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Summary

  • Add an SMTP Relay addon that routes default WordPress and other PHP mail() submissions through Postfix.
  • Support one global SMTP credential, per-sending-domain relay overrides, and per-site sender rules with {domain} templates.
  • Restrict PHP mail senders by site Unix UID, capture and restore Postfix settings, manage PHP-FPM sendmail_path, and reconcile new pools.
  • Add setup guidance and a decision record for the operational and security scope.

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  • bun run test — 986 passed
  • bun run typecheck
  • bun run build
  • shellcheck -S warning install.sh
  • Desktop and mobile UI previews reviewed.
  • Read-only staging checks confirmed the CloudPanel site query, root-owned PHP pool layout, and Postfix local_login_sender_maps support.

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  • The per-site visible From policy covers PHP mail() through managed PHP-FPM pools. Postfix also restricts local envelope senders, but direct Postfix submission can still supply an arbitrary visible From header; this is documented.
  • A queued test message proves local queue acceptance only. End-to-end relay delivery still needs SMTP credentials on a test host.

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  • New Features
    • Added an SMTP Relay addon for PHP mail, with a dashboard to configure relay credentials, default and per-site sender rules, domain-specific relay overrides, and test emails.
    • Added support for installing and managing the addon, including automatic Postfix setup when required.
  • Documentation
    • Added setup guidance and reference documentation for SMTP Relay.

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The pull request adds an SMTP Relay addon for PHP-FPM mail. It adds sender policies, Postfix relay configuration, a dashboard, a submission command, and integration with addon installation, maintenance, disable, and uninstall flows.

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Submission policy and sender enforcement
addons/smtp/config.ts, addons/smtp/submit.ts, tests/test-smtp.test.ts
Defines relay and sender-policy data, validates policy values, and adds a submission command that checks message headers and sender permissions before forwarding messages to Postfix. Tests cover forced and permitted senders.
Relay configuration and pool management
addons/smtp/action.ts, tests/test-smtp.test.ts
Adds root-only actions to save policy, generate Postfix maps, update PHP-FPM pools, test delivery, reconcile settings, and deactivate the addon. Tests cover relay maps, state output, pool conflicts, and cleanup.
Dashboard and action API
addons/smtp/app/*, tools/preview-ui.ts
Adds the dashboard, API routes, gateway service calls, client-side relay and sender-rule forms, and preview states.
Addon registration and lifecycle
addons/smtp/addon.ts, cli/*, install.sh, lib/gateway-*, tests/test-addon-catalog.test.ts, tests/test-gateway-verbs.test.ts, tests/test-mount.test.ts, README.md, docs/DECISIONS.md, docs/decisions/smtp.md, docs/smtp-relay.md
Registers SMTP for selection and gateway actions, installs Postfix when required, and calls addon deactivation during disable and uninstall. Adds addon-related tests and documentation.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant PHPFPM as PHP-FPM pool
  participant Submit as clp-addons smtp-submit
  participant Policy as SMTP submission policy
  participant Sendmail as Postfix sendmail
  PHPFPM->>Submit: Invoke sendmail_path with message
  Submit->>Policy: Read policy and select site by UID
  Submit->>Submit: Validate headers and sender policy
  Submit->>Sendmail: Forward rewritten message
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Enabling SMTP Relay on a server without Postfix can leave port 25 open on public interfaces until Postfix restarts. After the relay is enabled, mail from non-site accounts may be rejected. Some PHP mail with unusual From headers fails under the default force rule, even though that rule replaces the header. A failed SMTP cleanup during uninstall can leave other addons stopped. Address these issues before merging.

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In `@addons/smtp/action.ts`:
- Line 236: Update the entries used by localSenderMap to include explicit sender
patterns for every supported non-site Unix account, including clp, so approved
accounts can submit mail when the relay is enabled; retain the existing root,
postfix, and site-user entries.

In `@addons/smtp/submit.ts`:
- Around line 65-67: Update prepareSubmission so senderFromHeader parses fromRaw
only when site.rule.mode is "allow" and fromRaw is non-null; in force mode, use
the configured sender without parsing the message’s From header.

