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2
3 From time to time, experimental features may be added to Exim.
4 While a feature is experimental, there will be a build-time
5 option whose name starts "EXPERIMENTAL_" that must be set in
6 order to include the feature. This file contains information
7 about experimenatal features, all of which are unstable and
8 liable to incompatibile change.
9
10
11 0. DKIM support
12 --------------------------------------------------------------
13
14 DKIM support is implemented via libdkim. A compatible version
15 is available here:
16
17 http://duncanthrax.net/exim-experimental/libdkim-1.0.15-tk.tar.gz
18
19 Build the lib according to the instructions in the enclosed
20 INSTALL file.
21
22 To build Exim with DKIM support, specify this in Local/Makefile:
23
24 EXPERIMENTAL_DKIM=yes
25 CFLAGS += -I/home/tom/libdkim/include
26 LDFLAGS += -ldkim -lssl -lstdc++ -L/home/tom/libdkim/lib
27
28 Remember to tweak the CFLAGS and LDFLAGS lines to match the
29 location of the libdomainkeys includes and lib on your system.
30
31 The current experimental implementation supports two independent
32 functions:
33
34 o Validate incoming DKIM-signed email.
35 o Sign outgoing email with DKIM.
36
37 The former is implemented in the ACLs for SMTP, the latter as
38 an extension to the SMTP transport. That means both facilities
39 are limited to SMTP I/O.
40
41
42 1) Validate incoming email
43
44 Incoming messages are fed to the DKIM validation process as they
45 are received "on the wire". This happens synchronously to Exim's
46 buffering of the message in the spool.
47
48 You must set "control = dkim_verify" in one of the ACLs preceding
49 DATA (you will typically use acl_smtp_rcpt), at a point where
50 non-local, non-relay, non-submission mail is processed. If that
51 control flag is not set, the message will NOT be verified.
52
53 Example:
54
55 warn log_message = Feeding message to DKIM validator.
56 control = dk_verify
57
58 You can then check for DKIM signatures in the ACL after data
59 (acl_smtp_data), using the 'dkim' query-style lookup type. The
60 query string should be a domain or DKIM identity:
61
62 ${lookup dkim{domain.example}}
63
64 Such a lookup will yield one of the following strings:
65
66 unverified: 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
72 unsigned: The message does not have a signature from
73 the specified domain.
74
75 good: The message has a signature from the specified
76 domain, and it verified successfully.
77
78 bad: The message has a signature from the specified
79 domain, but it did not verify.
80
81 defer: A temporary DNS problem was encountered while
82 trying to verify the signature.
83
84
85
86 2) Sign outgoing email with DKIM
87
88 Outgoing messages are signed just before Exim puts them "on
89 the wire". The only thing that happens after DKIM signing is
90 eventual TLS encryption.
91
92 Signing is implemented by setting private options on the SMTP
93 transport. These options take (expandable) strings as
94 arguments.
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
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
159
160
161
162
163 1. Yahoo DomainKeys support
164 --------------------------------------------------------------
165
166 DomainKeys (DK) support is built into Exim using the
167 "libdomainkeys" reference library implementation. It is
168 available at
169
170 http://domainkeys.sf.net
171
172 You must build this library on your system and compile Exim
173 against it. To build Exim with DK support, add these lines to
174 your Local/Makefile:
175
176 EXPERIMENTAL_DOMAINKEYS=yes
177 CFLAGS += -I/home/tom/exim-cvs/extra/libdomainkeys
178 LDFLAGS += -ldomainkeys -L/home/tom/exim-cvs/extra/libdomainkeys
179
180 Remember to tweak the CFLAGS and LDFLAGS lines to match the
181 location of the libdomainkeys includes and lib on your system.
182
183 The current experimental implementation supports two
184 independent functions:
185
186 o Validate incoming DK-signed email.
187 o Sign outgoing email with DK.
188
189 The former is implemented in the ACLs for SMTP, the latter as
190 an extension to the SMTP transport. That means both facilities
191 are limited to SMTP I/O.
192
193
194
195 1) Validate incoming email
196
197 Incoming messages are fed to the DK validation process as they
198 are received "on the wire". This happens synchronously to
199 Exim's buffering of the message in the spool.
200
201 You must set "control = dk_verify" in one of the ACLs
202 preceding DATA (you will typically use acl_smtp_rcpt), at a
203 point where non-local, non-relay, non-submission mail is
204 processed. If that control flag is not set, the message will
205 NOT be verified.
206
207 Example:
208
209 warn log_message = Feeding message to DK validator.
210 control = dk_verify
211
212 You can check for the outcome of the DK check in the ACL after
213 data (acl_smtp_data), using a number of ACL conditions and/or
214 expansion variables.
