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PROGRAM:

NAME

postfwd - postfix firewall daemon

SYNOPSIS

postfwd [OPTIONS] [SOURCE1, SOURCE2, ...]

Ruleset: (at least one, multiple use is allowed):
-f, --file <file> reads rules from <file>
-r, --rule <rule> adds <rule> to config

Scoring:
-s, --scores <v>=<r> returns <r> when score exceeds <v>

Control:
-d, --daemon run postfwd as daemon
-k, --kill stops daemon
--reload reloads configuration
--dumpstats displays usage statistics
--dumpcache displays cache contents
--delcache <item> removes an item from the request cache
--delrate <item> removes an item from the rate cache

Networking:
-i, --interface <dev> listen on interface <dev>
-p, --port <port> listen on port <port>
--proto <proto> socket type (tcp or unix)
-u, --user <name> set uid to user <name>
-g, --group <name> set gid to group <name>
--umask <mask> set umask for file permissions
-R, --chroot <path> chroot the daemon to <path>
--pidfile <path> create pidfile under <path>
--facility <f> syslog facility
--socktype <s> syslog socktype
-l, --logname <label> label for syslog messages
--loglen <int> truncates syslogs after <int> chars

Caching:
-c, --cache <int> sets the request-cache timeout to <int> seconds
--cache-no-size ignores size attribute for caching
--cache-no-sender ignores sender address in cache
--cache-rdomain-only ignores localpart of recipient address in cache
--cache-rbl-timeout default rbl timeout, if not specified in ruleset
--cache-rbl-default default rbl response pattern to match (regexp)
--cacheid <item>, .. list of attributes for request cache identifier
--cleanup-requests cleanup interval in seconds for request cache
--cleanup-rbls cleanup interval in seconds for rbl cache
--cleanup-rates cleanup interval in seconds for rate cache

Optional:
-t, --test testing, always returns "dunno"
-v, --verbose verbose logging, use twice (-vv) to increase level
-S, --summary <int> show some usage statistics every <int> seconds
--norulelog disbles rule logging
--norulestats disables per rule statistics
--noidlestats disables statistics when idle
-n, --nodns disable dns
--nodnslog disable dns logging
--dns_async_txt perform dnsbl A and TXT lookups simultaneously
--dns_timeout timeout in seconds for asynchonous dns queries
--dns_timeout_max maximum of dns timeouts until a dnsbl will be deactivated
--dns_timeout_interval interval in seconds for dns timeout maximum counter
--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
-I, --instantcfg re-reads rulefiles for every new request
--config_timeout <i> parser timeout in seconds
--keep_rates do not clear rate limit counters on reload
--save_rates <file> save and load rate limits on disk
--fast_limit_evaluation evaluate rate limits before ruleset is parsed
(please note the limitations)

Plugins:
--plugins <file> loads postfwd plugins from file

Informational (use only at command-line!):
-C, --showconfig shows ruleset summary, -v for verbose
-L, --stdoutlog redirect syslog messages to stdout
-P, --perfmon no syslogging, no stdout
-V, --version shows program version
-h, --help shows usage
-m, --manual shows program manual

DESCRIPTION

INTRODUCTION
postfwd 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
<http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html> for more information).

postfwd 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.

Features:

* Complex combinations of smtp parameters

* Combined RBL/RHSBL lookups with arbitrary actions depending on results

* Scoring system

* Date/time based rules

* Macros/ACLs, Groups, Negation

* Compare request attributes (e.g. client_name and helo_name)

* Internal caching for requests and dns lookups

* Built in statistics for rule efficiency analysis

CONFIGURATION
A configuration line consists of optional item=value pairs, separated by semicolons (`;`)
and the appropriate desired action:

[ <item1>=<value>; <item2>=<value>; ... ] action=<result>

Example:

client_address=192.168.1.1 ; sender==[email protected] ; action=REJECT

This will deny all mail from 192.168.1.1 with envelope sender [email protected]. The order of
the elements is not important. So the following would lead to the same result as the
previous example:

action=REJECT ; client_address=192.168.1.1 ; sender==[email protected]

The way how request items are compared to the ruleset can be influenced in the following
way:

====================================================================
ITEM == VALUE true if ITEM equals VALUE
ITEM => VALUE true if ITEM >= VALUE
ITEM =< VALUE true if ITEM <= VALUE
ITEM > VALUE true if ITEM > VALUE
ITEM < VALUE true if ITEM < VALUE
ITEM =~ VALUE true if ITEM ~= /^VALUE$/i
ITEM != VALUE false if ITEM equals VALUE
ITEM !> VALUE false if ITEM >= VALUE
ITEM !< VALUE false if ITEM <= VALUE
ITEM !~ VALUE false if ITEM ~= /^VALUE$/i
ITEM = VALUE default behaviour (see ITEMS section)
====================================================================

To identify single rules in your log files, you may add an unique identifier for each of
it:

id=R_001 ; action=REJECT ; client_address=192.168.1.1 ; sender==[email protected]

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.

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.

