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# $Id: PMilter.pm,v 1.28 2004/08/04 17:08:34 tvierling Exp $ # # Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com> <tv@duh.org> # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # # 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, # this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # # 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the # documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. # # 3. Neither the name of the author nor the names of contributors may be used # to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific # prior written permission. # # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE # IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE # ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE # LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR # CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF # SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS # INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN # CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) # ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. package Sendmail::PMilter; use 5.006; use base Exporter; use strict; use warnings; use Carp; use Errno; use IO::Select; use POSIX; use Sendmail::Milter 0.18; # get needed constants use Socket; use Symbol; use UNIVERSAL; our $VERSION = '1.00'; our $DEBUG = 0; =pod =head1 NAME Sendmail::PMilter - Perl binding of Sendmail Milter protocol =head1 SYNOPSIS use Sendmail::PMilter; my $milter = new Sendmail::PMilter; $milter->auto_setconn(NAME); $milter->register(NAME, { CALLBACKS }, FLAGS); $milter->main(); =head1 DESCRIPTION Sendmail::PMilter is a mail filtering API implementing the Sendmail milter protocol in pure Perl. This allows Sendmail servers (and perhaps other MTAs implementing milter) to filter and modify mail in transit during the SMTP connection, all in Perl. It should be noted that PMilter 0.90 and later is NOT compatible with scripts written for PMilter 0.5 and earlier. The API has been reworked significantly, and the enhanced APIs and rule logic provided by PMilter 0.5 and earlier has been factored out for inclusion in a separate package to be called Mail::Milter. =head1 METHODS =over 4 =cut ##### Symbols exported to the caller my @smflags = qw( SMFIS_CONTINUE SMFIS_REJECT SMFIS_DISCARD SMFIS_ACCEPT SMFIS_TEMPFAIL SMFIF_ADDHDRS SMFIF_CHGBODY SMFIF_ADDRCPT SMFIF_DELRCPT SMFIF_CHGHDRS SMFIF_MODBODY SMFIF_QUARANTINE SMFIF_SETSENDER SMFI_V1_ACTS SMFI_V2_ACTS SMFI_CURR_ACTS ); our @EXPORT_OK = (@smflags, qw( %DEFAULT_CALLBACKS )); our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( all => [ @smflags ] ); use constant SMFIF_QUARANTINE => 0x20; use constant SMFIF_SETSENDER => 0x40; our $enable_setsender = 0; ##### Methods sub new ($) { bless {}, shift; } =pod =item get_max_interpreters() Returns the maximum number of interpreters passed to C<main()>. This is only useful when called from within the dispatcher, as it is not set before C<main()> is called. =cut sub get_max_interpreters ($) { my $this = shift; $this->{max_interpreters} || 0; } =pod =item get_max_requests() Returns the maximum number of requests per interpreter passed to C<main()>. This is only useful when called from within the dispatcher, as it is not set before C<main()> is called. =cut sub get_max_requests ($) { my $this = shift; $this->{max_requests} || 0; } =pod =item main([MAXCHILDREN[, MAXREQ]]) This is the last method called in the main block of a milter program. If successful, this call never returns; the protocol engine is launched and begins accepting connections. MAXCHILDREN (default 0, meaning unlimited) specifies the maximum number of connections that may be serviced simultaneously. If a connection arrives with the number of active connections