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POSTFWD3(1)	       User Contributed Perl Documentation	     POSTFWD3(1)

NAME
     postfwd3 - postfix firewall daemon

SYNOPSIS
     postfwd3 [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]

     postfwd3 [OPTIONS] --cmd [SOURCE1, SOURCE2, ...]

	     Ruleset: (at least one, multiple use is allowed):
	     -f, --file <file>		     reads rules from <file>
	     -r, --rule <rule>		     adds <rule> to config
	     -s, --scores <v>=<r>	     returns <r> when score exceeds <v>

	     Settings: (multiple use allowed)
	     -F, --loadsettings <file>	     loads program settings from <file>
		 --savesettings <file>	     saves program settings to <file>
		 --showsettings 	     exports program settings to stdout

	     Server:
	     -i, --interface <dev>	     listen on interface <dev>
	     -p, --port <port>		     listen on port <port>
		 --proto <proto>	     socket type (tcp or unix)
		 --server_socket <sock>      e.g. tcp:127.0.0.1:10045
	     -u, --user <name>		     set uid to user <name>
	     -g, --group <name> 	     set gid to group <name>
		 --umask <mask> 	     umask for master filepermissions
		 --server_umask <mask>	     umask for server filepermissions
		 --pidfile <path>	     create pidfile under <path>
		 --min_servers <i>	     spawn at least <i> children
		 --max_servers <i>	     do not spawn more than <i> children
		 --min_spare_servers <i>     minimum idle children
		 --max_spare_servers <i>     maximum idle children

	     Cache:
	     -c, --cache <int>		     sets the request-cache timeout to <int> seconds
		 --cleanup-requests <int>    cleanup interval in seconds for request cache
		 --cache_interface <dev>     listen on interface <dev>
		 --cache_port <port>	     listen on port <port>
		 --cache_proto <proto>	     socket type (tcp or unix)
		 --cache_socket <sock>	     e.g. tcp:127.0.0.1:10043
		 --cache_umask <mask>	     umask for cache filepermissions
		 --cacheid <list>	     list of request items for cache-id
		 --cacheid_md5		     cacheid => md5sum(request)
		 --cache-rdomain-only	     skip recipient localpart for cache-id
		 --cache-no-sender	     skip sender address for cache-id
		 --cache-no-size	     skip size for cache-id
		 --no_parent_request_cache   disable parent request cache
		 --no_parent_rate_cache      disable parent rate cache
		 --no_parent_dns_cache	     disable parent dns cache (default)
		 --no_parent_group_cache     disable parent group cache
		 --no_parent_cache	     disable all parent caches

	     Groups:
		 --default_group_ttl <i>     default group TTL
		 --group_maxitems <i>	     max items per group
		 --cleanup-groups <int>      cleanup interval in seconds for group objects

	     Rates:
		 --cleanup-rates <int>	     cleanup interval in seconds for rate cache

	     Control:
	     -k, --kill, --stop 	     terminate postfwd3
		 --reload, --hup	     reload postfwd3
		 --watchdog <w> 	     watchdog timer in seconds
		 --respawn <r>		     respawn delay in seconds
		 --failures <f> 	     max respawn failure counter
	     -d, --daemon		     execute program in background
		 --nodaemon		     execute program in foreground
		 --daemons <list>	     list of daemons to start
		 --personality <type>	     type of policy server, allows 'PreFork' or 'Multiplex'
		 --autopersonality	     determine personality by program name (see manpage)
		 --noautopersonality	     don't do it (see above :)
		 --v1			     set personality to 'Multiplex'
		 --v2			     set personality to 'PreFork'
		 --dumpcache		     show cache contents
		 --dumpstats		     show statistics
	     -R, --chroot <path>	     chroot to <path> before start
		 --delcache <item>	     removes an item from the request cache
		 --delrate <item>	     removes an item from the rate cache

	     DNS:
	     -n, --nodns		     skip any dns based test
		 --dns_timeout <i>	     dns query timeout in seconds
		 --dns_timeout_max <i>	     disable dnsbl after <i> timeouts
		 --dns_timeout_interval <i>  reenable dnsbl after <i> seconds
		 --cache-rbl-timeout <i>     default dns ttl if not specified in ruleset
		 --cache-rbl-default <s>     default dns pattern if not specified in ruleset
		 --cleanup-rbls <i>	     cleanup old dns cache items every <i> seconds
		 --dns_async_txt	     perform dnsbl A and TXT lookups simultaneously
		 --dns_max_ns_lookups	     max names to look up with sender_ns_addrs
		 --dns_max_mx_lookups	     max names to look up with sender_mx_addrs
		 --ipv6_dnsbl		     enables dnsbl checks for IPv6 addresses

	     Optional:
	     -t, --test 		     testing, always returns "dunno"
	     -S, --summary <i>		     show stats every <i> seconds
		 --noidlestats		     disables statistics when idle
		 --norulestats		     disables per rule statistics
	     -I, --instantcfg		     reloads ruleset on every new request
		 --config_timeout <i>	     parser timeout in seconds
		 --keep_groups		     do not clear group cache on reload
		 --save_groups <file>	     save and load group cache on disk
		 --keep_rates		     do not clear rate limit counters on reload
		 --save_rates <file>	     save and load rate limits on disk
	     -A, --aggregate_addrs	     pre-compute ip address lists to subnets
		 --no_netaddr		     don't use NetAddr::IP functions
		 --no_netcidr		     don't use Net::CIDR::Lite functions
		 --cidr_method=s	     use method <s> for network checks