Since postfwd version 1.30 rules spanning span multiple lines can be defined by prefixing
the following lines with one or multiple whitespace characters (or '}' for macros):

id=RULE001
client_address=192.168.1.0/24
sender==[email protected]
action=REJECT no access

postfwd versions prior to 1.30 require trailing ';' and '\'-characters:

id=RULE001; \
client_address=192.168.1.0/24; \
sender==[email protected]; \
action=REJECT no access

ITEMS
id - a unique rule id, which can be used for log analysis
ids also serve as targets for the "jump" command.

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-
days, months - a range of weekdays (Sun-Sat) or months (Jan-Dec)
within the specified rule shall hit

score - when the specified score is hit (see ACTIONS section)
the specified action will be returned to postfix
scores are set global until redefined!

request_score - this value allows one to access a request's score. it
may be used as variable ($$request_score).

rbl, rhsbl, - query the specified RBLs/RHSBLs, possible values are:
rhsbl_client, <name>[/<reply>/<maxcache>, <name>/<reply>/<maxcache>]
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).

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)

sender_localpart, - the local-/domainpart of the sender address
sender_domain

recipient_localpart, - the local-/domainpart of the recipient address
recipient_domain

helo_address - postfwd 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.

sender_ns_names, - postfwd 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.

sender_mx_names, - postfwd 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.

version - postfwd version, contains "postfwd n.nn"
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:
# version >= 1.10
id=R01; version~=1\.[1-9][0-9]; sender_domain==some.org \
; action=REJECT sorry no access

ratecount - only available for rate(), size() and rcpt() actions.
contains the actual limit counter:
id=R01; action=rate(sender/200/600/REJECT limit of 200 exceeded [$$ratecount hits])
id=R02; action=rate(sender/100/600/WARN limit of 100 exceeded [$$ratecount hits])

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).

Most values can be specified as regular expressions (PCRE). Please see the table below for
details:

# ==========================================================
# 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 = <name>/<reply>/<maxcache>[,...]
rblcount=2 mask = numeric, will match if rbl hits >= 2
helo_address=<a.b.c.d/nn> mask = CIDR[,CIDR,...]
sender_ns_names=some.domain.tld mask = PCRE
sender_mx_names=some.domain.tld mask = PCRE
sender_ns_addrs=<a.b.c.d/nn> mask = CIDR[,CIDR,...]
sender_mx_addrs=<a.b.c.d/nn> mask = CIDR[,CIDR,...]
# ------------------------------
# Postfix version 2.1 and later:
# ------------------------------
client_address=<a.b.c.d/nn> 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=[email protected] mask = PCRE
recipient=[email protected] mask = PCRE
recipient_count=5 mask = numeric, will match if recipients >= 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 >= 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 "..." 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 >= 256
...

the current list can be found at <http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html>. 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-MESSAGE level). Pattern matching is
performed case insensitive.

Multiple use of the same item is allowed and will compared as logical OR, which means that
this will work as expected:

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$

client_address, rbl and rhsbl items may also be specified as whitespace-or-comma-separated
values:

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

The following items currently have to be unique:

id, minimum and maximum values, rblcount and rhsblcount

Any item can be negated by preceding '!!' to it, e.g.:

id=HOST001 ; hostname == !!secure.trust.local ; action=REJECT only secure.trust.local please

or using the right compare operator:

id=HOST001 ; hostname != secure.trust.local ; action=REJECT only secure.trust.local please

To avoid confusion with regexps or simply for better visibility you can use '!!(...)':

id=USER01 ; sasl_username = !!( (bob|alice) ) ; action=REJECT who is that?

Request attributes can be compared by preceding '$$' characters, e.g.:

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

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.

These special items will be reset for any new rule:

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:<txt>; rbltype:rblname:<txt>; ...

These special items will be changed for any matching rule:

request_hits - contains ids of all matching rules

This means that it might be necessary to save them, if you plan to use these values in
later rules:

# set vals
id=RBL01 ; rhsblcount=all; rblcount=all
action=set(HIT_rhls=$$rhsblcount,HIT_rbls=$$rblcount,HIT_txt=$$dnsbltext)
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

# compare
id=RBL02 ; HIT_rhls>=1 ; HIT_rbls>=1 ; action=554 5.7.1 blocked using $$HIT_rhls RHSBLs and $$HIT_rbls RBLs [INFO: $$HIT_txt]
id=RBL03 ; HIT_rhls>=2 ; action=554 5.7.1 blocked using $$HIT_rhls RHSBLs [INFO: $$HIT_txt]
id=RBL04 ; HIT_rbls>=2 ; action=554 5.7.1 blocked using $$HIT_rbls RBLs [INFO: $$HIT_txt]

FILES
Since postfwd1 v1.15 and postfwd2 v0.18 long item lists can be stored in separate files:

id=R001 ; ccert_fingerprint==file:/etc/postfwd/wl_ccerts ; action=DUNNO

postfwd will read a list of items (one item per line) from /etc/postfwd/wl_ccerts.
comments are allowed:

# 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

To use existing tables in key=value format, you can use:

id=R001 ; ccert_fingerprint==table:/etc/postfwd/wl_ccerts ; action=DUNNO

This will ignore the right-hand value. Items can be mixed:

id=R002 ; action=REJECT
client_name==unknown
client_name==file:/etc/postfwd/blacklisted

and for non pcre (comma separated) items:

id=R003 ; action=REJECT
client_address==10.1.1.1, file:/etc/postfwd/blacklisted

id=R004 ; action=REJECT
rbl=myrbl.home.local, zen.spamhaus.org, file:/etc/postfwd/rbls_changing