above this limit, the milter will immediately return a temporary failure condition and close the connection. MAXREQ (default 0, meaning unlimited) is the maximum number of requests that a child may service before being recycled. It is not guaranteed that the interpreter will service this many requests, only that it will not go over the limit. Any callback which C<die>s will have its output sent to C<warn>, followed by a clean shutdown of the milter connection. To catch any warnings generated by the callbacks, and any error messages caused by a C<die>, set C<$SIG{__WARN__}> to a user-defined subroutine. (See L<perlvar>.) =cut sub main ($;$$) { require Sendmail::PMilter::Context; my $this = shift; croak 'main: socket not bound' unless defined($this->{socket}); croak 'main: callbacks not registered' unless defined($this->{callbacks}); my $max_interpreters = shift; my $max_requests = shift; $this->{max_interpreters} = $max_interpreters if (defined($max_interpreters) && $max_interpreters !~ /\D/); $this->{max_requests} = $max_requests if (defined($max_requests) && $max_requests !~ /\D/); my $dispatcher = $this->{dispatcher}; unless (defined($dispatcher)) { my $dispatcher_name = ($ENV{PMILTER_DISPATCHER} || 'postfork').'_dispatcher'; $dispatcher = &{\&{qualify_to_ref($dispatcher_name, 'Sendmail::PMilter')}}; } my $handler = sub { my $ctx = new Sendmail::PMilter::Context(shift, $this->{callbacks}, $this->{callback_flags}); $ctx->main(); }; &$dispatcher($this, $this->{socket}, $handler); undef; } =pod =item register(NAME, CALLBACKS[, FLAGS]) Sets up the main milter loop configuration. NAME is the name of the milter. For compatibility with the official Sendmail::Milter distribution, this should be the same name as passed to auto_getconn() or auto_setconn(), but this PMilter implementation does not enforce this. CALLBACKS is a hash reference containing one or more callback subroutines. If a callback is not named in this hashref, the caller's package will be searched for subroutines named "CALLBACK_callback", where CALLBACK is the name of the callback function. FLAGS, if specified, is a bitmask of message modification actions (a bitwise OR of the SMFIF_* constants, or SMFI_CURR_ACTS to ask for all capabilities) that are requested by the callback object for use during message processing. If any bit is not set in this mask, its corresponding action will not be allowed during message processing. C<register()> must be called successfully exactly once. If called a second time, the previously registered callbacks will be erased. Returns a true value on success, undef on failure. =cut sub register ($$$;$) { my $this = shift; $this->{name} = shift; carp 'register: no name supplied' unless defined($this->{name}); carp 'register: passed ref as name argument' if ref($this->{name}); my $callbacks = shift; my $pkg = caller; croak 'register: callbacks is undef' unless defined($callbacks); croak 'register: callbacks not hash ref' unless UNIVERSAL::isa($callbacks, 'HASH'); # make internal copy, and convert to code references $callbacks = { %$callbacks }; foreach my $cbname (keys %Sendmail::Milter::DEFAULT_CALLBACKS) { my $cb = $callbacks->{$cbname}; if (defined($cb) && !UNIVERSAL::isa($cb, 'CODE')) { $cb = qualify_to_ref($cb, $pkg); if (exists(&$cb)) { $callbacks->{$cbname} = \&$cb; } else { delete $callbacks->{$cbname}; } } } $this->{callbacks} = $callbacks; $this->{callback_flags} = shift || 0; 1; } =pod =item setconn(DESC) Sets up the server socket with connection descriptor DESC. This is identical to the descriptor syntax used by the "X" milter configuration lines in sendmail.cf (if using Sendmail). This should be one of the following: =over 2 =item local:PATH A local ("UNIX") socket on the filesystem, named PATH. This has some smarts that will auto-delete the pathname if it seems that the milter is