In `@cli/provision.ts`:
- Around line 273-278: After updating `inet_interfaces` with `postconf` in the
Postfix provisioning flow, restart the service so the new binding takes effect
immediately; fail provisioning if the restart fails. Keep the existing
`systemctl enable --now postfix` behavior.

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- Line 75: Move the `spec.deactivate?.()` hook in the uninstall flow to after
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  • README.md
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  • addons/smtp/app/views.ts
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  • cli/toggle.ts
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  • docs/DECISIONS.md
  • docs/decisions/smtp.md
  • docs/smtp-relay.md
  • install.sh
  • lib/gateway-client.ts
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function localSenderMap(policy: SmtpPolicy, sites: SiteRow[]): string {
const entries = ["root *", "postfix *"];

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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<title>Postfix manual - postdrop(1)</title> https://www.postfix.org/postdrop.1.html Postfix manual - postdrop(1) ``` POSTDROP(1) POSTDROP(1) NAME postdrop - Postfix mail posting utility SYNOPSIS postdrop [-rv] [-c config_dir] DESCRIPTION The postdrop(1) command creates a file in the maildrop directory and copies its standard input to the file. Options: -c config_dir The main.cf configuration file is in the named directory instead of the default configuration directory. See also the MAIL_CONFIG environment setting below. -r Use a Postfix-internal protocol for reading the message from standard input, and for reporting status information on standard output. This is currently the only supported method. -v Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple -v options make the software increasingly verbose. As of Postfix 2.3, this option is available for the super-user only. SECURITY The command is designed to run with set-group ID privileges, so that it can write to the maildrop queue directory and so that it can connect to Postfix daemon processes. DIAGNOSTICS Fatal errors: malformed input, I/O error, out of memory. Problems are logged to syslogd(8) or postlogd(8) and to the standard error stream. When the input is incomplete, or when the process receives a HUP, INT, QUIT or TERM signal, the queue file is deleted. ENVIRONMENT MAIL_CONFIG Directory with the main.cf file. In order to avoid exploitation of set-group ID privileges, a non-default directory is allowed only if: o The name is listed in the default main.cf file with the alternate_config_directories or multi_instance_directo- ries configuration parameter. o The command is invoked by the super-user. CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant to this pro- gram. The text below provides only a parameter summary. See post-conf(5) for more details including examples. alternate_config_directories (empty) A list of non-default Postfix configuration directories that may be specified with "-c config_directory" on the command line (in the case of sendmail(1), with the "-C" option), or via the MAIL_CONFIG environment parameter. config_directory (see &`#39`;postconf -d&`#39`; output) The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf con- figuration files. import_environment (see &`#39`;postconf -d&`#39`; output) The list of environment variables that a privileged Postfix process will import from a non-Postfix parent process, or name=value environment overrides. queue_directory (see &`#39`;postconf -d&`#39`; output) The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory. syslog_facility (mail) The syslog facility of Postfix logging. syslog_name (see &`#39`;postconf -d&`#39`; output) A prefix that is prepended to the process name in syslog records, so that, for example, "smtpd" becomes "prefix/smtpd". trigger_timeout (10s) The time limit for sending a trigger to a Postfix daemon (for example, the pickup(8) or qmgr(8) daemon). Available in Postfix version 2.2 and later: authorized_submit_users (static:anyone) List of users who are authorized to submit mail with the send-mail(1) command (and with the privileged postdrop(1) helper com- mand). Available in Postfix version 3.6 and later: local_login_sender_maps (static:*) A list of lookup tables that are searched by the UNIX login name, and that return a list of allowed envelope sender patterns separated by space or comma. empty_address_local_login_sender_maps_lookup_key (<>) The lookup key to be used in local_login_sender_maps tables, instead of the null sender address. recipient_delimiter (empty) The set of characters that can separate