You can check your configuration with the --show_config option at the command line:

# postfwd --showconfig --rule='action=DUNNO; client_address=10.1.0.0/16, file:/etc/postfwd/wl_clients, 192.168.2.1'

should give something like:

Rule 0: id->"R-0"; action->"DUNNO"; client_address->"=;10.1.0.0/16, =;194.123.86.10, =;186.4.6.12, =;192.168.2.1"

If a file can not be read, it will be ignored:

# postfwd --showconfig --rule='action=DUNNO; client_address=10.1.0.0/16, file:/etc/postfwd/wl_clients, 192.168.2.1'
[LOG warning]: error: file /etc/postfwd/wl_clients not found - file will be ignored ?
Rule 0: id->"R-0"; action->"DUNNO"; client_address->"=;10.1.0.0/16, =;192.168.2.1"

File items are evaluated at configuration stage. Therefore postfwd needs to be reloaded if
a file has changed.

If you want to specify a file, that will be reloaded for each request, you can use lfile:
and ltable:

id=R001; client_address=lfile:/etc/postfwd/client_whitelist; action=dunno

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.

The --showconfig option illustrates the difference:

## evaluated at configuration stage
# postfwd2 --nodaemon -L --rule='client_address=table:/etc/postfwd/clients; action=dunno' -C
Rule 0: id->"R-0"; action->"dunno"; client_address->"=;1.1.1.1, =;1.1.1.2, =;1.1.1.3"

## evaluated for any rulehit
# postfwd2 --nodaemon -L --rule='client_address=ltable:/etc/postfwd/clients; action=dunno' -C
Rule 0: id->"R-0"; action->"dunno"; client_address->"=;ltable:/etc/postfwd/clients"

Files can refer to other files. The following is valid.

-- FILE /etc/postfwd/rules.cf --
id=R001; client_address=file:/etc/postfwd/clients_master.cf; action=DUNNO

-- FILE /etc/postfwd/clients_master.cf --
192.168.1.0/24
file:/etc/postfwd/clients_east.cf
file:/etc/postfwd/clients_west.cf

-- FILE /etc/postfwd/clients_east.cf --
192.168.2.0/24

-- FILE /etc/postfwd/clients_west.cf --
192.168.3.0/24

Note 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.

ACTIONS
General

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 preceding $$ characters, like:

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)'

postfix actions

Actions will be replied to postfix as result to policy delegation requests. Any action
that postfix understands is allowed - see "man 5 access" or
<http://www.postfix.org/access.5.html> for a description. If no action is specified, the
postfix WARN action which simply logs the event will be used for the corresponding rule.

postfwd 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:

...
action=dunno ; [email protected] # sender is ok
action=reject # default deny

postfwd actions

postfwd actions control the behaviour of the program. Currently you can specify the
following:

jump (<id>)
jumps to rule with id <id>, 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.

score (<score>)
the request's score will be modified by the specified <score>,
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=>"REJECT postfwd score exceeded").

set (<item>=<value>,<item>=<value>,...)
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 "," characters.

rate (<item>/<max>/<time>/<action>)
this command creates a counter for the given <item>, which will be increased any time a request
containing it arrives. if it exceeds <max> within <time> seconds it will return <action> to postfix.
rate counters are very fast as they are executed before the ruleset is parsed.
please note that <action> was limited to postfix actions (no postfwd actions) for postfwd versions <1.33!
# no more than 3 requests per 5 minutes
# from the same "unknown" client
id=RATE01 ; client_name==unknown
action=rate(client_address/3/300/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 3 requests per 5 minutes)
Please note also that the order of rate limits in your ruleset is important, which means
that this:
# works as expected
id=R001; action=rcpt(sender/500/3600/REJECT limit of 500 recipients per hour for sender $$sender exceeded)
id=R002; action=rcpt(sender/200/3600/WARN state YELLOW for sender $$sender)
leads to different results than this:
# rule R002 never gets executed
id=R001; action=rcpt(sender/200/3600/WARN state YELLOW for sender $$sender)
id=R002; action=rcpt(sender/500/3600/REJECT limit of 500 recipients per hour for sender $$sender exceeded)

size (<item>/<max>/<time>/<action>)
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 postfwd 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 ; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE ; client_address!=10.1.1.1
action=size(client_address/1572864/3600/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 1.5mb per hour)

rcpt (<item>/<max>/<time>/<action>)
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 ; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE ; client_address!=10.1.1.1
action=rcpt(client_address/3/3600/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 3 recipients per hour)

rate5321,size5321,rcpt5321 (<item>/<max>/<time>/<action>)
same as the corresponding non-5321 functions, with the difference that the localpart of
sender oder recipient addresses are evaluated case-sensitive according to rfc5321. That
means that requests from [email protected] and [email protected] will be treated differently

ask (<addr>:<port>[:<ignore>])
allows one 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 postfwd 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 the 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$)

mail(server/helo/from/to/subject/body)
This command is deprecated. You should try to use the sendmail() action instead.
Very basic mail command, that sends a message with the given arguments. LIMITATIONS:
This basically performs a telnet. No authentication or TLS are available. Additionally it does
not track notification state and will notify you any time, the corresponding rule hits.

