This commit brings two important features:
- **DKIM support** It's now possible to configure this postfix
image to sign messages using DKIM by simply generating the keys
and providing them in the approprate folder. This should bring
us one step closer to directly sending out emails without relying
on a 3rd-party proxy.
- **test support** A nice and handy script, conviniently called
`test.sh` has been provided, builds the image, spins it up and
tries to send out an email. You'll need `docker-compose` to run
it, though.
This update includes a few features that make it easier to work
with relay hosts. The configuration now uses built-in (Alpine) TLS
certificates and allows the user to specify how the Postfix should
establish a TLS connection. Configure it using `RELAYHOST_TLS_LEVEL`,
if needed.
Another configuration option was added, `MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT`, which
enables you to reject messages exceeding certain limits. Especially
useful with relay servers, to prevent messages getting stuck in
Postfix queue.
Use the `INBOUND_DEBUGGING` parameter to enable additional postfix
logs for incoming messages when things go south.
Use `TZ` parameter to set the timezone of the container (especially
useful for logs and dates in the messages).
*Notice that `ALLOWED_SENDER_DOMAINS` is now a neccessary parameter.*
Turns out that due to Postfix anti-spam configuration there's no way
to start it properly without specifying the domains it will relay
email for.
This commit also includes a few samples of running the container:
- standalone
- in [docker-compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/)
Further work: add a working Kubernetes / Helm chart example.
There are some use cases when using `reject_unverified_recipient`
(http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#reject_unverified_recipient)
doesn't seem to be as good idea. This patch fixes this.
While in theory it seems good, in practice (for our use case) it's not:
- the service cannot send out emails as fast, as each "RCPT TO" will
result in a DNS lookup (and connection to the target server), which can
slow things down considerably.
- the target server might just be busy or temporarily offline. This will
prevent the service from sending out the email, which defeats the
purpose of mail bagging.
- we might be behind a firewall and not even be able to connect to the
target server for email validation
Furthermore, this patch include the following line:
`smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit`
This basically opens up relay functionality to any address. Previously
there was an issue if you wanted to send an email to the address which
was listed in the `$ALLOWED_SENDER_DOMAINS`.
The Dockerfile has been reformatted a bit to make it more clear and easy
to understand. README.md has been updated with the postfix's user
account details.
hosts's username and password, if your remote host requires
authentication.
NEW FEATURE: The possibility to execute third party scripts. This should
make extending this image easier.
REFACTORING: Dockerfile now starts with run.sh instead of suprevisor.
This makes it much easier to see any errors that might creep into the
code. Also note that the script now relies on POSIX-compliant commands
only so the executor has been changed from /bin/bash to /bin/sh.
