the retrieved verdicts to
429the messages header file in the spool. These verdicts can then
430be queried in routers, where operation is per-recipient
431instead of per-message. To use BMI, you need to take the
432following steps:
433
434 1) Compile Exim with BMI support
3ec3e3bb 435 2) Set up main BMI options (top section of Exim config file)
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436 3) Set up ACL control statement (ACL section of the config
437 file)
438 4) Set up your routers to use BMI verdicts (routers section
439 of the config file).
440 5) (Optional) Set up per-recipient opt-in information.
441
8ff3788c 442These four steps are explained in more details below.
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443
4441) Adding support for BMI at compile time
445
446 To compile with BMI support, you need to link Exim against
447 the Brighmail client SDK, consisting of a library
448 (libbmiclient_single.so) and a header file (bmi_api.h).
449 You'll also need to explicitly set a flag in the Makefile to
450 include BMI support in the Exim binary. Both can be achieved
451 with these lines in Local/Makefile:
452
453 EXPERIMENTAL_BRIGHTMAIL=yes
47bbda99 454 CFLAGS=-I/path/to/the/dir/with/the/includefile
ee161e8f 455 EXTRALIBS_EXIM=-L/path/to/the/dir/with/the/library -lbmiclient_single
8ff3788c 456
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457 If you use other CFLAGS or EXTRALIBS_EXIM settings then
458 merge the content of these lines with them.
459
7c0c8547 460 Note for BMI6.x users: You'll also have to add -lxml2_single
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461 to the EXTRALIBS_EXIM line. Users of 5.5x do not need to do
462 this.
8ff3788c 463
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464 You should also include the location of
465 libbmiclient_single.so in your dynamic linker configuration
466 file (usually /etc/ld.so.conf) and run "ldconfig"
467 afterwards, or else the produced Exim binary will not be
468 able to find the library file.
469
470
3ec3e3bb 4712) Setting up BMI support in the Exim main configuration
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3ec3e3bb 473 To enable BMI support in the main Exim configuration, you
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474 should set the path to the main BMI configuration file with
475 the "bmi_config_file" option, like this:
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ee161e8f 477 bmi_config_file = /opt/brightmail/etc/brightmail.cfg
8ff3788c 478
3ec3e3bb 479 This must go into section 1 of Exim's configuration file (You
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480 can put it right on top). If you omit this option, it
481 defaults to /opt/brightmail/etc/brightmail.cfg.
482
483 Note for BMI6.x users: This file is in XML format in V6.xx
484 and its name is /opt/brightmail/etc/bmiconfig.xml. So BMI
485 6.x users MUST set the bmi_config_file option.
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4883) Set up ACL control statement
489
490 To optimize performance, it makes sense only to process
491 messages coming from remote, untrusted sources with the BMI
492 server. To set up a messages for processing by the BMI
493 server, you MUST set the "bmi_run" control statement in any
494 ACL for an incoming message. You will typically do this in
495 an "accept" block in the "acl_check_rcpt" ACL. You should
496 use the "accept" block(s) that accept messages from remote
497 servers for your own domain(s). Here is an example that uses
3ec3e3bb 498 the "accept" blocks from Exim's default configuration file:
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501 accept domains = +local_domains
502 endpass
503 verify = recipient
504 control = bmi_run
505
506 accept domains = +relay_to_domains
507 endpass
508 verify = recipient
509 control = bmi_run
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511 If bmi_run is not set in any ACL during reception of the
512 message, it will NOT be passed to the BMI server.
513
514
5154) Setting up routers to use BMI verdicts
516
517 When a message has been run through the BMI server, one or
518 more "verdicts" are present. Different recipients can have
519 different verdicts. Each recipient is treated individually
520 during routing, so you can query the verdicts by recipient
3ec3e3bb 521 at that stage. From Exim's view, a verdict can have the
ee161e8f 522 following outcomes:
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524 o deliver the message normally
525 o deliver the message to an alternate location
526 o do not deliver the message
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528 To query the verdict for a recipient, the implementation
529 offers the following tools:
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530
531
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532 - Boolean router preconditions. These can be used in any
533 router. For a simple implementation of BMI, these may be
534 all that you need. The following preconditions are
535 available:
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ee161e8f 537 o bmi_deliver_default
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539 This precondition is TRUE if the verdict for the
540 recipient is to deliver the message normally. If the
541 message has not been processed by the BMI server, this
542 variable defaults to TRUE.
8ff3788c 543
ee161e8f 544 o bmi_deliver_alternate
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546 This precondition is TRUE if the verdict for the
547 recipient is to deliver the message to an alternate
548 location. You can get the location string from the
549 $bmi_alt_location expansion variable if you need it. See
550 further below. If the message has not been processed by
551 the BMI server, this variable defaults to FALSE.