an email address local- part, user name, or a .forward file name from its extension. FILES /var/spool/postfix/maildrop, maildrop queue SEE ALSO sendmail(1), compatibility interface postconf(5), configuration parameters postlogd(8), Postfix logging syslogd(8), system logging LICENSE The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. AUTHOR(S) Wietse Venema IBM T.J. Watson Research P.O. B…[truncated] <title>Postfix manual - sendmail(1)</title> https://www.postfix.org/sendmail.1.html DESCRIPTION The Postfix sendmail(1) command implements the Postfix to Sendmail com- patibility interface. For the sake of compatibility with existing applications, some Sendmail command-line options are recognized but silently ignored. By default, Postfix sendmail(1) reads a message from standard input until EOF or until it reads a line with only a . character, and arranges for delivery. Postfix sendmail(1) relies on the postdrop(1) command to create a queue file in the maildrop directory. ... cf configuration file ... . authorized_mailq_users (static:anyone) List of users who are authorized to view the queue. authorized_submit_users (static:anyone) List of users who are authorized to submit mail with the send-mail(1) command (and with the privileged postdrop(1) helper com- mand). ... MISCELLANEOUS CONTROLS alias_database (see &`#39`;postconf -d&`#39`; output) The alias databases for local(8) delivery that are updated with "newaliases" or with "sendmail -bi". ... . default_database_type (see &`#39`;postconf -d&`#39`; output) The default database type for use in newaliases(1), postalias(1) and postmap(1) commands. ... SEE ALSO pickup(8), mail pickup daemon qmgr(8), queue manager smtpd(8), SMTP server flush(8), fast flush service postsuper(1), queue maintenance postalias(1), create/update/query alias database postdrop(1), mail posting utility postfix(1), mail system control postqueue(1), mail queue control postlogd(8), Postfix logging syslogd(8), system logging <title>Postfix SASL Howto</title> https://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html This changes the moment an SMTP client uses SASL authentication. Now, the Postfix SMTP server knows who the sender is. Given a table of envelope sender addresses and SASL login names, the Postfix SMTP server can decide if the SASL authenticated client is allowed to use a particular envelope sender address: ... ``` /etc/postfix/main.cf: smtpd_sender_login_maps = lmdb:/etc/postfix/controlled_envelope_senders smtpd_recipient_restrictions = ... reject_sender_login_mismatchpermit_sasl_authenticated ... ``` ... command "postmap /etc/postfix/controlled_envelope_senders" after you ... file, to ... re)build a default-type indexed file. Execute "postmap type:/etc/postfix/controlled_envelope_senders" to specify an explicit type. ... With this, the reject_sender_login_mismatch restriction above will reject the sender address in the MAIL FROM command if smtpd_sender_login_maps does not specify the SMTP client&`#39`;s login name as an owner of that address. ... See also reject_authenticated_sender_login_mismatch, reject_known_sender_login_mismatch, and reject_unauthenticated_sender_login_mismatch for additional control over the SASL login name and the envelope sender. ... With the smtp_sasl_ ... the Postfix SMTP ... and password information ... mail gateway server. As discussed in the ... , the Postfix SMTP ... supports multiple ISP accounts. For this reason the ... and password are stored in a table that contains one ... /password combination ... each mail gateway server. <title>Postfix Non-Berkeley-DB migration</title> https://www.postfix.org/NON_BERKELEYDB_README.html This command immediately generates non-Berkeley-DB indexed files for command-line programs that lack privileges to send requests to the nbdb_reindexd(8) indexing server. This applies to " hash:" and " btree:" tables that are used by postqueue(1) and sendmail(1) as configured with authorized_flush_users and authorized_mailq_users, and used by sendmail(1) and postdrop(1) as configured with authorized_submit_users and local_login_sender_maps. ... with: # ... : # postfix non-bdb enable- ... index Start ( ... reload) Postfix, and ... a test message using ... Postfix sendmail( ... ) command. # postfix start ... or postfix reload ... will log when it successfully runs a ... ) or postalias( ... ) command. Examples, for a system with " default_database_ ... db": successfully executed &`#39`;postmap lmdb:/ ... transport&`#39`; as ... 