	     Plugins:
		 --plugins <file>	     loads postfwd plugins from file

	     Logging:
	     -l, --logname <label>	     label for syslog messages
		 --facility <s> 	     use syslog facility <s>
		 --socktype <s> 	     use syslog socktype <s>
		 --nodnslog		     do not log dns results
		 --anydnslog		     log any dns (even cached) results
		 --norulelog		     do not log rule actions
		 --nolog|--perfmon	     no logging at all
	     -v, --verbose		     verbose logging, use twice to increase
		 --debug <s>		     list of debugging classes
		 --debugclasses 	     shows all available debug classes
					     and exits the program

	     Information (use only at command-line!):
	     -h, --help 		     display this help and exit
	     -m, --manual		     shows program manual
	     -V, --version		     output version information and exit
	     -D, --defaults		     show postfwd3 settings and exit
	     -C, --showconfig		     show postfwd3 ruleset and exit (-v allowed)
	     -L, --stdout		     redirect syslog messages to stdout (--stdoutlog works for compatibility)
		 --stdin		     pull request from stdin instead of a network socket
		 --cmd			     shorthand form of --stdin, --stdout and --nodaemon
	     -q, --quiet		     no syslogging, no stdout (-P works for compatibility)

	     Commands:
	     start			     start the program [default]
	     stop			     same as --stop
	     reload			     same as --reload
	     dumpcache			     same as --dumpcache
	     dumpstats			     same as --dumpstats
	     defaults			     same as --defaults
	     showsettings		     same as --showsettings
	     delcache <item>		     same as --delcache <item>
	     delrate <item>		     same as --delrate <item>

	     Obsolete (only for compatibility with postfwd v1):
	     --shortlog, --dns_queuesize, --dns_retries

DESCRIPTION
   INTRODUCTION
     postfwd3  is  written  to combine complex postfix restrictions in a ruleset
     similar to those of the most firewalls.  The program uses the postfix  pol-
     icy  delegation protocol to control access to the mail system before a mes-
     sage has been  accepted  (please  visit  <http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POL-
     ICY_README.html> for more information).

     postfwd3 allows you to choose an action (e.g. reject, dunno) for a combina-
     tion of several smtp parameters (like sender and recipient address, size or
     the  client's  TLS  fingerprint).	Also  it offers simple macros/acls which
     should allow straightforward and easy-to-read configurations.

     Features:

     * Complex combinations of smtp parameters

     * Combined RBL/RHSBL lookups with arbitrary actions depending on results

     * Scoring system

     * Date/time based rules

     * Macros/ACLs, Dynamic groups, Negation

     * Compare request attributes (e.g. client_name and helo_name)

     * Internal caching for requests and dns lookups

     * Built in statistics for rule efficiency analysis

   CONFIGURATION
     A configuration line consists of optional item=value  pairs,  separated  by
     semicolons (`;`) and the appropriate desired action:

	     [ <item1>=<value>; <item2>=<value>; ... ] action=<result>

     Example:

	     client_address=192.168.1.1 ; sender==no@bad.local ; action=REJECT

     This will deny all mail from 192.168.1.1 with envelope sender no@bad.local.
     The  order of the elements is not important. So the following would lead to
     the same result as the previous example:

	     action=REJECT ; client_address=192.168.1.1 ; sender==no@bad.local

     The way how request items are compared to the ruleset can be influenced  in
     the following way:

	     ====================================================================
	      ITEM == VALUE		   true if ITEM equals VALUE
	      ITEM => VALUE		   true if ITEM >= VALUE
	      ITEM =< VALUE		   true if ITEM <= VALUE
	      ITEM >  VALUE		   true if ITEM >  VALUE
	      ITEM <  VALUE		   true if ITEM <  VALUE
	      ITEM =~ VALUE		   true if ITEM ~= /^VALUE$/i
	      ITEM != VALUE		   false if ITEM equals VALUE
	      ITEM !> VALUE		   false if ITEM >= VALUE
	      ITEM !< VALUE		   false if ITEM <= VALUE
	      ITEM !~ VALUE		   false if ITEM ~= /^VALUE$/i
	      ITEM =  VALUE		   default behaviour (see ITEMS section)
	     ====================================================================

     To  identify  single rules in your log files, you may add an unique identi-
     fier for each of it:

	     id=R_001 ; action=REJECT ; client_address=192.168.1.1 ; sender==no@bad.local

     You may use these identifiers as target for the `jump()` command  (see  AC-
     TIONS section below). Leading or trailing whitespace characters will be ig-
     nored. Use '#' to comment your configuration. Others will appreciate.

     A ruleset consists of one or multiple rules, which can be loaded from files
     or  passed  as  command line arguments. Please see the COMMAND LINE section
     below for more information on this topic.