not currently running (but this currently contains a race condition that may not be fixable; at worst, there could be two milters running with one never receiving connections). =item inet:PORT[@HOST] An IPv4 socket, bound to address HOST (default INADDR_ANY), on port PORT. It is not recommended to open milter engines to the world, so the @HOST part should be specified. =item inet6:PORT[@HOST] An IPv6 socket, bound to address HOST (default INADDR_ANY), on port PORT. This requires IPv6 support and the Perl INET6 package to be installed. It is not recommended to open milter engines to the world, so the @HOST part should be specified. =back Returns a true value on success, undef on failure. =cut sub setconn ($$) { my $this = shift; my $conn = shift; my $backlog = $this->{backlog} || 5; my $socket; croak "setconn: $conn: unspecified protocol" unless ($conn =~ /^([^:]+):([^:@]+)(?:@([^:@]+|\[[0-9a-f:\.]+\]))?$/); if ($1 eq 'local' || $1 eq 'unix') { require IO::Socket::UNIX; my $path = $2; my $addr = sockaddr_un($path); croak "setconn: $conn: path not absolute" unless ($path =~ m,^/,,); if (-e $path && ! -S $path) { # exists, not a socket $! = Errno::EEXIST; } else { $socket = IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Type => SOCK_STREAM); } # Some systems require you to unlink an orphaned inode. # There's a race condition here, but it's unfortunately # not easily fixable. Using an END{} block doesn't # always work, and that's too wonky with fork() anyway. if (defined($socket) && !$socket->bind($addr)) { if ($socket->connect($addr)) { close $socket; undef $socket; $! = Errno::EADDRINUSE; } else { unlink $path; # race condition $socket->bind($addr) || undef $socket; } } if (defined($socket)) { $socket->listen($backlog) || croak "setconn: listen $conn: $!"; } } elsif ($1 eq 'inet') { require IO::Socket::INET; $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new( Proto => 'tcp', ReuseAddr => 1, Listen => $backlog, LocalPort => $2, LocalAddr => $3 ); } elsif ($1 eq 'inet6') { require IO::Socket::INET6; $socket = IO::Socket::INET6->new( Proto => 'tcp', ReuseAddr => 1, Listen => $backlog, LocalPort => $2, LocalAddr => $3 ); } else { croak "setconn: $conn: unknown protocol"; } if (defined($socket)) { $this->set_socket($socket); } else { carp "setconn: $conn: $!"; undef; } } =pod =item set_dispatcher(CODEREF) Sets the dispatcher used to accept socket connections and hand them off to the protocol engine. This allows pluggable resource allocation so that the milter script may use fork, threads, or any other such means of handling milter connections. See C<DISPATCHERS> below for more information. The subroutine (code) reference will be called by C<main()> when the listening socket object is prepared and ready to accept connections. It will be passed the arguments: MILTER, LSOCKET, HANDLER MILTER is the milter object currently running. LSOCKET is a listening socket (an instance of C<IO::Socket>), upon which C<accept()> should be called. HANDLER is a subroutine reference which should be called, passing the socket object returned by C<< LSOCKET->accept() >>. Note that the dispatcher may also be set from one of the off-the-shelf dispatchers noted in this document by setting the PMILTER_DISPATCHER environment variable. See C<DISPATCHERS>, below. =cut sub set_dispatcher($&) { my $this = shift; $this->{dispatcher} = shift; 1; } =pod =item set_listen(BACKLOG) Set the socket listen backlog to BACKLOG. The default is 5 connections if not set explicitly by this method. Only useful before calling C<main()>. =cut sub set_listen ($$) { my $this = shift; my $backlog = shift; croak 'set_listen: socket already bound' if defined($this->{socket}); $this->{backlog} = $backlog; 1; } =pod =item set_socket(SOCKET) Rather than calling C<setconn()>, this method may be called explicitly to set the