0 successfully executed &`#39`;postalias lmdb:/etc/aliases&`#39`; ... If Postfix programs logs error messages like: could not execute command xxx... see the section " Addressing errors with automatic indexed file generation" for the most likely errors that Postfix programs may log. Once ... are no more errors ... Postfix programs, resume ... , reload Postfix ... connect to the Postfix SMTP network ... : # postconf -X master ... service_disable# postfix reload # telnet hostname ... 5 This may reveal ... few more problems ... no more errors ... hours, turn ... by reducing the ... -redirect with: # postfix ... redirect # postfix ... scan the log for instances ... path/to ... file to y ... file and update the ... . Once there is no more "redirect" ... , see Appendix ... to use "postmap ... :/path/to/file", then you can turn ... migration support (see "disable ... ). You will ... "enable-redirect <title>Postfix manual - postfix-non-bdb(1)</title> https://www.postfix.org/postfix-non-bdb.1.html Postfix manual - postfix-non-bdb(1) ``` POSTFIX-NON-BDB(1) POSTFIX-NON-BDB(1) NAME postfix-non-bdb - Postfix non-Berkeley-DB migration SYNOPSIS postfix non-bdb subcommand DESCRIPTION The "postfix non-bdb subcommand" feature edits main.cf and master.cf, to manage the migration of an existing Postfix configuration that uses Berkeley DB type "hash:" or "btree:" tables (which are no longer sup- ported on some OS distributions), to supported types such as "cdb:" or "lmdb:". The following subcommands are available: status Reports the non-Berkeley-DB migration status, without making any changes. disable Edits main.cf and master.cf, to turn off the enable-redirect and enable-reindex features. This will break integration with other software such as mailman versions from before May 2025 when they want to use "postmap hash:/path/to/file", for example, to update a mailman-maintained table. enable-redirect (aliasing) Edits main.cf and master.cf, to enable redirection (aliasing) from Berkeley DB types "hash" and "btree" to the non-Berkeley-DB types specified with $default_database_type and $default_cache_db_type. Custom redirection may be configured with non_bdb_custom_mapping. This configuration will not automatically create non-Berkeley-DB indexed database files. Instead, Postfix programs will log an error as they fail to open an indexed database file, and will leave it to the system administrator to run postmap(1) or postalias(1) to create that file. This will fix integration with other software such as mailman versions from before May 2025 when they want to use "postmap hash:/path/to/file", for example, to update a mailman-maintained table. This subcommand will not make any changes when default_data- base_type or default_cache_db_type specify a hash: or btree: type. enable-reindex Edits main.cf and master.cf, to implement enable-redirect, and to automatically create a non-Berkeley-DB indexed database file when a daemon program wants to access a file that does not yet exist. This uses the nbdb_reindexd(8) daemon to run postmap(1) or postalias(1) as described in "SECURITY" below. This subcommand immediately generates non-Berkeley-DB indexed files for unprivileged command-line programs that cannot send requests to the nbdb_reindexd(8) daemon server. This involves "hash:" and "btree:" tables that are used by postqueue(1) and sendmail(1) as specified in authorized_flush_users and autho- rized_mailq_users, and by sendmail(1) and postdrop(1) as speci- fied in authorized_submit_users and local_login_sender_maps. This subcommand will not make any changes when default_data- base_type or default_cache_db_type specify a hash: or btree: type. NOTE: enable-reindex should be used only temporarily to generate most of the non-Berkeley-DB indexed files that Postfix needs. Leaving this enabled may expose the system to privilege-escala- tion attacks. There are no security concerns for using enable-redirect. SECURITY The nbdb_reindexd(8) daemon automatically generates a non-Berkeley-DB indexed file only if the database pathname matches the directory pre- fixes specified with non_bdb_migration_allow_root_prefixes (for files that must be owned by root), or with non_bdb_migration_allow_user_pre- fixes (for files that must be owned by a non-root user). Additional restrictions on file and directory ownership and permissions are docu- mented in nbdb_reindexd(8). CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS The "postfix non-bdb subcommand" feature updates the following configu- ration parameter: non_bdb_migration_level (disable) The non-Berkeley-DB migration service level. Other relevant parameters: non_bdb_custom_mapping (empty) When non-Berkeley-DB migration is enabled, an optional mapping from a hash: or btree: type to a non-Berkeley-DB type. non_bdb_migration_allow_root_prefixes (see &`#39`;postconf -d non_bdb_migra- tion_allow_root_prefixes…[truncated]