8ff3788c 552
ee161e8f 553 o bmi_dont_deliver
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555 This precondition is TRUE if the verdict for the
556 recipient is NOT to deliver the message to the
557 recipient. You will typically use this precondition in a
558 top-level blackhole router, like this:
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560 # don't deliver messages handled by the BMI server
561 bmi_blackhole:
562 driver = redirect
563 bmi_dont_deliver
564 data = :blackhole:
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566 This router should be on top of all others, so messages
567 that should not be delivered do not reach other routers
568 at all. If the message has not been processed by
569 the BMI server, this variable defaults to FALSE.
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570
571
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572 - A list router precondition to query if rules "fired" on
573 the message for the recipient. Its name is "bmi_rule". You
574 use it by passing it a colon-separated list of rule
575 numbers. You can use this condition to route messages that
576 matched specific rules. Here is an example:
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578 # special router for BMI rule #5, #8 and #11
579 bmi_rule_redirect:
580 driver = redirect
581 bmi_rule = 5:8:11
582 data = postmaster@mydomain.com
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583
584
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585 - Expansion variables. Several expansion variables are set
586 during routing. You can use them in custom router
587 conditions, for example. The following variables are
588 available:
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ee161e8f 590 o $bmi_base64_verdict
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592 This variable will contain the BASE64 encoded verdict
593 for the recipient being routed. You can use it to add a
594 header to messages for tracking purposes, for example:
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596 localuser:
597 driver = accept
598 check_local_user
599 headers_add = X-Brightmail-Verdict: $bmi_base64_verdict
600 transport = local_delivery
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602 If there is no verdict available for the recipient being
603 routed, this variable contains the empty string.
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ee161e8f 605 o $bmi_base64_tracker_verdict
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607 This variable will contain a BASE64 encoded subset of
608 the verdict information concerning the "rules" that
609 fired on the message. You can add this string to a
610 header, commonly named "X-Brightmail-Tracker". Example:
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612 localuser:
613 driver = accept
614 check_local_user
615 headers_add = X-Brightmail-Tracker: $bmi_base64_tracker_verdict
616 transport = local_delivery
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618 If there is no verdict available for the recipient being
619 routed, this variable contains the empty string.
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ee161e8f 621 o $bmi_alt_location
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623 If the verdict is to redirect the message to an
624 alternate location, this variable will contain the
625 alternate location string returned by the BMI server. In
626 its default configuration, this is a header-like string
627 that can be added to the message with "headers_add". If
628 there is no verdict available for the recipient being
629 routed, or if the message is to be delivered normally,
630 this variable contains the empty string.
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ee161e8f 632 o $bmi_deliver
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634 This is an additional integer variable that can be used
635 to query if the message should be delivered at all. You
636 should use router preconditions instead if possible.
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638 $bmi_deliver is '0': the message should NOT be delivered.
639 $bmi_deliver is '1': the message should be delivered.
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641
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642 IMPORTANT NOTE: Verdict inheritance.
643 The message is passed to the BMI server during message
644 reception, using the target addresses from the RCPT TO:
645 commands in the SMTP transaction. If recipients get expanded
646 or re-written (for example by aliasing), the new address(es)
647 inherit the verdict from the original address. This means
648 that verdicts also apply to all "child" addresses generated
649 from top-level addresses that were sent to the BMI server.
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653
654 The BMI server features multiple scanning "profiles" for
655 individual recipients. These are usually stored in a LDAP
656 server and are queried by the BMI server itself. However,
657 you can also pass opt-in data for each recipient from the
658 MTA to the BMI server. This is particularly useful if you
3ec3e3bb 659 already look up recipient data in Exim anyway (which can
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660 also be stored in a SQL database or other source). This
661 implementation enables you to pass opt-in data to the BMI
662 server in the RCPT ACL. This works by setting the
663 'bmi_optin' modifier in a block of that ACL. If should be
664 set to a list of comma-separated strings that identify the
665 features which the BMI server should use for that particular
666 recipient. Ideally, you would use the 'bmi_optin' modifier
667 in the same ACL block where you set the 'bmi_run' control
668 flag. Here is an example that will pull opt-in data for each
669 recipient from a flat file called
670 '/etc/exim/bmi_optin_data'.
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ee161e8f 672 The file format:
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674 user1@mydomain.com: <OPTIN STRING1>:<OPTIN STRING2>
675 user2@thatdomain.com: <OPTIN STRING3>
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ee161e8f 678 The example:
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680 accept domains = +relay_to_domains
681 endpass
682 verify = recipient
683 bmi_optin = ${lookup{$local_part@$domain}lsearch{/etc/exim/bmi_optin_data}}
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685
ee161e8f 686 Of course, you can also use any other lookup method that
3ec3e3bb 687 Exim supports, including LDAP, Postgres, MySQL, Oracle etc.,
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688 as long as the result is a list of colon-separated opt-in
689 strings.