C<IO::Socket> instance used to accept inbound connections. =cut sub set_socket ($$) { my $this = shift; my $socket = shift; croak 'set_socket: socket already bound' if defined($this->{socket}); croak 'set_socket: not an IO::Socket instance' unless UNIVERSAL::isa($socket, 'IO::Socket'); $this->{socket} = $socket; 1; } =pod =back =head1 SENDMAIL-SPECIFIC METHODS The following methods are only useful if Sendmail is the MTA connecting to this milter. Other MTAs likely don't use Sendmail's configuration file, so these methods would not be useful with them. =over 4 =cut =pod =item auto_getconn(NAME[, CONFIG]) Returns the connection descriptor for milter NAME in Sendmail configuration file CONFIG (default C</etc/mail/sendmail.cf> or whatever was set by C<set_sendmail_cf()>). This can then be passed to setconn(), below. Returns a true value on success, undef on failure. =cut sub auto_getconn ($$;$) { my $this = shift; my $milter = shift || die "milter name not supplied\n"; my $cf = shift || $this->get_sendmail_cf(); local *CF; open(CF, '<'.$cf) || die "open $cf: $!"; while (<CF>) { s/\s+$//; # also trims newlines s/^X([^,\s]+),\s*// || next; ($milter eq $1) || next; while (s/^(.)=([^,\s]+)(,\s*|\Z)//) { if ($1 eq 'S') { close(CF); return $2; } } } close(CF); undef; } =pod =item auto_setconn(NAME[, CONFIG]) Creates the server connection socket for milter NAME in Sendmail configuration file CONFIG. Essentially, does: $milter->setconn($milter->auto_getconn(NAME, CONFIG)) Returns a true value on success, undef on failure. =cut sub auto_setconn ($$;$) { my $this = shift; my $name = shift; my $conn = $this->auto_getconn($name, shift); if (defined($conn)) { $this->setconn($conn); } else { carp "auto_setconn: no connection for $name found"; undef; } } =pod =item get_sendmail_cf() Returns the pathname of the Sendmail configuration file set by C<set_sendmail_cf()>, else the default of C</etc/mail/sendmail.cf>. =cut sub get_sendmail_cf ($) { my $this = shift; $this->{sendmail_cf} || '/etc/mail/sendmail.cf'; } =pod =item get_sendmail_class(CLASS[, CONFIG]) Returns a list containing all members of the Sendmail class CLASS, in Sendmail configuration file CONFIG (default C</etc/mail/sendmail.cf> or whatever is set by C<set_sendmail_cf()>). Typically this is used to look up the entries in class "w", the local hostnames class. =cut sub get_sendmail_class ($$;$) { my $this = shift; my $class = shift; my $cf = shift || $this->get_sendmail_cf(); my %entries; local *CF; open(CF, '<'.$cf) || croak "get_sendmail_class: open $cf: $!"; while (<CF>) { s/\s+$//; # also trims newlines if (s/^C\s*$class\s*//) { foreach (split(/\s+/)) { $entries{$_} = 1; } } elsif (s/^F\s*$class\s*(-o)?\s*//) { my $required = !defined($1); local *I; croak "get_sendmail_class: class $class lookup resulted in pipe: $_" if (/^\|/); if (open(I, '<'.$_)) { while (<I>) { s/#.*$//; s/\s+$//; next if /^$/; $entries{$_} = 1; } close(I); } elsif ($required) { croak "get_sendmail_class: class $class lookup: $_: $!"; } } } close(CF); keys %entries; } =pod =item set_sendmail_cf(FILENAME) Set the default filename used by C<auto_getconn>, C<auto_setconn>, and C<sendmail_class> to find Sendmail-specific configuration data. If not explicitly set by this method, it defaults to C</etc/mail/sendmail.cf>. =cut sub set_sendmail_cf ($) { my $this = shift; $this->{sendmail_cf} = shift; 1; } ### off-the-shelf dispatchers =pod =back =head1 DISPATCHERS Milter requests may be dispatched to the protocol handler in a pluggable manner (see the description for the C<set_dispatcher()> method above). C<Sendmail::PMilter> offers some off-the-shelf dispatchers that use different methods of resource allocation. Each of these is referenced as a non-object function, and return a value that may be passed directly to C<set_dispatcher()>. =over 4 =item Sendmail::PMilter::ithread_dispatcher() =item (environment) PMILTER_DISPATCHER=ithread The C<ithread> dispatcher spins up a new thread upon each connection to the milter socket. This provides a thread-based model that may be more resource efficient than the similar C<postfork> dispatcher. This requires that the Perl interpreter be compiled with C<-Duseithreads>, and uses the C<threads> module (available on Perl 5.8 or later only). =cut sub ithread_dispatcher { require threads; require threads::shared; my $nchildren = 0; threads::shared::share($nchildren); sub { my $this = shift; my $lsocket = shift; my $handler = shift; my $maxchildren = $this->get_max_interpreters(); my $siginfo = exists($SIG{INFO}) ? 'INFO' : 'USR1'; local $SIG{$siginfo} = sub { warn "Number of active children: $nchildren\n"; }; my $child_sub = sub { my $socket = shift; eval { &$handler($socket); $socket->close(); }; my $died = $@; lock($nchildren); $nchildren--; warn $died if $died; }; while (1) { my $socket = $lsocket->accept(); next if $!{EINTR}; warn "$$: incoming connection\n" if ($DEBUG > 0); # If the load's too high, fail and go back to top of loop. if ($maxchildren) { my $cnchildren = $nchildren; # make constant if ($cnchildren >= $maxchildren) { warn "load too high: children $cnchildren >= max $maxchildren"; $socket->autoflush(1); $socket->print(pack('N/a*', 't')); # SMFIR_TEMPFAIL $socket->close(); next; } } # scoping block for lock() { lock($nchildren); die "thread creation failed: $!\n" unless (threads->create($child_sub, $socket)); threads->yield(); $nchildren++; } } }; } =pod =item Sendmail::PMilter::prefork_dispatcher([PARAMS]) =item (environment) PMILTER_DISPATCHER=prefork The C<prefork> dispatcher forks the main Perl process before accepting connections, and uses the main process to monitor the children. This should be appropriate for steady traffic flow sites. Note that if MAXINTERP is not set in the call to C<main()> or in PARAMS, an internal default of 10 processes will be used; similarly, if MAXREQ is not set, 100 requests will be served per child. Currently the child process pool is fixed-size: discarded children will be immediately replaced. This may change to use a dynamic sizing method in the future, more like the Apache webserver's fork-based model. PARAMS, if specified, is a hash of key-value pairs defining parameters for the dispatcher. The available parameters that may be set are: =over 2 =item child_init subroutine reference that will be called after each child process is forked. It will be passed the C<MILTER> object. =item child_exit subroutine reference that will be called just before each child process terminates. It will be passed the C<MILTER> object. =item max_children Maximum number of child processes active at any time. Equivalent to the MAXINTERP option to main() -- if not set in the main() call, this value will be used. =item max_requests_per_child Maximum number of requests a child process may service before being recycled. Equivalent to the MAXREQ option to main() -- if not set in the main() call, this value will be used. =back =cut sub prefork_dispatcher (@) { my %params = @_; my %children; my $child_dispatcher = sub { my $this = shift; my $lsocket = shift; my $handler = shift; my $max_requests = $this->get_max_requests() || $params{max_requests_per_child} || 100; my $i = 0; local $SIG{PIPE} = 'IGNORE'; # so close_callback will be reached my $siginfo = exists($SIG{INFO}) ? 'INFO' : 'USR1'; local $SIG{$siginfo} = sub { warn "$$: requests handled: $i\n"; }; # call child_init handler if present if (defined $params{child_init}) { my $method = $params{child_init}; $this->$method(); } while ($i < $max_requests) { my $socket = $lsocket->accept(); next if $!