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<title>Postfix manual - postdrop(1)</title> https://www.postfix.org/postdrop.1.html Postfix manual - postdrop(1) ``` POSTDROP(1) POSTDROP(1) NAME postdrop - Postfix mail posting utility SYNOPSIS postdrop [-rv] [-c config_dir] DESCRIPTION The postdrop(1) command creates a file in the maildrop directory and copies its standard input to the file. Options: -c config_dir The main.cf configuration file is in the named directory instead of the default configuration directory. See also the MAIL_CONFIG environment setting below. -r Use a Postfix-internal protocol for reading the message from standard input, and for reporting status information on standard output. This is currently the only supported method. -v Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple -v options make the software increasingly verbose. As of Postfix 2.3, this option is available for the super-user only. SECURITY The command is designed to run with set-group ID privileges, so that it can write to the maildrop queue directory and so that it can connect to Postfix daemon processes. DIAGNOSTICS Fatal errors: malformed input, I/O error, out of memory. Problems are logged to syslogd(8) or postlogd(8) and to the standard error stream. When the input is incomplete, or when the process receives a HUP, INT, QUIT or TERM signal, the queue file is deleted. ENVIRONMENT MAIL_CONFIG Directory with the main.cf file. In order to avoid exploitation of set-group ID privileges, a non-default directory is allowed only if: o The name is listed in the default main.cf file with the alternate_config_directories or multi_instance_directo- ries configuration parameter. o The command is invoked by the super-user. CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant to this pro- gram. The text below provides only a parameter summary. See post-conf(5) for more details including examples. alternate_config_directories (empty) A list of non-default Postfix configuration directories that may be specified with "-c config_directory" on the command line (in the case of sendmail(1), with the "-C" option), or via the MAIL_CONFIG environment parameter. config_directory (see &`#39`;postconf -d&`#39`; output) The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf con- figuration files. import_environment (see &`#39`;postconf -d&`#39`; output) The list of environment variables that a privileged Postfix process will import from a non-Postfix parent process, or name=value environment overrides. queue_directory (see &`#39`;postconf -d&`#39`; output) The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory. syslog_facility (mail) The syslog facility of Postfix logging. syslog_name (see &`#39`;postconf -d&`#39`; output) A prefix that is prepended to the process name in syslog records, so that, for example, "smtpd" becomes "prefix/smtpd". trigger_timeout (10s) The time limit for sending a trigger to a Postfix daemon (for example, the pickup(8) or qmgr(8) daemon). Available in Postfix version 2.2 and later: authorized_submit_users (static:anyone) List of users who are authorized to submit mail with the send-mail(1) command (and with the privileged postdrop(1) helper com- mand). Available in Postfix version 3.6 and later: local_login_sender_maps (static:*) A list of lookup tables that are searched by the UNIX login name, and that return a list of allowed envelope sender patterns separated by space or comma. empty_address_local_login_sender_maps_lookup_key (<>) The lookup key to be used in local_login_sender_maps tables, instead of the null sender address. recipient_delimiter (empty) The set of characters that can separate an email address local- part, user name, or a .forward file name from its extension. FILES /var/spool/postfix/maildrop, maildrop queue SEE ALSO sendmail(1), compatibility interface postconf(5), configuration parameters postlogd(8), Postfix logging syslogd(8), system logging LICENSE The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. AUTHOR(S) Wietse Venema IBM T.J. Watson Research P.O. B…[truncated] <title>Postfix stable release 3.6.0</title> https://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.6.0.html Postfix stable release 3.6.0 # Postfix stable release 3.6.0 [An on-line version of this announcement will be available at http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.6.0.html] Postfix stable release 3.6.0 is available. This ends the support for legacy release Postfix 3.2. The main changes are below. See the RELEASE_NOTES file for further details. Incompatible changes: This release