mess822x
What is mess822x?
Dan Bernstein published mess822 in 1998
in order to provide a framework for parsing the SMTP email header together with
some more gadgets for qmail. This
package was released 2011 into the public domain
and to my knowledge nobody cared about it anymore. However, in spite of SPF, DKIM,
and DMARC (ARC) message header fields it becomes increasingly important to digest an email correctly.
My mess822x is an enhancement while providing the following
Features
- mess822x comes in the common /slashpackage format for easy installation.
- mess822x is now based upon my fehQlibs.
- Some enhancements have been included covering the current standard of
RFC 5322 headers,
in particular the new key/value scheme.
- In 822field
the matching algorithm has been improved to cope with current implementations.
The mess822x package and its qmail addons should work well with
vanilla qmail and s/qmail. In fact, its message header
parsing functions are not depending on anything.
Sources
| Version & Download |
Description |
fehQlibs version |
Verification |
mess822x 0.67 |
The second release; condensed WSPs, Win/DOS saved message compatibility. |
> fehQlibs-16 |
MD5: b7f77c6e5769242ce8709cefbf08ffe6
Build: 20201228200100 |
mess822x's source files are documented in doxygen.
Documentation
Currently, there isn't much documentation about mess822x except for the embedded one:
For further discussions see:
Man pages
| mess822 |
(s/)qmail |
| 822body |
new-inject |
| 822date |
ofmipd |
| 822field |
ofmipname |
| 822header |
rewritehost |
| 822print |
rewriting |
| 822received |
|
Example to use 822field to retrieve DMARC fields in messages
Here, we use the extended feature of 822field
in order to retrieve the DMARC header fields from 'message':
$ 822field +ARC < message
ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; s=arcselector9901; d=microsoft.com; cv=none; b=Nltd+xB85SKby4SjHIyC5HWgiWEHVZvHybfs0avK93dYu7dOW3z3d70beeXzMcLsvch3Zc5c5sTYyuxZpytpLkWkNCBC40PvwS9fB0nFU+tEePRJeelzotf9L470Q4+bImvndkqqSqSpfrNCLUp9EAb6kjE54pQ8ddehfO8M/ota1ISj/NLs36QW913HtIR5IhMv2uNehip2XgumQqsj3sWG7dlOeX4CBhvBjeYmF7aqaY8QHQMeK4/7BtMsOo3nbLQo5RqEnF+jjL/TvR2SwSXcn2TQz7sxg7QPiPsWX2lTLe+ock66/Txi5tLp9soYeF01+8zHpYAUqIwAKasYSw==
ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=microsoft.com; s=arcselector9901; h=From:Date:Subject:Message-ID:Content-Type:MIME-Version:X-MS-Exchange-SenderADCheck; bh=2kKxEcxSI7gm5CzyGxBK44awsouQ7frgk0sQXkOPYjc=; b=CDBimg1o4S4yWx6Nf25pXg6ve2nKKy0Poyx5etCaT5VMe1yz42RfMio25/49xoH+ipdQTJoC12RLYwfFYqkhVkrGO5wNEBE+D4uwA6X0hqbzBpqPhf3peQWuyBPuxq4fipcymwdS0NCoVzDF8NCiGVqGqxnWJzH8ZfQ8Ltv51pPzpEzuhfs4qCboliIJAjSImDOPLq/1UZE+f4JhTIW+wd/WcDmiSB4Y/NGxvNso+MxudQwws9xv5DDKBktXBEnP4ZehmBX0vzmTYmg3jCcHub/r/4Lsn6SRxTpY1MOAd9lO//wZPo3Dxywtd+ehicgh8+NYMTcq0pP2+nAHi/kFsA==
ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.microsoft.com 1; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=keysight.com; dmarc=pass action=none header.from=keysight.com; dkim=pass header.d=keysight.com; arc=none
How to install mess822x
Prior of installing mess822x
you need to install the fitting fehQlibs.
Please follow instructions here.
- mess822x uses D.J. Bernstein's /package
conventions for installation.
- Typically, un-tar the archive under /package, change to mail/mess822x/mess822x-<version>
and call package/install.
- mess822x is pre-packaged to be 64 bit clean and comes with additional man-pages.
- A current leapsecs.dat file will be installed in /etc.
Tickets, Change Requests, communication
An EZMLM mailing list keeps you updated with current developments, bug fixes, and
features discussed. This list also can be used to file
- Defects (bug reports) and
- Change Requests (enhancements).
To inscribe use the:
s/qmail mailing list
As usual, I can't guarantee a certain response level;
but reasonable issues will be answered.