{EINTR}; warn "$$: incoming connection\n" if ($DEBUG > 0); $i++; &$handler($socket); $socket->close(); } # call child_exit handler if present if (defined $params{child_exit}) { my $method = $params{child_exit}; $this->$method(); } }; # Propagate some signals down to the entire process group. my $killall = sub { my $sig = shift; kill 'TERM', keys %children; exit 0; }; local $SIG{INT} = $killall; local $SIG{QUIT} = $killall; local $SIG{TERM} = $killall; setpgrp(); sub { my $this = $_[0]; my $maxchildren = $this->get_max_interpreters() || $params{max_children} || 10; while (1) { while (scalar keys %children < $maxchildren) { my $pid = fork(); die "fork: $!" unless defined($pid); if ($pid) { # Perl reset these to IGNORE. Restore them. $SIG{INT} = $killall; $SIG{QUIT} = $killall; $SIG{TERM} = $killall; $children{$pid} = 1; } else { # Perl reset these to IGNORE. Set to defaults. $SIG{INT} = 'DEFAULT'; $SIG{QUIT} = 'DEFAULT'; $SIG{TERM} = 'DEFAULT'; &$child_dispatcher(@_); exit 0; } } # Wait for a pid to exit, then loop back up to fork. my $pid = wait(); delete $children{$pid} if ($pid > 0); } }; } =pod =item Sendmail::PMilter::postfork_dispatcher() =item (environment) PMILTER_DISPATCHER=postfork In this release, this is the default dispatcher for PMilter if no explicit dispatcher is set. The C<postfork> dispatcher forks the main Perl process upon each connection to the milter socket. This is adequate for machines that get bursty but otherwise mostly idle mail traffic, as the idle-time resource consumption is very low. =cut sub postfork_dispatcher () { my $nchildren = 0; my $sigchld; $sigchld = sub { my $pid; $nchildren-- while (($pid = waitpid(-1, WNOHANG)) > 0); $SIG{CHLD} = $sigchld; }; sub { my $this = shift; my $lsocket = shift; my $handler = shift; my $maxchildren = $this->get_max_interpreters(); # Decrement child count on child exit. local $SIG{CHLD} = $sigchld; my $siginfo = exists($SIG{INFO}) ? 'INFO' : 'USR1'; local $SIG{$siginfo} = sub { warn "Number of active children: $nchildren\n"; }; while (1) { my $socket = $lsocket->accept(); next if !$socket; warn "$$: incoming connection\n" if ($DEBUG > 0); # If the load's too high, fail and go back to top of loop. if ($maxchildren) { my $cnchildren = $nchildren; # make constant if ($cnchildren >= $maxchildren) { warn "load too high: children $cnchildren >= max $maxchildren"; $socket->autoflush(1); $socket->print(pack('N/a*', 't')); # SMFIR_TEMPFAIL $socket->close(); next; } } my $pid = fork(); if ($pid < 0) { die "fork: $!\n"; } elsif ($pid) { $nchildren++; $socket->close() if defined($socket); } else { $lsocket->close(); undef $lsocket; undef $@; $SIG{PIPE} = 'IGNORE'; # so close_callback will be reached $SIG{$siginfo} = 'DEFAULT'; &$handler($socket); $socket->close() if defined($socket); exit 0; } } }; } =pod =item Sendmail::PMilter::sequential_dispatcher() =item (environment) PMILTER_DISPATCHER=sequential The C<sequential> dispatcher forces one request to be served at a time, making other requests wait on the socket for the next pass through the loop. This is not suitable for most production installations, but may be quite useful for milter debugging or other software development purposes. Note that, because the default socket backlog is 5 connections, it may be wise to increase this backlog by calling C<set_listen()> before entering C<main()> if using this dispatcher. =cut sub sequential_dispatcher () { sub { my $this = shift; my $lsocket = shift; my $handler = shift; local $SIG{PIPE} = 'IGNORE'; # so close_callback will be reached while (1) { my $socket = $lsocket->accept(); next if $!