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691 For a list of available opt-in strings, please contact your
692 Brightmail representative.
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7bafa7d9 6973. Sender Policy Framework (SPF) support
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699
700To learn more about SPF, visit http://spf.pobox.com. This
701document does not explain the SPF fundamentals, you should
702read and understand the implications of deploying SPF on your
703system before doing so.
704
8ff3788c 705SPF support is added via the libspf2 library. Visit
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707 http://www.libspf2.org/
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709to obtain a copy, then compile and install it. By default,
710this will put headers in /usr/local/include and the static
711library in /usr/local/lib.
712
3ec3e3bb 713To compile Exim with SPF support, set these additional flags in
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714Local/Makefile:
715
716EXPERIMENTAL_SPF=yes
717CFLAGS=-DSPF -I/usr/local/include
718EXTRALIBS_EXIM=-L/usr/local/lib -lspf2
719
720This assumes that the libspf2 files are installed in
721their default locations.
722
723You can now run SPF checks in incoming SMTP by using the "spf"
724ACL condition in either the MAIL, RCPT or DATA ACLs. When
725using it in the RCPT ACL, you can make the checks dependend on
726the RCPT address (or domain), so you can check SPF records
727only for certain target domains. This gives you the
728possibility to opt-out certain customers that do not want
729their mail to be subject to SPF checking.
730
731The spf condition takes a list of strings on its right-hand
732side. These strings describe the outcome of the SPF check for
733which the spf condition should succeed. Valid strings are:
734
735 o pass The SPF check passed, the sending host
736 is positively verified by SPF.
737 o fail The SPF check failed, the sending host
738 is NOT allowed to send mail for the domain
739 in the envelope-from address.
740 o softfail The SPF check failed, but the queried
741 domain can't absolutely confirm that this
742 is a forgery.
743 o none The queried domain does not publish SPF
744 records.
745 o neutral The SPF check returned a "neutral" state.
746 This means the queried domain has published
747 a SPF record, but wants to allow outside
748 servers to send mail under its domain as well.
749 o err_perm This indicates a syntax error in the SPF
750 record of the queried domain. This should be
751 treated like "none".
752 o err_temp This indicates a temporary error during all
3ec3e3bb 753 processing, including Exim's SPF processing.
ee161e8f 754 You may defer messages when this occurs.
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756You can prefix each string with an exclamation mark to invert
757is meaning, for example "!fail" will match all results but
758"fail". The string list is evaluated left-to-right, in a
759short-circuit fashion. When a string matches the outcome of
760the SPF check, the condition succeeds. If none of the listed
761strings matches the outcome of the SPF check, the condition
762fails.
763
764Here is a simple example to fail forgery attempts from domains
765that publish SPF records:
766
767/* -----------------
768deny message = $sender_host_address is not allowed to send mail from $sender_address_domain
769 spf = fail
770--------------------- */
771
772You can also give special treatment to specific domains:
773
774/* -----------------
775deny message = AOL sender, but not from AOL-approved relay.
776 sender_domains = aol.com
777 spf = fail:neutral
778--------------------- */
779
780Explanation: AOL publishes SPF records, but is liberal and
781still allows non-approved relays to send mail from aol.com.
782This will result in a "neutral" state, while mail from genuine
783AOL servers will result in "pass". The example above takes
784this into account and treats "neutral" like "fail", but only
785for aol.com. Please note that this violates the SPF draft.
786
787When the spf condition has run, it sets up several expansion
788variables.
789
790 $spf_header_comment
791 This contains a human-readable string describing the outcome
792 of the SPF check. You can add it to a custom header or use
793 it for logging purposes.
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ee161e8f 795 $spf_received
8fe685ad 796 This contains a complete Received-SPF: header that can be
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797 added to the message. Please note that according to the SPF
798 draft, this header must be added at the top of the header
799 list. Please see section 10 on how you can do this.
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801 $spf_result
802 This contains the outcome of the SPF check in string form,
803 one of pass, fail, softfail, none, neutral, err_perm or
804 err_temp.
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807 This contains a string that can be used in a SMTP response
808 to the calling party. Useful for "fail".
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7bafa7d9 8124. SRS (Sender Rewriting Scheme) Support
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815Exiscan currently includes SRS support via Miles Wilton's
8ff3788c 816libsrs_alt library. The current version of the supported
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817library is 0.5.
818
819In order to use SRS, you must get a copy of libsrs_alt from
820
821http://srs.mirtol.com/
822
823Unpack the tarball, then refer to MTAs/README.EXIM
824to proceed. You need to set
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826EXPERIMENTAL_SRS=yes
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828in your Local/Makefile.
829
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