postfix config: port 25's size limit for cleanup too, no local delivery

Port 25 says it takes INBOUND_MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT (25 MiB by default) with
smtpd -o message_size_limit, but cleanup writes the queue file under its
own limit, main.cf's - never set, so DEF_MESSAGE_LIMIT, 10240000 (Postfix
3.7.11, src/cleanup/cleanup_init.c, cleanup_post_jail(), set_file_limit();
src/global/mail_params.h). A larger message went through DATA and was
refused 552 (assumptions C-P31). cleanup now gets port 25's limit as a
master.cf -o when it is larger than main.cf's; 465 and 587 keep main.cf's
in smtpd's own DATA/BDAT checks. /etc/postfix outlives a restart, so the
override is removed with postconf -PX first on every start.

An empty mydestination left one local destination: an address literal of
an interface the container listens on (src/global/resolve_local.c,
resolve_local(), own_inet_addr()). local_transport is now
"error:local mail delivery is disabled", as STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README's
null client has it (assumptions C-P8).

Stand (2026-10-14, make e2e, exit 0): inbound_relay_delivers_and_refuses
sends a 12 MB message through port 25 and finds it at the upstream, and
counts it among the Inbound log's rows; new address_literal_is_not_local -
probe@[127.0.0.1] from an application is refused at RCPT "550 5.1.1 ...
local mail delivery is disabled" (smtpd's check_rcpt_maps() rejects what
resolves to the error transport; before, local(8) took it). go vet and go
test ./... pass on the server (23 packages). Tested together with the next
commit (the log tailer); the two touch no common file.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
mix
2026-10-14 23:11:20 +03:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
parent c8f669714e
commit e174537512
5 changed files with 81 additions and 7 deletions
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@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@ Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); version
as `bounced`. The row now holds the recipient as Postfix logs it, once,
and is found under `orig_to=` when Postfix rewrote it (assumptions B-G5,
A-9, A-31, D-S20).
- **Inbound mail between 10 MB and the port's limit is accepted.** Port 25
said it took messages up to `INBOUND_MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT` (25 MiB by
default), but Postfix writes the message to its queue under a limit of
its own, main.cf's, never set and so 10240000 bytes: a larger message was
taken through `DATA` and then refused with 552. That limit now follows
port 25's when it is larger; 465 and 587 keep theirs (assumptions
C-P31).
- **Mail to an address literal of the container is refused, not delivered
locally.** An empty `mydestination` left one way to local delivery:
`user@[127.0.0.1]` and the container's other addresses. Local delivery is
now Postfix's refusal, and Postfix refuses such a recipient at `RCPT TO`:
`550 5.1.1 ... local mail delivery is disabled` (assumptions C-P8).
- **A bounce is judged by the filter lists as the panel counts it.**
rspamd's sender rules took a bounce's `From:` header when the envelope
sender was empty, so a bounce could be refused or allowed by an entry the
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@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ DMARC_RELAY_DOMAINS_MAP="${POSTFIX_DMARC_RELAY_DOMAINS:-/data/postfix/dmarc_rela
# directory and the file with the ownership postlogd writes and the panel reads.
MAIL_LOG_PATH="${MAIL_LOG:-/data/log/mail.log}"
# /etc/postfix outlives a restart of the container, so a cleanup limit set for
# port 25 before is taken back here and set again below when it still applies.
postconf -PX "cleanup/unix/message_size_limit" 2>/dev/null || true
# --- main.cf -----------------------------------------------------------------
# maillog_file lives under the persistent /data bind mount (architecture.md §
# Log tailer). Postfix's default maillog_file_prefixes are only /var and
@@ -199,11 +203,18 @@ postconf -e \
postconf -M "postlog/unix-dgram=postlog unix-dgram n - n - 1 postlogd"
# This is an outbound relay: no local delivery, no per-user aliases. Empty
# these so a misfiled recipient never gets delivered locally.
# these so a misfiled recipient never gets delivered locally. An empty
# mydestination is not enough: an address literal of an interface the
# container listens on - x@[127.0.0.1] - is local too (Postfix 3.7.11,
# src/global/resolve_local.c, resolve_local(), own_inet_addr()), so local(8)
# itself is replaced by a refusal, as Postfix's null-client example does
# (README_FILES/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README, "local_transport = error:local
# mail delivery is disabled"; assumptions C-P8).
postconf -e \
"local_recipient_maps=" \
"alias_maps=" \
"alias_database="
"alias_database=" \
"local_transport=error:local mail delivery is disabled"
# Outbound delivery: straight to the recipient MX, opportunistic TLS.
postconf -e \
@@ -563,6 +574,18 @@ if [ "${INBOUND_RELAY_ENABLE}" = "true" ] || [ "${DMARC_REPORTS_ENABLE}" = "true
"smtp/inet/message_size_limit=${PORT25_SIZE}"
master_cf_set_smtp_inet_o smtpd_recipient_restrictions "${RECIPIENT_RESTRICTIONS}"
master_cf_set_smtp_inet_o smtpd_milters "${INBOUND_MILTERS}"