     Since postfwd version 1.30 rules spanning span multiple lines  can  be  de-
     fined  by	prefixing  the	following  lines with one or multiple whitespace
     characters (or '}' for macros):

	     id=RULE001
		     client_address=192.168.1.0/24
		     sender==no@bad.local
		     action=REJECT no access

     postfwd versions prior to 1.30 require trailing ';' and '\'-characters:

	     id=RULE001; \
		     client_address=192.168.1.0/24; \
		     sender==no@bad.local; \
		     action=REJECT no access

   ITEMS
	     id 		     - a unique rule id, which can be used for log analysis
				       ids also serve as targets for the "jump" command.

	     date, time 	     - a time or date range within the specified rule shall hit
				       # FORMAT:
				       # Feb, 29th
				       date=29.02.2008
				       # Dec, 24th - 26th
				       date=24.12.2008-26.12.2008
				       # from today until Nov, 23rd
				       date=-23.09.2008
				       # from April, 1st until today
				       date=01.04.2008-

	     days, months	     - a range of weekdays (Sun-Sat) or months (Jan-Dec)
				       within the specified rule shall hit

	     score		     - when the specified score is hit (see ACTIONS section)
				       the specified action will be returned to postfix
				       scores are set global until redefined!

	     request_score	     - this value allows to access a request's score. it
				       may be used as variable ($$request_score).

	     rbl, rhsbl,	     - query the specified RBLs/RHSBLs, possible values are:
	     rhsbl_client,	       <name>[/<reply>/<maxcache>, <name>/<reply>/<maxcache>]
	     rhsbl_sender,	       (defaults: reply=^127\.0\.0\.\d+$ maxcache=3600)
	     rhsbl_reverse_client      the results of all rhsbl_* queries will be combined
				       in rhsbl_count (see below).

	     rblcount, rhsblcount    - minimum RBL/RHSBL hitcounts to match. if not specified
				       a single RBL/RHSBL hit will match the rbl/rhsbl items.
				       you may specify 'all' to evaluate all items, and use
				       it as variable in an action (see ACTIONS section)
				       (default: 1)

	     sender_localpart,	     - the local-/domainpart of the sender address
	     sender_domain

	     recipient_localpart,    - the local-/domainpart of the recipient address
	     recipient_domain

	     helo_address	     - postfwd3 tries to look up the helo_name. use
				       helo_address=!!(0.0.0.0/0) to check for unknown.
				       Please do not use this for positive access control
				       (whitelisting), as it might be forged.

	     sender_ns_names,	     - postfwd3 tries to look up the names/ip addresses
	     sender_ns_addrs	       of the nameservers for the sender domain part.
				       Please do not use this for positive access control
				       (whitelisting), as it might be forged.

	     sender_mx_names,	     - postfwd3 tries to look up the names/ip addresses
	     sender_mx_addrs	       of the mx records for the sender domain part.
				       Please do not use this for positive access control
				       (whitelisting), as it might be forged.

	     version		     - postfwd3 version, contains "postfwd3 n.nn"
				       this enables version based checks in your rulesets
				       (e.g. for migration). works with old versions too,
				       because a non-existing item always returns false:
				       # version >= 1.10
				       id=R01; version~=1\.[1-9][0-9]; sender_domain==some.org \
					     ; action=REJECT sorry no access

	     postfwd_port	     - postfwd server port, allows to use the same ruleset different
				       instances:
				       # rule only hits for instance at port 10045
				       id=PORT10045; postfwd_port==10045; action=DUNNO

	     postfwd_interface	     - postfwd server initerface, see postfwd_port

	     ratecount		     - only available for rate(), size() and rcpt() actions.
				       contains the actual limit counter:
					     id=R01; action=rate(sender/200/600/REJECT limit of 200 exceeded [$$ratecount hits])
					     id=R02; action=rate(sender/100/600/WARN limit of 100 exceeded [$$ratecount hits])

     Besides these you can specify any attribute of the postfix  policy  delega-
     tion  protocol.  Feel free to combine them the way you need it (have a look
     at the EXAMPLES section below).

     Most values can be specified as regular expressions (PCRE). Please see  the
     table below for details:

	     # ==========================================================
	     # ITEM=VALUE			     TYPE
	     # ==========================================================
	     id=something			     mask = string
	     date=01.04.2007-22.04.2007 	     mask = date (DD.MM.YYYY-DD.MM.YYYY)
	     time=08:30:00-17:00:00		     mask = time (HH:MM:SS-HH:MM:SS)
	     days=Mon-Wed			     mask = weekdays (Mon-Wed) or numeric (1-3)
	     months=Feb-Apr			     mask = months (Feb-Apr) or numeric (1-3)
	     score=5.0				     mask = maximum floating point value
	     rbl=zen.spamhaus.org		     mask = <name>/<reply>/<maxcache>[,...]
	     rblcount=2 			     mask = numeric, will match if rbl hits >= 2
	     helo_address=<a.b.c.d/nn>		     mask = CIDR[,CIDR,...]
	     sender_ns_names=some.domain.tld	     mask = PCRE
	     sender_mx_names=some.domain.tld	     mask = PCRE
	     sender_ns_addrs=<a.b.c.d/nn>	     mask = CIDR[,CIDR,...]
	     sender_mx_addrs=<a.b.c.d/nn>	     mask = CIDR[,CIDR,...]
	     # ------------------------------
	     # Postfix version 2.1 and later:
	     # ------------------------------
	     client_address=<a.b.c.d/nn>	     mask = CIDR[,CIDR,...]
	     client_name=another.domain.tld	     mask = PCRE
	     reverse_client_name=another.domain.tld  mask = PCRE
	     helo_name=some.domain.tld		     mask = PCRE
	     sender=foo@bar.tld 		     mask = PCRE
	     recipient=bar@foo.tld		     mask = PCRE
	     recipient_count=5			     mask = numeric, will match if recipients >= 5
	     # ------------------------------
	     # Postfix version 2.2 and later:
	     # ------------------------------
	     sasl_method=plain			     mask = PCRE
	     sasl_username=you			     mask = PCRE
	     sasl_sender=			     mask = PCRE
	     size=12345 			     mask = numeric, will match if size >= 12345
	     ccert_subject=blackhole.nowhere.local   mask = PCRE (only if tls verified)
	     ccert_issuer=John+20Doe		     mask = PCRE (only if tls verified)
	     ccert_fingerprint=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:...    mask = PCRE (do NOT use "..." here)
	     # ------------------------------
	     # Postfix version 2.3 and later:
	     # ------------------------------
	     encryption_protocol=TLSv1/SSLv3	     mask = PCRE
	     encryption_cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA    mask = PCRE
	     encryption_keysize=256		     mask = numeric, will match if keysize >= 256
	     ...