sendmail(sendmail-path::from::to::subject::body)
Mail command, that uses an existing sendmail binary and sends a message with the given arguments.
LIMITATIONS: The command does not track notification state and will notify you any time, the
corresponding rule hits (which could mean 100 mails for a mail with 100 recipients at RCPT stage).

wait (<delay>)
pauses the program execution for <delay> seconds. use this for
delaying or throtteling connections.

note (<string>)
just logs the given string and continues parsing the ruleset.
if the string is empty, nothing will be logged (noop).

quit (<code>)
terminates the program with the given exit-code. postfix doesn`t
like that too much, so use it with care.

You can reference to request attributes, like

id=R-HELO ; helo_name=^[^\.]+$ ; action=REJECT invalid helo '$$helo_name'

MACROS/ACLS
Multiple use of long items or combinations of them may be abbreviated by macros. Those
must be prefixed by '&&' (two '&' characters). First the macros have to be defined as
follows:

&&RBLS { rbl=zen.spamhaus.org,list.dsbl.org,bl.spamcop.net,dnsbl.sorbs.net,ix.dnsbl.manitu.net; };

Then these may be used in your rules, like:

&&RBLS ; client_name=^unknown$ ; action=REJECT
&&RBLS ; client_name=(\d+[\.-_]){4} ; action=REJECT
&&RBLS ; client_name=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_] ; action=REJECT

Macros can contain actions, too:

# definition
&&GONOW { action=REJECT your request caused our spam detection policy to reject this message. More info at http://www.domain.local; };
# rules
&&GONOW ; &&RBLS ; client_name=^unknown$
&&GONOW ; &&RBLS ; client_name=(\d+[\.-_]){4}
&&GONOW ; &&RBLS ; client_name=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_]

Macros can contain macros, too:

# definition
&&RBLS{
rbl=zen.spamhaus.org
rbl=list.dsbl.org
rbl=bl.spamcop.net
rbl=dnsbl.sorbs.net
rbl=ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
};
&&DYNAMIC{
client_name=^unknown$
client_name=(\d+[\.-_]){4}
client_name=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_]
};
&&GOAWAY { &&RBLS; &&DYNAMIC; };
# rules
&&GOAWAY ; action=REJECT dynamic client and listed on RBL

Basically macros are simple text substitutions - see the "PARSER" section for more
information.

PLUGINS
Description

The plugin interface allow you to define your own checks and enhance postfwd's
functionality. Feel free to share useful things!

Warning

Note that the plugin interface is still at devel stage. Please test your plugins
carefully, because errors may cause postfwd to break! It is also allowed to override
attributes or built-in functions, but be sure that you know what you do because some of
them are used internally.

Please keep security in mind, when you access sensible resources and never, ever run
postfwd as privileged user! Also never trust your input (especially hostnames, and e-mail
addresses).

ITEMS

Item plugins are perl subroutines which integrate additional attributes to requests before
they are evaluated against postfwd's ruleset like any other item of the policy delegation
protocol. This allows you to create your own checks.

plugin-items can not be used selective. these functions will be executed for every request
postfwd receives, so keep performance in mind.

SYNOPSIS: %result = postfwd_items_plugin{<name>}(%request)

means that your subroutine, called <name>, has access to a hash called %request, which
contains all request attributes, like $request{client_name} and must return a value in the
following form:

save: $result{<item>} = <value>

this creates the new item <item> containing <value>, which will be integrated in the
policy delegation request and therefore may be used in postfwd's ruleset.

# do NOT remove the next line
%postfwd_items_plugin = (

# EXAMPLES - integrated in postfwd. no need to activate them here.

# allows one to check postfwd version in ruleset
"version" => sub {
my(%request) = @_;
my(%result) = (
"version" => $NAME." ".$VERSION,
);
return %result;
},

# sender_domain and recipient_domain
"address_parts" => sub {
my(%request) = @_;
my(%result) = ();
$request{sender} =~ /@([^@]*)$/;
$result{sender_domain} = ($1 || '');
$request{recipient} =~ /@([^@]*)$/;
$result{recipient_domain} = ($1 || '');
return %result;
},

# do NOT remove the next line
);

COMPARE

Compare plugins allow you to define how your new items should be compared to the ruleset.
These are optional. If you don't specify one, the default (== for exact match, =~ for
PCRE, ...) will be used.

SYNOPSIS: <item> => sub { return &{$postfwd_compare{<type>}}(@_); },

# do NOT remove the next line
%postfwd_compare_plugin = (

EXAMPLES - integrated in postfwd. no need to activate them here.