requires "postfix stop" before updating, or before backing out to an earlier release, because some internal protocols have changed. Otherwise, long-running daemons (pickup, qmgr, verify, tlsproxy, postscreen) may fail to communicate with the rest of Postfix, causing mail delivery delays until Postfix is restarted. Respectful logging. Postfix version 3.6 deprecates terminology that implies white is better than black. Instead, Postfix prefers &`#39`;allowlist&`#39`;, &`#39`;denylist&`#39`;, and variations on those words. This change affects Postfix documentation, and postscreen parameters and logging. To keep the old postscreen logging set "respectful_logging = no" in main.cf before setting "compatibility_level = 3.6". In any case, the old postscreen parameter names will keep working as before. Other changes: The minimum supported OpenSSL version is 1.1.1, which will reach the end of life by 2023-09-11. Postfix 3.6 is expected to reach the end of support in 2025. Until then, Postfix will be updated as needed for compatibility with OpenSSL. The default fingerprint digest has changed from md5 to sha256 (Postfix 3.6 with compatibility_level >= 3.6). With a lower compatibility_level setting, Postfix defaults to using md5, and logs a warning when a Postfix configuration specifies no explicit digest type. The export-grade Diffie-Hellman key exchange is no longer supported, and the tlsproxy_tls_dh512_param_file parameter is ignored, Better error messages when someone configures an incorrect program in master.cf. To recognize such mistakes, every Postfix internal service, including the postdrop command, announces the name of its protocol before doing any other I/O, and every Postfix client program, including the Postfix sendmail command, will verify that the protocol name matches what it expects. Fine-grained control over the envelope sender address for submission with the Postfix sendmail (or postdrop) commands. Example: ``` /etc/postfix/main.cf: # Allow root and postfix full control, anyone else can only # send mail as themselves. Use "uid:" followed by the numerical # UID when the UID has no entry in the UNIX password file. local_login_sender_maps = inline:{ { root = *}, { postfix = * } }, pcre:/etc/postfix/login_senders ``` ``` /etc/postfix/login_senders: # Allow both the bare username and the user@domain forms. /(.+)/ $1 $1@example.com ``` Threaded bounces. This allows mail readers to present a non-delivery, delayed delivery, or successful delivery notification in the same email thread as the original message. Unfortunately, this also makes it easy for users to mistakenly delete the whole email thread (all related messages), instead of deleting only the delivery status notification. To enable, specify "enable_threaded_bounces = yes". Postfix by default no longer uses the services(5) database to look up the TCP ports for SMTP and LMTP services. Instead, this information is configured with the new known_tcp_ports configuration parameter (default: lmtp=24, smtp=25, smtps=submissions=465, submission=587). When a service is not specified in known_tcp_ports, Postfix will still query the services(5) database. Starting with Postfix version 3.6, the compatibility level is "3.6". In future Postfix releases, the compatibility level will be the Postfix version that introduced the last incompatible change. The level is formatted as &`#39`;major.minor.patch&`#39`;, where &`#39`;patch&`#39`; is usually omitted and defaults to zero. Earlier compatibility levels are 0, 1 and 2. This also introduces main.cf and …[truncated] <title>Postfix SASL Howto</title> https://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html This changes the moment an SMTP client uses SASL authentication. Now, the Postfix SMTP server knows who the sender is. Given a table of envelope sender addresses and SASL login names, the Postfix SMTP server can decide if the SASL authenticated client is allowed to use a particular envelope sender address: ... ``` /etc/postfix/main.cf: smtpd_sender_login_maps = lmdb:/etc/postfix/controlled_envelope_senders smtpd_recipient_restrictions = ... reject_sender_login_mismatchpermit_sasl_authenticated ... ``` ... The`controlled_envelope_senders` table specifies the binding between a sender envelope address and the SASL login names that own that address: ... file, to ... build a default-type ... file. Execute "postmap type ... etc/postfix/controlled ... With this, the reject_sender_login_mismatch restriction above will reject the sender address in the MAIL FROM command if smtpd_sender_login_maps does not specify the SMTP