     the   current  list  can  be  found  at  <http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POL-
     ICY_README.html>. Please read carefully about which attribute can	be  used
     at  which	level of the smtp transaction (e.g. size will only work reliably
     at END-OF-MESSAGE level).	Pattern matching is performed case insensitive.

     Multiple use of the same item is allowed and will compared as  logical  OR,
     which means that this will work as expected:

	     id=TRUST001; action=OK; encryption_keysize=64
		     ccert_fingerprint=11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99
		     ccert_fingerprint=22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:00
		     ccert_fingerprint=33:44:55:66:77:88:99:00:11
		     sender=@domain\.local$

     client_address, rbl and rhsbl items may also be specified as whitespace-or-
     comma-separated values:

	     id=SKIP01; action=dunno
		     client_address=192.168.1.0/24, 172.16.254.23
	     id=SKIP02; action=dunno
		     client_address= 10.10.3.32 10.216.222.0/27

     The following items must be unique:

	     id, minimum and maximum values, rblcount and rhsblcount

     Any item can be negated by preceeding '!!' to it, e.g.:

	     id=HOST001 ;  hostname == !!secure.trust.local ;  action=REJECT only secure.trust.local please

     or using the right compare operator:

	     id=HOST001 ;  hostname != secure.trust.local ;  action=REJECT only secure.trust.local please

     To avoid confusion with regexps or simply for better visibility you can use
     '!!(...)':

	     id=USER01 ;  sasl_username =~ !!( /^(bob|alice)$/ )  ;  action=REJECT who is that?

     Request attributes can be compared by preceeding '$$' characters, e.g.:

	     id=R-003 ;  client_name = !! $$helo_name	   ;  action=WARN helo does not match DNS
	     # or
	     id=R-003 ;  client_name = !!($$(helo_name))   ;  action=WARN helo does not match DNS

     This is only valid for PCRE values (see list above). The comparison will be
     performed as case insensitive exact match.  Use the '-vv' option to debug.

     These special items will be reset for any new rule:

	     rblcount	     - contains the number of RBL answers
	     rhsblcount      - contains the number of RHSBL answers
	     matches	     - contains the number of matched items
	     dnsbltext	     - contains the dns TXT part of all RBL and RHSBL replies in the form
			       rbltype:rblname:<txt>; rbltype:rblname:<txt>; ...

     These special items will be changed for any matching rule:

	     request_hits    - contains ids of all matching rules

     This  means  that	it  might  be necessary to save them, if you plan to use
     these values in later rules:

	     # set vals
	     id=RBL01 ; rhsblcount=all; rblcount=all
		     action=set(HIT_rhls=$$rhsblcount,HIT_rbls=$$rblcount,HIT_txt=$$dnsbltext)
		     rbl=list.dsbl.org, bl.spamcop.net, dnsbl.sorbs.net, zen.spamhaus.org
		     rhsbl_client=rddn.dnsbl.net.au, rhsbl.ahbl.org, rhsbl.sorbs.net
		     rhsbl_sender=rddn.dnsbl.net.au, rhsbl.ahbl.org, rhsbl.sorbs.net

	     # compare
	     id=RBL02 ; HIT_rhls>=1 ; HIT_rbls>=1 ; action=554 5.7.1 blocked using $$HIT_rhls RHSBLs and $$HIT_rbls RBLs [INFO: $$HIT_txt]
	     id=RBL03 ; HIT_rhls>=2		  ; action=554 5.7.1 blocked using $$HIT_rhls RHSBLs [INFO: $$HIT_txt]
	     id=RBL04 ; HIT_rbls>=2		  ; action=554 5.7.1 blocked using $$HIT_rbls RBLs [INFO: $$HIT_txt]

   FILES
     Since postfwd1 v1.15 and postfwd3 v0.18 long item lists can  be  stored  in
     separate files:

	     id=R001 ;	ccert_fingerprint==file:/etc/postfwd/wl_ccerts ;  action=DUNNO

     postfwd3  will  read  a  list  of items (one item per line) from /etc/post-
     fwd/wl_ccerts. comments are allowed:

	     # client1
	     11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99
	     # client2
	     22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:00
	     # client3
	     33:44:55:66:77:88:99:00:11

     To use existing tables in key=value format, you can use:

	     id=R001 ;	ccert_fingerprint==table:/etc/postfwd/wl_ccerts ;  action=DUNNO

     This will ignore the right-hand value. Items can be mixed:

	     id=R002 ;	action=REJECT
		     client_name==unknown
		     client_name==file:/etc/postfwd/blacklisted

     and for non pcre (comma separated) items:

	     id=R003 ;	action=REJECT
		     client_address==10.1.1.1, file:/etc/postfwd/blacklisted

	     id=R004 ;	action=REJECT
		     rbl=myrbl.home.local, zen.spamhaus.org, file:/etc/postfwd/rbls_changing