# Simple example
# SYNOPSIS: <result> = <item> (return &{$postfwd_compare{<type>}}(@_))
"client_address" => sub { return &{$postfwd_compare{cidr}}(@_); },
"size" => sub { return &{$postfwd_compare{numeric}}(@_); },
"recipient_count" => sub { return &{$postfwd_compare{numeric}}(@_); },

# Complex example
# SYNOPSIS: <result> = <item>(<operator>, <ruleset value>, <request value>, <request>)
"numeric" => sub {
my($cmp,$val,$myitem,%request) = @_;
my($myresult) = undef; $myitem ||= "0"; $val ||= "0";
if ($cmp eq '==') {
$myresult = ($myitem == $val);
} elsif ($cmp eq '=<') {
$myresult = ($myitem <= $val);
} elsif ($cmp eq '=>') {
$myresult = ($myitem >= $val);
} elsif ($cmp eq '<') {
$myresult = ($myitem < $val);
} elsif ($cmp eq '>') {
$myresult = ($myitem > $val);
} elsif ($cmp eq '!=') {
$myresult = not($myitem == $val);
} elsif ($cmp eq '!<') {
$myresult = not($myitem <= $val);
} elsif ($cmp eq '!>') {
$myresult = not($myitem >= $val);
} else {
$myresult = ($myitem >= $val);
};
return $myresult;
},

# do NOT remove the next line
);

ACTIONS

Action plugins allow to define new postfwd actions. By setting the $stop-flag you can
decide to continue or to stop parsing the ruleset.

SYNOPSIS: (<stop rule parsing>, <next rule index>, <return action>, <logprefix>, <request>) =
<action> (<current rule index>, <current time>, <command name>, <argument>, <logprefix>, <request>)

# do NOT remove the next line
%postfwd_actions_plugin = (

# EXAMPLES - integrated in postfwd. no need to activate them here.

# note(<logstring>) command
"note" => sub {
my($index,$now,$mycmd,$myarg,$myline,%request) = @_;
my($myaction) = 'dunno'; my($stop) = 0;
log_info "[RULES] ".$myline." - note: ".$myarg if $myarg;
return ($stop,$index,$myaction,$myline,%request);
},

# skips next <myarg> rules
"skip" => sub {
my($index,$now,$mycmd,$myarg,$myline,%request) = @_;
my($myaction) = 'dunno'; my($stop) = 0;
$index += $myarg if ( $myarg and not(($index + $myarg) > $#Rules) );
return ($stop,$index,$myaction,$myline,%request);
},

# dumps current request contents to syslog
"dumprequest" => sub {
my($index,$now,$mycmd,$myarg,$myline,%request) = @_;
my($myaction) = 'dunno'; my($stop) = 0;
map { log_info "[DUMP] rule=$index, Attribute: $_=$request{$_}" } (keys %request);
return ($stop,$index,$myaction,$myline,%request);
},

# do NOT remove the next line
);

COMMAND LINE
Ruleset

The following arguments are used to specify the source of the postfwd ruleset. This means
that at least one of the following is required for postfwd to work.

-f, --file <file>
Reads rules from <file>. Please see the CONFIGURATION section
below for more information.

-r, --rule <rule>
Adds <rule> to ruleset. Remember that you might have to quote
strings that contain whitespaces or shell characters.

Scoring

-s, --scores <val>=<action>
Returns <action> to postfix, when the request's score exceeds <val>

Multiple usage is allowed. Just chain your arguments, like:

postfwd -r "<item>=<value>;action=<result>" -f <file> -f <file> ...
or
postfwd --scores 4.5="WARN high score" --scores 5.0="REJECT postfwd score too high" ...

In case of multiple scores, the highest match will count. The order of the arguments will
be reflected in the postfwd ruleset.

Control

-d, --daemon
postfwd will run as daemon and listen on the network for incoming
queries (default 127.0.0.1:10040).

-k, --kill
Stops a running postfwd daemon.

--reload
Reloads configuration.

--dumpstats
Displays program usage statistics.

--dumpcache
Displays cache contents.

--delcache <item>
Removes an item from the request cache. Use --dumpcache to identify objects.
E.g.:
# postfwd --dumpcache
...
%rate_cache -> %sender=[email protected] -> %RATE002+2_600 -> @count -> '1'
%rate_cache -> %sender=[email protected] -> %RATE002+2_600 -> @maxcount -> '2'
...
# postfwd --delrate="sender=[email protected]"
rate cache item 'sender=[email protected]' removed

--delrate <item>
Removes an item from the rate cache. Use --dumpcache to identify objects.

Networking

postfwd 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.

-i, --interface <dev>
Bind postfwd to the specified interface (default 127.0.0.1).

-p, --port <port>
postfwd listens on the specified port (default tcp/10040).

--proto <type>
The protocol type for postfwd's socket. Currently you may use 'tcp' or 'unix' here.
To use postfwd with a unix domain socket, run it as follows:
postfwd --proto=unix --port=/somewhere/postfwd.socket

-u, --user <name>
Changes real and effective user to <name>.

-g, --group <name>
Changes real and effective group to <name>.

--umask <mask>
Changes the umask for filepermissions (unix domain sockets, pidfiles).
Attention: This is umask, not chmod - you have to specify the bits that
should NOT apply. E.g.: umask 077 equals to chmod 700.

-R, --chroot <path>
Chroot the process to the specified path.
Test this before using - you might need some libs there.

--pidfile <path>
The process id will be saved in the specified file.

--facility <f>
sets the syslog facility, default is 'mail'

--socktype <s>
sets the Sys::Syslog socktype to 'native', 'inet' or 'unix'.
Default is to auto-detect this depening on module version and os.