215
216
217
218 1.1.) DK ACL conditions
219
220 dk_sender_domains = <domain list>
221
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>
228
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>
235
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>
242
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:
246
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>
257
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:
262
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>
268
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:
273
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
280 1.2.) DK verification expansion variables
281
282 $dk_sender_domain
283
284 Contains the domain that DK has verified for.
285
286
287 $dk_sender
288
289 Contains the address that DK has verified for.
290
291
292 $dk_sender_local_part
293
294 Contains the local part that DK has verified for.
295
296
297 $dk_sender_source
298
299 Contains the "source" of the above three variables, one of
300
301 "from" The address came from the "From:" header.
302 "sender" The address came from the "Sender:" header.
303
304 When DK was unable to find a valid address, this variable
305 is "0".
306
307
308 $dk_signsall
309
310 Is "1" if the target domain signs all outgoing email,
311 "0" otherwise.
312
313
314 $dk_testing
315
316 Is "1" if the target domain is testing DK, "0" otherwise.
317
318
319 $dk_is_signed
320
321 Is "1" if the message is signed, "0" otherwise.
322
323
324 $dk_status
325
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:
329
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
340
341 Contains a human-readable result of the DK check, more
342 verbose than $dk_status. Useful for logging purposes.
343
344
345
346 2) Sign outgoing email with DK
347
348 Outgoing messages are signed just before Exim puts them "on
349 the wire". The only thing that happens after DK signing is
350 eventual TLS encryption.
351
352 Signing is implemented by setting private options on the SMTP
353 transport. These options take (expandable) strings as
354 arguments. The most important variable to use in these
355 expansions is $dk_domain. It contains the domain that DK wants
356 to sign for.
357
358
359 dk_selector = <expanded string> [MANDATORY]
360
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]
369
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
373
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.
381
382
383 dk_canon = <expanded string> [OPTIONAL]
384
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]
392
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]
402
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.
407
408
409
410
411 2. Brightmail AntiSpam (BMI) suppport
412 --------------------------------------------------------------
413
414 Brightmail AntiSpam is a commercial package. Please see
415 http://www.brightmail.com for more information on
416 the product. For the sake of clarity, we'll refer to it as
417 "BMI" from now on.
418
419
420 0) BMI concept and implementation overview
421
422 In contrast to how spam-scanning with SpamAssassin is
423 implemented in exiscan-acl, BMI is more suited for per
424 -recipient scanning of messages. However, each messages is
425 scanned only once, but multiple "verdicts" for multiple
426 recipients can be returned from the BMI server. The exiscan
427 implementation passes the message to the BMI server just
428 before accepting it. It then adds the retrieved verdicts to
429 the messages header file in the spool. These verdicts can then
430 be queried in routers, where operation is per-recipient
431 instead of per-message. To use BMI, you need to take the
432 following steps:
433
434 1) Compile Exim with BMI support
435 2) Set up main BMI options (top section of Exim config file)
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
442 These four steps are explained in more details below.
443
444 1) 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
454 CFLAGS=-I/path/to/the/dir/with/the/includefile
455 EXTRALIBS_EXIM=-L/path/to/the/dir/with/the/library -lbmiclient_single
456
457 If you use other CFLAGS or EXTRALIBS_EXIM settings then
458 merge the content of these lines with them.
459
460 Note for BMI6.x users: You'll also have to add -lxml2_single
461 to the EXTRALIBS_EXIM line. Users of 5.5x do not need to do
462 this.
463
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
471 2) Setting up BMI support in the Exim main configuration
472
473 To enable BMI support in the main Exim configuration, you
474 should set the path to the main BMI configuration file with
475 the "bmi_config_file" option, like this:
476
477 bmi_config_file = /opt/brightmail/etc/brightmail.cfg
478
479 This must go into section 1 of Exim's configuration file (You
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.
486
487
488 3) 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
498 the "accept" blocks from Exim's default configuration file:
499
500
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
510
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
515 4) 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
521 at that stage. From Exim's view, a verdict can have the
522 following outcomes:
523
524 o deliver the message normally
525 o deliver the message to an alternate location
526 o do not deliver the message
527
528 To query the verdict for a recipient, the implementation
529 offers the following tools:
530
531
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:
536
537 o bmi_deliver_default
538
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.
543
544 o bmi_deliver_alternate
545
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.
552
553 o bmi_dont_deliver
554
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:
559
560 # don't deliver messages handled by the BMI server
561 bmi_blackhole:
562 driver = redirect
563 bmi_dont_deliver
564 data = :blackhole:
565
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.
570
571
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:
577
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
583
584
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:
589
590 o $bmi_base64_verdict
591
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:
595
596 localuser:
597 driver = accept
598 check_local_user
599 headers_add = X-Brightmail-Verdict: $bmi_base64_verdict
600 transport = local_delivery
601
602 If there is no verdict available for the recipient being
603 routed, this variable contains the empty string.