     You can check your configuration with the --show_config option at the  com-
     mand line:

	     # postfwd3 --showconfig --rule='action=DUNNO; client_address=10.1.0.0/16, file:/etc/postfwd/wl_clients, 192.168.2.1'

     should give something like:

	     Rule   0: id->"R-0"; action->"DUNNO"; client_address->"=;10.1.0.0/16, =;194.123.86.10, =;186.4.6.12, =;192.168.2.1"

     If a file can not be read, it will be ignored:

	     # postfwd3 --showconfig --rule='action=DUNNO; client_address=10.1.0.0/16, file:/etc/postfwd/wl_clients, 192.168.2.1'
	     [LOG warning]: error: file /etc/postfwd/wl_clients not found - file will be ignored ?
	     Rule   0: id->"R-0"; action->"DUNNO"; client_address->"=;10.1.0.0/16, =;192.168.2.1"

     File  items  are evaluated at configuration stage. Therefore postfwd3 needs
     to be reloaded if a file has changed

     If you want to specify a file, that will be reloaded for each request,  you
     can use lfile: and ltable:

	     id=R001; client_address=lfile:/etc/postfwd/client_whitelist; action=dunno

     This  will  check	the  modification  time of /etc/postfwd/client_whitelist
     every time the rule is evaluated and reload it as necessary. Of course this
     might increase the system load, so please use it with care.

     The --showconfig option illustrates the difference:

	     ## evaluated at configuration stage
	     # postfwd3 --nodaemon -L --rule='client_address=table:/etc/postfwd/clients; action=dunno' -C
	     Rule   0: id->"R-0"; action->"dunno"; client_address->"=;1.1.1.1, =;1.1.1.2, =;1.1.1.3"

	     ## evaluated for any rulehit
	     # postfwd3 --nodaemon -L --rule='client_address=ltable:/etc/postfwd/clients; action=dunno' -C
	     Rule   0: id->"R-0"; action->"dunno"; client_address->"=;ltable:/etc/postfwd/clients"

     Files can refer to other files. The following is valid.

	     -- FILE /etc/postfwd/rules.cf --
	     id=R01; client_address=file:/etc/postfwd/clients_master.cf; action=DUNNO

	     -- FILE /etc/postfwd/clients_master.cf --
	     192.168.1.0/24
	     file:/etc/postfwd/clients_east.cf
	     file:/etc/postfwd/clients_west.cf

	     -- FILE /etc/postfwd/clients_east.cf --
	     192.168.2.0/24

	     -- FILE /etc/postfwd/clients_west.cf --
	     192.168.3.0/24

     Note that there is currently no loop detection (/a/file calls /a/file)  and
     that  this feature is only available with postfwd1 v1.15 and postfwd3 v0.18
     and higher.

   ACTIONS
     General

     Actions will be executed, when all rule items have matched a request (or at
     least one of any item list). You can refer to request  attributes	by  pre-
     ceeding $$ characters, like:

	     id=R-003; client_name = !!$$helo_name; action=WARN helo '$$helo_name' does not match DNS '$$client_name'
	     # or
	     id=R-003; client_name = !!$$helo_name; action=WARN helo '$$(helo_name)' does not match DNS '$$(client_name)'

     postfix actions

     Actions will be replied to postfix as result to policy delegation requests.
     Any  action  that	postfix  understands  is allowed - see "man 5 access" or
     <http://www.postfix.org/access.5.html> for a description. If no  action  is
     specified, the postfix WARN action which simply logs the event will be used
     for the corresponding rule.

     postfwd3  will return dunno if it has reached the end of the ruleset and no
     rule has matched. This can be changed by placing  a  last	rule  containing
     only an action statement:

	     ...
	     action=dunno ; sender=@domain.local     # sender is ok
	     action=reject			     # default deny

     postfwd3 actions

     postfwd3  actions	control  the behaviour of the program. Currently you can
     specify the following:

	     jump (<id>)
	     jumps to rule with id <id>, use this to skip certain rules.
	     you can jump backwards - but remember that there is no loop
	     detection at the moment! jumps to non-existing ids will be skipped.

	     score (<score>)
	     the request's score will be modified by the specified <score>,
	     which must be a floating point value. the modificator can be either
		     +n.nn   adds n.nn to current score
		     -n.nn   sustracts n.nn from the current score
		     *n.nn   multiplies the current score by n.nn
		     /n.nn   divides the current score through n.nn
		     =n.nn   sets the current score to n.nn
	     if the score exceeds the maximum set by `--scores` option (see
	     COMMAND LINE) or the score item (see ITEMS section), the action
	     defined for this case will be returned (default: 5.0=>"REJECT postfwd3 score exceeded").

	     set (<item>=<value>,<item>=<value>,...)
	     this command allows you to insert or override request attributes, which then may be
	     compared to your further ruleset. use this to speed up repeated comparisons to large item lists.
	     please see the EXAMPLES section for more information. you may separate multiple key=value pairs
	     by "," characters.