client&`#39`;s login name as an owner of that address. ... See also reject_authenticated_sender_login_mismatch, reject_known_sender_login_mismatch, and reject_unauthenticated_sender_login_mismatch for additional control over the SASL login name and the envelope sender. <title>Postfix manual - smtpd(8)</title> https://www.postfix.org/smtpd.8.html realm. smtpd_sasl_security_options (noanonymous) Postfix SMTP server SASL security options; as of Postfix 2.3 the list of available features depends on the SASL server implemen- tation that is selected with smtpd_sasl_type. smtpd_sender_login_maps (empty) Optional lookup table with the SASL login names that own the envelope sender (MAIL FROM) addresses. Available in Postfix version 2.1 and later: smtpd_sasl_exceptions_networks (empty) What remote SMTP clients the Postfix SMTP server will not offer AUTH support to. Available in Postfix version 2.1 and 2.2: smtpd_sasl_application_name (smtpd) The application name that the Postfix SMTP server uses for SASL server initialization. ... KNOWN VERSUS ... KNOWN RECIPIENT CONTROLS As of Postfix version 2.0, the SMTP server rejects mail for unknown recipients. This prevents the mail queue from clogging up with undeliv- erable MAILER-DAEMON messages. Additional information on this topic is in the LOCAL_RECIPIENT_README and ADDRESS_CLASS_README documents. show_user_unknown_table_name (yes) Display the name of the recipient table in the "User unknown" responses. canonical_ ... recipient_canonical_maps ... Optional address ... envelope and header recipient addresses. sender_canonical_maps (empty) Optional address mapping lookup tables for envelope and header sender addresses. ... local_recipient_maps (proxy:unix:passwd.byname $alias_maps) Lookup tables with all names or addresses of valid local recipi- ents. unknown_local_recipient_reject_code (550) The numerical Postfix SMTP server response code when a recipient address is local, and $local_recipient_maps specifies a list of lookup tables that does not match the recipient. ... Available in Postfix version 2.1 and later: smtpd_reject_un ... _sender (no) Request that the Postfix SMTP server rejects mail from unknown sender addresses, even when no explicit reject_unlisted_sender access restriction is specified. ... (yes) Request that the Postfix SMTP server rejects mail for unknown recipient ... , even when ... explicit ... _unlisted_recipient access restriction is specified. ... unknown_address_reject_code (450) The numerical response code when the Postfix SMTP server rejects a sender or recipient address because its domain is unknown. <title>Postfix manual - postmap(1)</title> https://www.postfix.org/postmap.1.html postmap(1) ... creates or queries one or more Postfix lookup tables, or updates an existing one. If the result files do not exist ... -d key Search the specified maps for key and remove one entry per map. The exit status is zero when the requested information was found. If a key value of - is specified, the program reads key values from the standard input stream. The exit status is zero when at least one of the requested keys was found. -f Do ... -F When querying a map, or listing a map, base64-decode each value. When creating a map from source file, process each value as a list of filenames, concatenate the content of those files, and store the base64-encoded result instead of the value (see INPUT FILE FORMAT for details). This feature is available in Postfix version 3.4 and later. ... -q key Search the specified maps for key and write the first value found to the standard output stream. The exit status is zero when the requested information was found. Note: this performs a single query with the key as specified, and does not make iterative queries with substrings of the key as described for access(5), canonical(5), transport(5), vir- tual(5) and other Postfix table-driven features. If a key value of - is specified, the program reads key values from the standard input stream and writes one line of key value output for each key that was found. The exit status is zero when at least one of the requested keys was found. ... . file_name The name of the lookup table source file when rebuilding a data- base. ... DIAGNOSTICS Problems are logged to the standard error stream and to syslogd(8) or postlogd(8). No output means that no problems were detected. Duplicate entries are skipped and are flagged with a warning. postmap(1) terminates with zero exit status in case of success (includ- ing successful "postmap -q" lookup) and terminates with non-zero exit status in case of failure.