{EINTR}; warn "$$: incoming connection\n" if ($DEBUG > 0); &$handler($socket); $socket->close(); } }; } 1; __END__ =pod =head1 EXPORTS Each of these symbols may be imported explicitly, imported with tag C<:all>, or referenced as part of the C<Sendmail::PMilter::> package. =over 2 =item Callback Return Values Of these, SMFIS_CONTINUE will allow the milter to continue being called for the remainder of the message phases. All others will terminate processing of the current message and take the noted action. As a special exception, SMFIS_REJECT and SMFIS_TEMPFAIL in the C<envrcpt> callback will reject only the current recipient, otherwise continuing message processing as if SMFIS_CONTINUE were returned. SMFIS_CONTINUE - continue processing the message SMFIS_REJECT - reject the message with a 5xx error SMFIS_DISCARD - accept, but discard the message SMFIS_ACCEPT - accept the whole message as-is SMFIS_TEMPFAIL - reject the message with a 4xx error =item Milter Capability Request Flags These values are bitmasks passed as the FLAGS argument to C<register()>. Some MTAs may choose different methods of resource allocation, so keeping this list short may help the MTA's memory usage. If the needed capabilities are not known, however, C<SMFI_CURR_ACTS> should be used. SMFIF_ADDHDRS - allow $ctx->addheader() SMFIF_CHGBODY - allow $ctx->replacebody() SMFIF_MODBODY - (compatibility synonym for SMFIF_CHGBODY) SMFIF_ADDRCPT - allow $ctx->addrcpt() SMFIF_DELRCPT - allow $ctx->delrcpt() SMFIF_CHGHDRS - allow $ctx->chgheader() SMFIF_QUARANTINE - allow $ctx->quarantine() (requires Sendmail 8.13; not defined in Sendmail::Milter) SMFIF_SETSENDER - allow $ctx->setsender() (requires special Sendmail patch; see below[*]) SMFI_V1_ACTS - SMFIF_ADDHDRS through SMFIF_DELRCPT (Sendmail 8.11 _FFR_MILTER capabilities) SMFI_V2_ACTS - SMFIF_ADDHDRS through SMFIF_CHGHDRS SMFI_CURR_ACTS - (compatibility synonym for SMFI_V2_ACTS) (Sendmail 8.12 capabilities) (Currently no combined macro includes SMFIF_QUARANTINE or SMFIF_SETSENDER.) [*] NOTE: SMFIF_SETSENDER is not official as of Sendmail 8.13.x. To enable this flag, Sendmail must be patched with the diff available from: C<http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/mlfi-setsender> Additionally, the following statement must appear after the "use" statements in your milter program; otherwise, setsender() will always fail when called: local $Sendmail::PMilter::enable_setsender = 1; =back =back =head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS =over 4 =item Running as root Running Perl as root is dangerous. Running C<Sendmail::PMilter> as root may well be system-assisted suicide at this point. So don't do that. More specifically, though, it is possible to run a milter frontend as root, in order to gain access to network resources (such as a filesystem socket in /var/run), and then drop privileges before accepting connections. To do this, insert drop-privileges code between calls to setconn/auto_setconn and main; for instance: $milter->auto_setconn('pmilter'); $> = 65534; # drop root privileges $milter->main(); The semantics of properly dropping system administrator privileges in Perl are, unfortunately, somewhat OS-specific, so this process is not described in detail here. =back =head1 AUTHOR Todd Vierling, E<lt>tv@duh.orgE<gt> E<lt>tv@pobox.comE<gt> =head1 Maintenance Since 0.96 Sendmail::Pmilter is no longer maintained on sourceforge.net, cpan:AVAR took it over in version 0.96 to fix a minor bug and currently owns the module in PAUSE. However this module is effectively orphaned and looking for a new maintainer. The current maintainer doesn't use Sendmail and probably never will again. If this code is important to you and you find a bug in it or want something new implemented please: =over =item * Fork it & fix it on GitHub at L<http://github.com/avar/sendmail-pmilter> =item * Send AVAR an E-Mail requesting upload permissions so you can upload the fixed version to the CPAN. =back =head1 SEE ALSO L<Sendmail::PMilter::Context> for a description of the arguments passed to each callback function The project homepage: http://pmilter.sourceforge.net/ =head1 THANKS rob.casey@bluebottle.com - for the prefork mechanism idea =cut 1; __END__