	     rate (<item>/<max>/<time>/<action>)
	     this command creates a counter for the given <item>, which will be increased any time a request
	     containing it arrives. if it exceeds <max> within <time> seconds it will return <action> to postfix.
	     rate counters are very fast as they are executed before the ruleset is parsed.
	     please note that <action> was limited to postfix actions (no postfwd actions) for postfwd versions <1.33!
		 # no more than 3 requests per 5 minutes
		 # from the same "unknown" client
		 id=RATE01 ;  client_name==unknown
		    action=rate(client_address/3/300/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 3 requests per 5 minutes)

	     size (<item>/<max>/<time>/<action>)
	     this command works similar to the rate() command with the difference, that the rate counter is
	     increased by the request's size attribute. to do this reliably you should call postfwd3 from
	     smtpd_end_of_data_restrictions. if you want to be sure, you could check it within the ruleset:
		# size limit 1.5mb per hour per client
		id=SIZE01 ;  protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE ;  client_address==!!(10.1.1.1)
		   action=size(client_address/1572864/3600/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 1.5mb per hour)

	     rcpt (<item>/<max>/<time>/<action>)
	     this command works similar to the rate() command with the difference, that the rate counter is
	     increased by the request's recipient_count attribute. to do this reliably you should call postfwd
	     from smtpd_data_restrictions or smtpd_end_of_data_restrictions. if you want to be sure, you could
	     check it within the ruleset:
		# recipient count limit 3 per hour per client
		id=RCPT01 ;  protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE ;  client_address==!!(10.1.1.1)
		   action=rcpt(client_address/3/3600/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 3 recipients per hour)

	     rate5321,size5321,rcpt5321 (<item>/<max>/<time>/<action>)
	     same as the corresponding non-5321 functions, with the difference that the localpart of
	     sender oder recipient addresses are evaluated case-sensitive according to rfc5321. That
	     means that requests from bob@example.local and BoB@example.local will be treated differently

	     groupadd(<groupname>/<item>[/<ttl>])
	     saves <item> to dynamic group <group> for later use. the object will be removed from that
	     group after ttl seconds. if not set, postfwd3 will use the default --default_group_ttl [3600s].
	     Please read the chapter about dynamic groups before use!
		# add client_address to group %%blacklisted_hosts
		id=ADDGROUP
		     rbl=zen.spamhaus.org,bl.spamcop.net,ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
		     action=groupadd(%%blacklisted_hosts/client_address/86400)

	     groupdel(<groupname>/<item>)
	     removes <item> from dynamic group <group>. Please read the chapter about dynamic groups before use!
		# remove a client_address from group %%blacklisted_hosts
		id=DELGROUP
		     rbl=lists.dnswl.org
		     action=groupdel(%%blacklisted_hosts/client_address)

	     ask (<addr>:<port>[:<ignore>])
	     allows to delegate the policy decision to another policy service (e.g. postgrey). the first
	     and the second argument (address and port) are mandatory. a third optional argument may be
	     specified to tell postfwd3 to ignore certain answers and go on parsing the ruleset:
		# example1: query postgrey and return it's answer to postfix
		id=GREY; client_address==10.1.1.1; action=ask(127.0.0.1:10031)
		# example2: query postgrey but ignore it's answer, if it matches 'DUNNO'
		# and continue parsing postfwd's ruleset
		id=GREY; client_address==10.1.1.1; action=ask(127.0.0.1:10031:^dunno$)

	     mail(server/helo/from/to/subject/body)
	     This command is deprecated. You should try to use the sendmail() action instead.
	     Very basic mail command, that sends a message with the given arguments. LIMITATIONS:
	     This basically performs a telnet. No authentication or TLS are available. Additionally it does
	     not track notification state and will notify you any time, the corresponding rule hits.

	     sendmail(sendmail-path::from::to::subject::body)
	     Mail command, that uses an existing sendmail binary and sends a message with the given arguments.
	     LIMITATIONS: The command does not track notification state and will notify you any time, the
	     corresponding rule hits (which could mean 100 mails for a mail with 100 recipients at RCPT stage).

	     wait (<delay>)
	     pauses the program execution for <delay> seconds. use this for
	     delaying or throtteling connections.

	     note (<string>)
	     just logs the given string and continues parsing the ruleset.
	     if the string is empty, nothing will be logged (noop).

	     quit (<code>)
	     terminates the program with the given exit-code. postfix doesn`t
	     like that too much, so use it with care.

     You can reference to request attributes, like

	     id=R-HELO ;  helo_name=^[^\.]+$ ;	action=REJECT invalid helo '$$helo_name'

     Since postfwd3 version 2.00 a rule can have multiple postfwd actions, like

	     # if client is found on list.dnswl.org,
	     #	 1. send a note
	     #	 2. add it's ip to group %%WHITELISTED
	     #	 3. permit the request
	     id=ADDR01
		     rbl=list.dnswl.org
		     action=note(adding $$client_address to WHITELIST)
		     action=groupadd(%%WHITELISTED/client_address)
		     action=PERMIT_AUTH_DESTINATION

   MACROS/ACLS
     Multiple use of long items or combinations of them may  be  abbreviated  by
     macros.  Those  must  be  prefixed by '&&' (two '&' characters).  First the
     macros have to be defined as follows:

	     &&RBLS { rbl=zen.spamhaus.org,list.dsbl.org,bl.spamcop.net,dnsbl.sorbs.net,ix.dnsbl.manitu.net; };

     Then these may be used in your rules, like:

	     &&RBLS ;  client_name=^unknown$			     ; action=REJECT
	     &&RBLS ;  client_name=(\d+[\.-_]){4}		     ; action=REJECT
	     &&RBLS ;  client_name=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_]   ; action=REJECT

     Macros can contain actions, too:

	     # definition
	     &&GONOW { action=REJECT your request caused our spam detection policy to reject this message. More info at http://www.domain.local; };
	     # rules
	     &&GONOW ;	&&RBLS ;  client_name=^unknown$
	     &&GONOW ;	&&RBLS ;  client_name=(\d+[\.-_]){4}
	     &&GONOW ;	&&RBLS ;  client_name=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_]

     Macros can contain macros, too:

	     # definition
	     &&RBLS{
		     rbl=zen.spamhaus.org
		     rbl=list.dsbl.org
		     rbl=bl.spamcop.net
		     rbl=dnsbl.sorbs.net
		     rbl=ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
	     };
	     &&DYNAMIC{
		     client_name=^unknown$
		     client_name=(\d+[\.-_]){4}
		     client_name=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_]
	     };
	     &&GOAWAY { &&RBLS; &&DYNAMIC; };
	     # rules
	     &&GOAWAY ; action=REJECT dynamic client and listed on RBL

     Basically macros are simple text substitutions - see the  "PARSER"  section
     for more information.

   DYNAMIC GROUPS
     Dynamic  groups  are  list objects. You can add or remove items and compare
     request items to their content within your ruleset.  Groups are saved  per-
     sistant  for  further requests. This way you can save information for later
     use. Every item of a group has a time-to-live value.

     Group-names have to be preceeded by double  '%'-characters,  like	%%GROUP-
     NAME:

	     # add client_address to group %%BLACKLISTED, if sent to spamtrap
	     id=SPAMTRAP; recipient==spamtrap@domain.local; action=groupadd(%%BLACKLISTED/client_address)

	     # reject any request from client_address in group %%BLACKLISTED
	     id=BLACKLISTED; client_address=%%BLACKLISTED; action=REJECT

     The  groupadd()  function receives the following arguments. The <ttl> value
     is optional.  If  not  specified,	postfwd3  will	use  the  default  --de-
     fault_group_ttl [300s]:

	     groupadd ( <Groupname> / <item> [ / <ttl> ] )

     postfwd will save this data in the following structure:

	     %Group_Cache -> %<Groupname> -> $<item> = <ttl>

     The groupdel() function removes an item from a group:

	     groupdel ( <Groupname> / <item> )

     Expired members will be removed at cleanup stage after --cleanup_groups <i>
     seconds.

     To  compare requests with dynamic groups, these must be refered by preceed-
     ing '%%'-characters:

	     <item> = %%<Groupname>

     Empty groups always compare false. The following ruleset is possible:

	     # allow any request from client_address in group %%WHITELISTED
	     id=WHITEGROUP; client_address=%%WHITELISTED; action=DUNNO

	     # reject any request from client_address in group %%BLACKLISTED
	     id=BLACKGROUP; client_address=%%BLACKLISTED; action=REJECT

	     # ... other rules ...

	     # ... whitelist file ...
	     id=W_TRUST; action=set(WHITE=1)
		 client_address=file:/etc/postfwd/whitelist_networks

	     # ... whitelist dns ...
	     id=W_DNSWL; action=set(WHITE=1)
		 rbl=list.dnswl.org

	     # ... -> add it to whitelist for a day and allow request
	     id=W_GROUP; WHITE==1
		 action=groupadd(%%WHITELISTED/client_address/86400)
		 action=DUNNO

	     # ... or blacklist by sending to spamtrap ...
	     id=B_SPAMTRAP; action=set(BLACK=1)
		 recipient==spamtrap@domain.local

	     # ... or blacklisted by dns ...
	     id=B_DNSBL; action=set(BLACK=1)
		 rbl=zen.spamhaus.org

	     # ... -> add it to group BLACKLISTED for 1 hour and reject
	     id=B_GROUP; BLACK==1
		 action=groupadd(%%BLACKLISTED/client_address/3600)
		 action=REJECT

     Limitations

     Currently dynamic groups are kept in memory. By default postfwd3 will  only
     accept a maximum of 999999 members in a group. To deactivate this limit set
     --group_maxitems to '-1'.

     With PreFork personality, you should be aware that this information must be
     shared through the cache daemon.

     In  short: Don't let these lists get excessively big unless you have enough
     system capacity to do so. If necessary tune  your	config	by  setting  the
     <ttl> and --group_maxitems.

   PLUGINS
     Description

     The  plugin interface allow you to define your own checks and enhance post-
     fwd's functionality. Feel free to share useful things!

     Warning

     Note that the plugin interface is still at devel stage.  Please  test  your
     plugins  carefully,  because  errors may cause postfwd to break! It is also
     allowed to override attributes or built-in functions, but be sure that  you
     know what you do because some of them are used internally.

     Please  keep  security  in  mind,	when  you access sensible ressources and
     never, ever run postfwd as privileged user! Also  never  trust  your  input
     (especially hostnames, and e-mail addresses).

     ITEMS

     Item  plugins are perl subroutines which integrate additional attributes to
     requests before they are evaluated against postfwd's ruleset like any other
     item of the policy delegation protocol. This allows you to create your  own
     checks.

     plugin-items  can	not  be used selective. these functions will be executed
     for every request postfwd receives, so keep performance in mind.

	     SYNOPSIS: postfwd_items_plugin{<name>}($request)

     means that your subroutine, called <name>, has access to  a  hash-reference
     called   $request,   which  contains  all	request  attributes,  like  $re-
     quest->{client_name} and saves values in the following form:

	     save: $result->{<item>} = <value>

     this creates the new item <item> containing <value>, which  will  be  inte-
     grated  in the policy delegation request and therefore may be used in post-
     fwd's ruleset.