# smtpd's -o limit is not the whole of it: cleanup writes the queue file
# under its own message_size_limit, main.cf's, which is never set here and
# so is 10240000 (Postfix 3.7.11, src/cleanup/cleanup_init.c,
# cleanup_post_jail(), set_file_limit(); src/global/mail_params.h,
# DEF_MESSAGE_LIMIT), and a larger message is refused 552 after DATA
# (assumptions C-P31). cleanup gets port 25's limit when it is larger;
# smtpd on 465 and 587 still holds its own, main.cf's (src/smtpd/smtpd.c,
# the DATA and BDAT size checks).
if [ "${PORT25_SIZE}" -gt "$(postconf -h message_size_limit)" ]; then
postconf -P "cleanup/unix/message_size_limit=${PORT25_SIZE}"
fi
else
postconf -MX "smtp/inet" 2>/dev/null || true
postconf -MX "dmarc-ingest/unix" 2>/dev/null || true
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@@ -181,3 +181,23 @@ print("; ".join(r[0]+" "+r[1] for r in rows))`, token)
t.Fatal(err)
}
}
// testAddressLiteralIsNotLocal: an address literal of an interface the
// container listens on is a local destination to Postfix even with an empty
// mydestination (Postfix 3.7.11, src/global/resolve_local.c,
// resolve_local()). Local delivery is Postfix's refusal now
// (local_transport=error:..., assumptions C-P8), and smtpd refuses such a
// recipient at RCPT with its text: smtpd_reject_unlisted_recipient (on by
// default) runs check_rcpt_maps(), which rejects whatever resolves to the
// error transport (src/smtpd/smtpd_check.c). Before, the message was
// accepted and handed to local(8).
func testAddressLiteralIsNotLocal(t *testing.T, sc *scenario) {
res := attemptSend(sendAttempt{
authLogin: sc.appLogin, authPassword: sc.appPassword,
from: "alerts@" + senderDomain, headerFrom: "alerts@" + senderDomain,
to: "probe@[127.0.0.1]", subject: "e2e " + uniqueToken("literal"), body: "to an address literal of the container",
})
if err := res.refusedAt("RCPT", 550, "local mail delivery is disabled"); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("to probe@[127.0.0.1]: %v", err)
}
}
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@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
run("recipients_as_postfix_logs_them", func(t *testing.T) {
testRecipientsAsPostfixLogsThem(t, sc)
})
run("address_literal_is_not_local", func(t *testing.T) {
testAddressLiteralIsNotLocal(t, sc)
})
run("expired_message_is_closed", func(t *testing.T) {
testExpiredMessageIsClosed(t, sc)
})
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@@ -268,6 +268,21 @@ func testInboundRelay(t *testing.T, sc *scenario) {
t.Fatalf("mail for the inbound domain never reached its upstream: %v\n%s", err, mailLogTail(h, "postfix/"))
}
// Port 25's limit is the whole limit: a 12 MB message - over the
// 10240000 bytes cleanup would hold it to on its own, under the 25 MiB the
// listener says - is accepted and passed on (Postfix 3.7.11,
// src/cleanup/cleanup_init.c, cleanup_post_jail(); assumptions C-P31).
big := uniqueToken("inbound-12mb")
line := "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789ab\r\n"
bigBody := strings.Repeat(line, 12*1000*1000/len(line))
if res := deliverPort25("someone@stranger.e2e.test", inboundRecipient,
strings.Replace(message(inboundRecipient, big), "mail for the inbound domain\r\n", bigBody, 1)); !res.ok() {
t.Fatalf("port 25 refused a 12 MB message: %v\n%s", res.firstErr(), mailLogTail(h, "postfix/"))
}
if _, err := findSinkMessage(h.stageDir, big, 60*time.Second); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("the 12 MB message never reached the upstream: %v\n%s", err, mailLogTail(h, "postfix/"))
}
// The filter lists exist as files from the first start with the relay on,
// readable by a filter that is another user in another container. Nothing
// is on them until someone adds an entry.
@@ -335,7 +350,8 @@ func testInboundRelay(t *testing.T, sc *scenario) {
return ""
}
rows := logRows("e2e " + token)
rows := logRows("e2e " + big)
rowWith(rows, "user@<wbr>"+inboundDomain, "e2e "+big, `class="tag is-success is-light" popovertarget="why-`)
rowWith(rows,
"someone@<wbr>stranger.e2e.test", "user@<wbr>"+inboundDomain, "e2e "+token,
`class="tag is-success is-light" popovertarget="why-`, `<th>Decided by</th><td>selfpost</td>`,
@@ -343,8 +359,8 @@ func testInboundRelay(t *testing.T, sc *scenario) {
`href="/inbound/filter-lists?list=deny&amp;kind=address&amp;value=someone%40stranger.e2e.test">Deny sender</a>`)
// A report mailed to the server's own name earlier in the run came through
// the same listener and is not the relay's mail.
if len(rows) != 1 {
t.Fatalf("the Inbound log holds %d rows, want the relayed message alone:\n%s", len(rows), strings.Join(rows, "\n"))
if len(rows) != 2 {
t.Fatalf("the Inbound log holds %d rows, want the two relayed messages alone:\n%s", len(rows), strings.Join(rows, "\n"))
}
// Postfix 3.7.11, src/smtpd/smtpd_check.c: "User unknown in relay recipient
@@ -377,8 +393,8 @@ func testInboundRelay(t *testing.T, sc *scenario) {
if strings.Contains(refused, "sender</a>") {
t.Fatalf("the refused row offers a way into the filter lists:\n%s", refused)
}
if len(rows) != 2 {
t.Fatalf("the Inbound log holds %d rows, want the relayed message and one refusal:\n%s", len(rows), strings.Join(rows, "\n"))
if len(rows) != 3 {
t.Fatalf("the Inbound log holds %d rows, want the two relayed messages and one refusal:\n%s", len(rows), strings.Join(rows, "\n"))
}
// The filter lists: an entry added in the panel is in the map file the