-l, --logname <label>
Labels the syslog messages. Useful when running multiple
instances of postfwd.

--loglen <int>
Truncates any syslog message after <int> characters.

Plugins

--plugins <file>
Loads postfwd plugins from file. Please see http://postfwd.org/postfwd.plugins
or the plugins.postfwd.sample that is available from the tarball for more info.

Optional arguments

These parameters influence the way postfwd is working. Any of them can be combined.

-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).

-c, --cache <int> (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.

--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.

--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.

--cache-rdomain-only
This will strip the localpart of the recipient's address before filling the
cache. This may considerably increase cache-hit rates.

--cache-rbl-timeout <timeout> (default=3600)
This default value will be used as timeout in seconds for rbl cache items,
if not specified in the ruleset.

--cache-rbl-default <pattern> (default=^127\.0\.0\.\d+$)
Matches <pattern> to rbl/rhsbl answers (regexp) if not specified in the ruleset.

--cacheid <item>, <item>, ...
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 postfwd only for RBL/RHSBL control,
you may set this to
postfwd --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!

--cleanup-requests <interval> (default=600)
The request cache will be searched for timed out items after this <interval> in
seconds. It is a minimum value. The cleanup process will only take place, when
a new request arrives.

--cleanup-rbls <interval> (default=600)
The rbl cache will be searched for timed out items after this <interval> in
seconds. It is a minimum value. The cleanup process will only take place, when
a new request arrives.

--cleanup-rates <interval> (default=600)
The rate cache will be searched for timed out items after this <interval> in
seconds. It is a minimum value. The cleanup process will only take place, when
a new request arrives.

-S, --summary <int> (default=600)
Shows some usage statistics (program uptime, request counter, matching rules)
every <int> seconds. This option is included by the -v switch.
This feature uses the alarm signal, so you can force postfwd to dump the stats
using `kill -ALRM <pid>` (where <pid> is the process id of postfwd).

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
...

--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.

-L, --stdoutlog
Redirects all syslog messages to stdout for debugging. Never use this with postfix!

-t, --test
In test mode postfwd always returns "dunno", but logs according
to it`s ruleset. -v will be set automatically with this option.

-n, --nodns
Disables all DNS based checks like RBL checks. Rules containing
such elements will be ignored.

-n, --nodnslog
Disables logging of dns events.

--dns_timeout (default: 14)
Sets the timeout for asynchonous dns queries in seconds. This value will apply to
all dns items in a rule.

--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).

--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.

--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.

--dns_max_ns_lookups (default=0)
maximum ns names to lookup up with sender_ns_addrs item. use 0 for no maximum.

--dns_max_mx_lookups (default=0)
maximum mx names to lookup up with sender_mx_addrs item. use 0 for no maximum.

-I, --instantcfg
The config files, specified by -f will be re-read for every request
postfwd 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.

--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.

--keep_rates (default=0)
With this option set postfwd does not clear the rate limit counters on reload. Please
note that you have to restart (not reload) postfwd with this option if you change
any rate limit rules.

--save_rates (default=none)
With this option postfwd saves existing rate limit counters to disk and reloads them
on program start. This allows persistent rate limits across program restarts or reboots.
Please note that postfwd needs read and write access to the specified file.

--fast_limit_evaluation (default=0)
Once a ratelimit was set by the ruleset, future requests will be evaluated against it
before consulting the ruleset. This mode was the default behaviour until v1.30.
With this mode rate limits will be faster, but also eventually set up
whitelisting-rules within the ruleset might not work as expected.
LIMITATIONS: This option does not allow nested postfwd commands like
action=rate(sender/3/60/wait(3))
This option doe not work with the strict-rfc5321 rate() functions.

Informational arguments

These arguments are for command line usage only. Never ever use them with postfix spawn!

-C, --showconfig
Displays the current ruleset. Use -v for verbose output.

-P, --perfmon
This option turns of any syslogging and output. It is included
for performance testing.

-V, --version
Displays the program version.

-h, --help
Shows program usage.

-m, --manual
Displays the program manual.

REFRESH
In daemon mode postfwd 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
postfwd receives.

EXAMPLES
## 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

## TLS control
# 1. *@authority.tld only with correct TLS fingerprint
# 2. *@secret.tld only with keysizes >=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 < 64 ; sender=@secret\.tld$ ; encryption_keysize=64

## 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

## 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; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=DUNNO; size<=30000000 ; client_name=\.customer1.tld$
id=SZ002; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=DUNNO; size<=20000000 ; sasl_username==joejob
id=SZ002; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=DUNNO; size<=10000000
id=SZ100; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=REJECT message too large

## Selective Greylisting
##
## Note that postfwd does not include greylisting. This setup requires a running postgrey service
## at port 10031 and the following postfix restriction class in your main.cf:
##
## smtpd_restriction_classes = check_postgrey, ...
## check_postgrey = check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10031
#
# 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=check_postgrey ; rbl=dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net, zen.spamhaus.org/127.0.0.1[01]/1200
id=GR002; action=check_postgrey ; client_name=^unknown$
id=GR003; action=check_postgrey ; client_name=\.(t-ipconnect|alicedsl|ish)\.de$

## 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=check_postgrey

## 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 ; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=REJECT message too big (max. 10MB); size=10000000
id=R100 ; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=REJECT message too big (max. 30MB); size=30000000

## 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=check_postgrey
id=S02 ; score=5.0 ; action=REJECT postfwd 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$
...