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Allow approved non-site accounts in local_login_sender_maps.

localSenderMap includes only root, postfix, and CloudPanel site users. When the relay is enabled, an unlisted Unix login has no allowed envelope-sender patterns in the configured hash: map. Its Postfix local submission can therefore be rejected. Add explicit entries, such as clp *, for every supported non-site account, or document that enabling the relay restricts those accounts.

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In `@addons/smtp/action.ts` at line 236, Update the entries used by localSenderMap
to include explicit sender patterns for every supported non-site Unix account,
including clp, so approved accounts can submit mail when the relay is enabled;
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Comment thread addons/smtp/submit.ts Outdated
Comment on lines +65 to +67
const from = fromRaw === null ? null : senderFromHeader(fromRaw);
const configured = senderFor(site.rule.sender, site.domain);
const sender = site.rule.mode === "force" ? configured : (from ?? configured);

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Parse From only in allow mode.

prepareSubmission calls senderFromHeader(fromRaw) before it checks the rule mode. In force mode, the parsed value is discarded, but invalid values can still reject the message. smtpAddress rejects values such as wordpress@example.com (WordPress), group syntax, and local parts containing '.

A quoted display name with a comma is accepted when it uses an angle-bracket address, so it is not an example of this failure.

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-  const from = fromRaw === null ? null : senderFromHeader(fromRaw);
   const configured = senderFor(site.rule.sender, site.domain);
-  const sender = site.rule.mode === "force" ? configured : (from ?? configured);
+  const from = site.rule.mode === "allow" && fromRaw !== null ? senderFromHeader(fromRaw) : null;
+  const sender = site.rule.mode === "force" ? configured : (from ?? configured);
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const from = fromRaw === null ? null : senderFromHeader(fromRaw);
const configured = senderFor(site.rule.sender, site.domain);
const sender = site.rule.mode === "force" ? configured : (from ?? configured);
const configured = senderFor(site.rule.sender, site.domain);
const from = site.rule.mode === "allow" && fromRaw !== null ? senderFromHeader(fromRaw) : null;
const sender = site.rule.mode === "force" ? configured : (from ?? configured);
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Comment on lines +273 to +278
const outboundOnly = commands.tryRun("postconf", ["-e", "inet_interfaces=loopback-only"]);
if (!outboundOnly.ok) fatal(`Postfix could not be limited to local submissions: ${outboundOnly.out || "postconf failed"}`);
}
if (!commands.tryRun("systemctl", ["enable", "--now", "postfix"]).ok) {
fatal("Postfix could not be started");
}

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A fresh Postfix install keeps listening on all interfaces after inet_interfaces=loopback-only is set.

On Debian, apt-get install postfix starts the service immediately, and the default is inet_interfaces = all. postconf -e inet_interfaces=loopback-only then changes main.cf. systemctl enable --now postfix does nothing to a unit that is already active. Postfix applies inet_interfaces only after a full stop and start, not after a reload. As a result, port 25 stays bound on public interfaces until the next restart. docs/decisions/smtp.md states the opposite: "A newly installed Postfix is bound to loopback".

Restart Postfix after the postconf change.

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         const outboundOnly = commands.tryRun("postconf", ["-e", "inet_interfaces=loopback-only"]);
         if (!outboundOnly.ok) fatal(`Postfix could not be limited to local submissions: ${outboundOnly.out || "postconf failed"}`);
+        if (!commands.tryRun("systemctl", ["restart", "postfix"]).ok) {
+          fatal("Postfix could not be restarted on the loopback interface");
+        }
       }
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const outboundOnly = commands.tryRun("postconf", ["-e", "inet_interfaces=loopback-only"]);
if (!outboundOnly.ok) fatal(`Postfix could not be limited to local submissions: ${outboundOnly.out || "postconf failed"}`);
}
if (!commands.tryRun("systemctl", ["enable", "--now", "postfix"]).ok) {
fatal("Postfix could not be started");
}
const outboundOnly = commands.tryRun("postconf", ["-e", "inet_interfaces=loopback-only"]);
if (!outboundOnly.ok) fatal(`Postfix could not be limited to local submissions: ${outboundOnly.out || "postconf failed"}`);
if (!commands.tryRun("systemctl", ["restart", "postfix"]).ok) {
fatal("Postfix could not be restarted on the loopback interface");
}
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fatal("Postfix could not be started");
}
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In `@cli/provision.ts` around lines 273 - 278, After updating `inet_interfaces`
with `postconf` in the Postfix provisioning flow, restart the service so the new
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}
}
removeSudoers();
spec.deactivate?.();

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Run spec.deactivate?.() before the uninstall stops shared units.

deactivateSmtp throws when action smtp deactivate fails. Causes include a pool conflict, an untrusted file, a failed postfix check, or a site whose user cannot be resolved. At Line 75, the uninstall has already run stopUnits(remaining.length > 0), reconcileAnchors, and removeSudoers(). The throw skips installUnits and startUnits, so the remaining addons stay stopped. Move the hook to a point after the --yes check and before stopUnits. A failed deactivation then aborts the uninstall with no side effects. cli/toggle.ts already follows this order: it calls the hook first.

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   if (!reconcileMaintenanceNginx(true, remaining.includes("maintenance"))) {
     fatal("could not safely update the Nginx maintenance check; no addon files were removed");
   }
+  spec.deactivate?.();
 
   stopUnits(remaining.length > 0);
@@
   removeSudoers();
-  spec.deactivate?.();
   if (spec.name === "wp-login") withdrawWpLogin();
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uninstall flow to after the `--yes` confirmation check and before `stopUnits`.
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