604
605 o $bmi_base64_tracker_verdict
606
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:
611
612 localuser:
613 driver = accept
614 check_local_user
615 headers_add = X-Brightmail-Tracker: $bmi_base64_tracker_verdict
616 transport = local_delivery
617
618 If there is no verdict available for the recipient being
619 routed, this variable contains the empty string.
620
621 o $bmi_alt_location
622
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.
631
632 o $bmi_deliver
633
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.
637
638 $bmi_deliver is '0': the message should NOT be delivered.
639 $bmi_deliver is '1': the message should be delivered.
640
641
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.
650
651
652 5) Using per-recipient opt-in information (Optional)
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
659 already look up recipient data in Exim anyway (which can
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'.
671
672 The file format:
673
674 user1@mydomain.com: <OPTIN STRING1>:<OPTIN STRING2>
675 user2@thatdomain.com: <OPTIN STRING3>
676
677
678 The example:
679
680 accept domains = +relay_to_domains
681 endpass
682 verify = recipient
683 bmi_optin = ${lookup{$local_part@$domain}lsearch{/etc/exim/bmi_optin_data}}
684 control = bmi_run
685
686 Of course, you can also use any other lookup method that
687 Exim supports, including LDAP, Postgres, MySQL, Oracle etc.,
688 as long as the result is a list of colon-separated opt-in
689 strings.
690
691 For a list of available opt-in strings, please contact your
692 Brightmail representative.
693
694
695
696
697 3. Sender Policy Framework (SPF) support
698 --------------------------------------------------------------
699
700 To learn more about SPF, visit http://spf.pobox.com. This
701 document does not explain the SPF fundamentals, you should
702 read and understand the implications of deploying SPF on your
703 system before doing so.
704
705 SPF support is added via the libspf2 library. Visit
706
707 http://www.libspf2.org/
708
709 to obtain a copy, then compile and install it. By default,
710 this will put headers in /usr/local/include and the static
711 library in /usr/local/lib.
712
713 To compile Exim with SPF support, set these additional flags in
714 Local/Makefile:
715
716 EXPERIMENTAL_SPF=yes
717 CFLAGS=-DSPF -I/usr/local/include
718 EXTRALIBS_EXIM=-L/usr/local/lib -lspf2
719
720 This assumes that the libspf2 files are installed in
721 their default locations.
722
723 You can now run SPF checks in incoming SMTP by using the "spf"
724 ACL condition in either the MAIL, RCPT or DATA ACLs. When
725 using it in the RCPT ACL, you can make the checks dependend on
726 the RCPT address (or domain), so you can check SPF records
727 only for certain target domains. This gives you the
728 possibility to opt-out certain customers that do not want
729 their mail to be subject to SPF checking.
730
731 The spf condition takes a list of strings on its right-hand
732 side. These strings describe the outcome of the SPF check for
733 which 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
753 processing, including Exim's SPF processing.
754 You may defer messages when this occurs.
755
756 You can prefix each string with an exclamation mark to invert
757 is meaning, for example "!fail" will match all results but
758 "fail". The string list is evaluated left-to-right, in a
759 short-circuit fashion. When a string matches the outcome of
760 the SPF check, the condition succeeds. If none of the listed
761 strings matches the outcome of the SPF check, the condition
762 fails.
763
764 Here is a simple example to fail forgery attempts from domains
765 that publish SPF records:
766
767 /* -----------------
768 deny message = $sender_host_address is not allowed to send mail from $sender_address_domain
769 spf = fail
770 --------------------- */
771
772 You can also give special treatment to specific domains:
773
774 /* -----------------
775 deny message = AOL sender, but not from AOL-approved relay.
776 sender_domains = aol.com
777 spf = fail:neutral
778 --------------------- */
779
780 Explanation: AOL publishes SPF records, but is liberal and
781 still allows non-approved relays to send mail from aol.com.
782 This will result in a "neutral" state, while mail from genuine
783 AOL servers will result in "pass". The example above takes
784 this into account and treats "neutral" like "fail", but only
785 for aol.com. Please note that this violates the SPF draft.
786
787 When the spf condition has run, it sets up several expansion
788 variables.
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.
794
795 $spf_received
796 This contains a complete Received-SPF: header that can be
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.
800
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.
805
806 $spf_smtp_comment
807 This contains a string that can be used in a SMTP response
808 to the calling party. Useful for "fail".
809
810
811
812 4. SRS (Sender Rewriting Scheme) Support
813 --------------------------------------------------------------
814
815 Exiscan currently includes SRS support via Miles Wilton's
816 libsrs_alt library. The current version of the supported
817 library is 0.5.
818
819 In order to use SRS, you must get a copy of libsrs_alt from
820
821 http://srs.mirtol.com/
822
823 Unpack the tarball, then refer to MTAs/README.EXIM
824 to proceed. You need to set
825
826 EXPERIMENTAL_SRS=yes
827
828 in your Local/Makefile.
829
830
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832 End of file
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