## Usage of rate and size
# The following temporary rejects requests from "unknown" 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 ; protocol_state==RCPT
action=rate(client_address/30/3600/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 30 requests per hour)
id=SIZE01 ; client_name==unknown ; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE
action=size(client_address/1572864/600/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 1.5mb per 10 minutes)

## Macros
# definition
&&RBLS { rbl=zen.spamhaus.org,list.dsbl.org,bl.spamcop.net,dnsbl.sorbs.net,ix.dnsbl.manitu.net; };
&&GONOW { action=REJECT your request caused our spam detection policy to reject this message. More info at http://www.domain.local; };
# rules
&&GONOW ; &&RBLS ; client_name=^unknown$
&&GONOW ; &&RBLS ; client_name=(\d+[\.-_]){4}
&&GONOW ; &&RBLS ; client_name=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_]

## Groups
# definition
&&RBLS{
rbl=zen.spamhaus.org
rbl=list.dsbl.org
rbl=bl.spamcop.net
rbl=dnsbl.sorbs.net
rbl=ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
};
&&RHSBLS{
...
};
&&DYNAMIC{
client_name==unknown
client_name~=(\d+[\.-_]){4}
client_name~=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_]
...
};
&&BAD_HELO{
helo_name==my.name.tld
helo_name~=^([^\.]+)$
helo_name~=\.(local|lan)$
...
};
&&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 ; &&RBLS ; &&DYNAMIC ; action=REJECT dynamic client and listed on RBL
id=MAINTENANCE ; &&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 ; &&RBLS ; action=set(HIT_rbls=1)
id=HELO01 ; &&BAD_HELO ; action=set(HIT_helo=1)
id=DYNA01 ; &&DYNAMIC ; action=set(HIT_dyna=1)
id=REJECT01 ; HIT_rbls==1 ; HIT_helo==1 ; action=REJECT please see http://some.org/info?reject=01 for more info
id=REJECT02 ; HIT_rbls==1 ; HIT_dyna==1 ; action=REJECT please see http://some.org/info?reject=02 for more info
id=REJECT03 ; HIT_helo==1 ; HIT_dyna==1 ; action=REJECT please see http://some.org/info?reject=03 for more info

## combined with enhanced rbl features
#
id=RBL01 ; rhsblcount=all ; rblcount=all ; &&RBLS ; &&RHSBLS
action=set(HIT_dnsbls=$$rhsblcount,HIT_dnsbls+=$$rblcount,HIT_dnstxt=$$dnsbltext)
id=RBL02 ; HIT_dnsbls>=2 ; action=554 5.7.1 blocked using $$HIT_dnsbls DNSBLs [INFO: $$HIT_dnstxt]

PARSER
Configuration

The postfwd 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:

postfwd --showconfig \
-r "id=TEST; recipient_count=100; action=WARN mail with 100+ recipients" \
-f /etc/postfwd.cf \
-r "id=DEFAULT; action=dunno";

will produce the following output:

Rule 0: id->"TEST" action->"WARN mail with 100+ recipients"; recipient_count->"100"
...
... <content of /etc/postfwd.cf> ...
...
Rule <n>: id->"DEFAULT" action->"dunno"

Multiple items of the same type will be added to lists (see the "ITEMS" section for more
info):

postfwd --showconfig \
-r "client_address=192.168.1.0/24; client_address=172.16.26.32; action=dunno"

will result in:

Rule 0: id->"R-0"; action->"dunno"; client_address->"192.168.1.0/24, 172.16.26.32"

Macros are evaluated at configuration stage, which means that

postfwd --showconfig \
-r "&&RBLS { rbl=bl.spamcop.net; client_name=^unknown$; };" \
-r "id=RBL001; &&RBLS; action=REJECT listed on spamcop and bad rdns";

will result in:

Rule 0: id->"RBL001"; action->"REJECT listed on spamcop and bad rdns"; rbl->"bl.spamcop.net"; client_name->"^unknown$"

Request processing

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.

Keeping the order of the ruleset in general, items will be compared in random order, which
basically means that

id=R001; action=dunno; client_address=192.168.1.1; sender=[email protected]

equals to

id=R001; sender=[email protected]; client_address=192.168.1.1; action=dunno

Lists will be evaluated in the specified order. This allows one to place faster
expressions at first:

postfwd -vv -L -r "id=RBL001; rbl=localrbl.local zen.spamhaus.org; action=REJECT" /some/where/request.sample

produces the following

[LOGS info]: compare rbl: "remotehost.remote.net[68.10.1.7]" -> "localrbl.local"
[LOGS info]: count1 rbl: "2" -> "0"
[LOGS info]: query rbl: localrbl.local 7.1.10.68 (7.1.10.68.localrbl.local)
[LOGS info]: count2 rbl: "2" -> "0"
[LOGS info]: match rbl: FALSE
[LOGS info]: compare rbl: "remotehost.remote.net[68.10.1.7]" -> "zen.spamhaus.org"
[LOGS info]: count1 rbl: "2" -> "0"
[LOGS info]: query rbl: zen.spamhaus.org 7.1.10.68 (7.1.10.68.zen.spamhaus.org)
[LOGS info]: count2 rbl: "2" -> "0"
[LOGS info]: match rbl: FALSE
[LOGS info]: Action: dunno

The negation operator !!(<value>) has the highest priority and therefore will be evaluated
first. Then variable substitutions are performed:

postfwd -vv -L -r "id=TEST; action=REJECT; client_name=!!($$heloname)" /some/where/request.sample

will give

[LOGS info]: compare client_name: "unknown" -> "!!($$helo_name)"
[LOGS info]: negate client_name: "unknown" -> "$$helo_name"
[LOGS info]: substitute client_name: "unknown" -> "english-breakfast.cloud8.net"
[LOGS info]: match client_name: TRUE
[LOGS info]: Action: REJECT

Ruleset evaluation

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 postfwd ruleset.

If a rule matches, there are two options:

* Rule returns postfix action (dunno, reject, ...) The parser stops rule processing and
returns the action to postfix. Other rules will not be evaluated.

* Rule returns postfwd action (jump(), note(), ...) The parser evaluates the given action
and continues with the next rule (except for the jump() or quit() actions - please see the
"ACTIONS" section for more information). Nothing will be sent to postfix.

If no rule has matched and the end of the ruleset is reached postfwd will return dunno
without logging anything unless in verbose mode. You may simply place a last `catch-allAX
rule to change that behaviour:

... <your rules> ...
id=DEFAULT ; action=dunno

will log any request that passes the ruleset without having hit a prior rule.

INTEGRATION
Integration via daemon mode

The common way to use postfwd is to start it as daemon, listening at a specified tcp port.
As postfwd will run in a single instance (multiplexing mode), it will take most benefit of
it`s internal caching in that case. Start postfwd with the following parameters:

postfwd -d -f /etc/postfwd.cf -i 127.0.0.1 -p 10040 -u nobody -g nobody -S

For efficient caching you should check if you can use the options --cache-rdomain-only,
--cache-no-sender and --cache-no-size.

Now check your syslogs (default facility "mail") for a line like:

Aug 9 23:00:24 mail postfwd[5158]: postfwd n.nn ready for input

and use `netstat -an|grep 10040` to check for something like

tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:10040 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN

If everything works, open your postfix main.cf and insert the following

127.0.0.1:10040_time_limit = 3600 <--- integration
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks <--- recommended
reject_unauth_destination <--- recommended
check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10040 <--- integration

Reload your configuration with `postfix reload` and watch your logs. In it works you
should see lines like the following in your mail log:

Aug 9 23:01:24 mail postfwd[5158]: rule=22, id=ML_POSTFIX, client=english-breakfast.cloud9.net[168.100.1.7], sender=[email protected], recipient=[email protected], helo=english-breakfast.cloud9.net, proto=ESMTP, state=RCPT, action=dunno

If you want to check for size or rcpt_count items you must integrate postfwd 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:

domain1.local postfwdcheck
domain2.local postfwdcheck
...

Then postmap that file (`postmap hash:/etc/postfix/policy`), open your main.cf and enter

# Restriction Classes
smtpd_restriction_classes = postfwdcheck, <some more>... <--- integration
postfwdcheck = check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10040 <--- integration

127.0.0.1:10040_time_limit = 3600 <--- integration
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, <--- recommended
reject_unauth_destination, <--- recommended
... <--- optional
check_recipient_access hash:/etc/postfix/policy, <--- integration
... <--- optional

Reload postfix and watch your logs.

Integration via xinetd

There might be several reasons for you to use postfwd via a tcp wrapper package like
xinetd (see <http://www.xinetd.org/>). I won`t discuss that here. If you plan to do so,
just add the following line to your /etc/services file:

# postfwd port
postfwd 10040/tcp

Then create a file '/etc/xinetd.d/postfwd':

{
interface = 127.0.0.1
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = nobody
server = /usr/local/bin/postfwd
server_args = -f /etc/postfwd.cf
disable = no
}

and restart the xinetd daemon (usually a SIGHUP should be fine). If you experience
problems you might want to check your system's log for xinetd errors like "socket already
in use".

The integration with postfix is similar to the Integration via daemon mode section above.
Reload postfix and watch your logs to see if everything works.

TESTING
First you have to create a ruleset (see Configuration section). Check it with

postfwd -f /etc/postfwd.cf -C

There is an example policy request distributed with postfwd, called 'request.sample'.
Simply change it to meet your requirements and use

postfwd -f /etc/postfwd.cf <request.sample

You should get an answer like

action=<whateveryouconfigured>

For network tests I use netcat:

nc 127.0.0.1 10040 <request.sample

to send a request to postfwd. If you receive nothing, make sure that postfwd is running
and listening on the specified network settings.

PERFORMANCE
Some of these proposals might not match your environment. Please check your requirements
and test new options carefully!

- use caching options
- use the correct match operator ==, <=, >=
- 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

SEE ALSO
See <http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html> for a description of how Postfix
policy servers work.

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