	     # do NOT remove the next line
	     %postfwd_items_plugin = (

		     # EXAMPLES - integrated in postfwd. no need to activate them here.

			     # allows to check postfwd version in ruleset
			     "version" => sub {
				     my($request) = shift;
				     $request->{version} => $NAME." ".$VERSION,
			     },

			     # sender_domain and recipient_domain
			     "address_parts" => sub {
				     my($request) = shift;
				     $request->{sender} =~ /@([^@]*)$/;
				     $request->{sender_domain} = ($1 || '');
				     $request->{recipient} =~ /@([^@]*)$/;
				     $request->{recipient_domain} = ($1 || '');
			     },

	     # do NOT remove the next line
	     );

     COMPARE

     Compare plugins allow you to define how your new items should  be	compared
     to  the ruleset.  These are optional. If you don't specify one, the default
     (== for exact match, =~ for PCRE, ...)  will be used.

	     SYNOPSIS:	<item> => sub { return &{$postfwd_compare{<type>}}(@_); },

	     # do NOT remove the next line
	     %postfwd_compare_plugin = (

		     EXAMPLES - integrated in postfwd. no need to activate them here.

			     # Simple example
			     # SYNOPSIS:  <result> = <item> (return &{$postfwd_compare{<type>}}(@_))
			     "client_address"  => sub { return &{$postfwd_compare{cidr}}(@_); },
			     "size"	       => sub { return &{$postfwd_compare{numeric}}(@_); },
			     "recipient_count" => sub { return &{$postfwd_compare{numeric}}(@_); },

			     # Complex example
			     # SYNOPSIS:  <result> = <item>(<operator>, <ruleset value>, <request value>, <request>)
			     "numeric" => sub {
				     my($cmp,$val,$myitem,$request) = @_;
				     my($myresult) = undef;  $myitem ||= "0"; $val ||= "0";
				     if ($cmp eq '==') {
					     $myresult = ($myitem == $val);
				     } elsif ($cmp eq '=<') {
					     $myresult = ($myitem <= $val);
				     } elsif ($cmp eq '=>') {
					     $myresult = ($myitem >= $val);
				     } elsif ($cmp eq '<') {
					     $myresult = ($myitem < $val);
				     } elsif ($cmp eq '>') {
					     $myresult = ($myitem > $val);
				     } elsif ($cmp eq '!=') {
					     $myresult = not($myitem == $val);
				     } elsif ($cmp eq '!<') {
					     $myresult = not($myitem <= $val);
				     } elsif ($cmp eq '!>') {
					     $myresult = not($myitem >= $val);
				     } else {
					     $myresult = ($myitem >= $val);
				     };
				     return $myresult;
			     },

	     # do NOT remove the next line
	     );

     ACTIONS

     Action plugins  allow  to	define	new  postfwd  actions.	By  setting  the
     $stop-flag you can decide to continue or to stop parsing the ruleset.

	     SYNOPSIS:	(<stop rule parsing>, <next rule index>, <return action>, <logprefix>) =
			     <action> (<current rule index>, <current time>, <command name>, <argument>, <logprefix>, <request>)

	     # do NOT remove the next line
	     %postfwd_actions_plugin = (

		     # EXAMPLES - integrated in postfwd. no need to activate them here.

			     # note(<logstring>) command
			     "note"  => sub {
				     my($index,$now,$mycmd,$myarg,$myline,$request) = @_;
				     my($myaction) = 'dunno'; my($stop) = 0;
				     log_info "[RULES] ".$myline." - note: ".$myarg if $myarg;
				     return ($stop,$index,$myaction,$myline);
			     },

			     # skips next <myarg> rules
			     "skip" => sub {
				     my($index,$now,$mycmd,$myarg,$myline,$request) = @_;
				     my($myaction) = 'dunno'; my($stop) = 0;
				     $index += $myarg if ( $myarg and not(($index + $myarg) > $#Rules) );
				     return ($stop,$index,$myaction,$myline);
			     },

			     # dumps current request contents to syslog
			     "dumprequest" => sub {
				     my($index,$now,$mycmd,$myarg,$myline,$request) = @_;
				     my($myaction) = 'dunno'; my($stop) = 0;
				     map { log_info "[DUMP] rule=$index, Attribute: $_=$request{$_}" } (keys %{$request});
				     return ($stop,$index,$myaction,$myline);
			     },

	     # do NOT remove the next line
	     );

   COMMAND LINE
     Ruleset

     The  following  arguments	are  used  to specify the source of the postfwd3
     ruleset. This means that at least one of  the  following  is  required  for
     postfwd3 to work.

	     -f, --file <file>
	     Reads rules from <file>. Please see the CONFIGURATION section
	     for more information.

	     -r, --rule <rule>
	     Adds <rule> to ruleset. Remember that you might have to quote
	     strings that contain whitespaces or shell characters.

     Settings

	     -F, --loadsettings <file>
	     Loads program settings from <file>. data must be in Data::Dumper format.
	     Please read the SETTINGS section for more information.

	     --savesettings <file>
	     Saves program settings to <file> in Data::Dumper format.
	     Please read the SETTINGS section for more information.

	     --showsettings
	     Exports program settings in Data::Dumper format to stdout. This output
	     can be saved to a file and later used with the --loadsettings option.

     Scoring

	     -s, --scores <val>=<action>
	     Returns <action> to postfix, when the request's score exceeds <val>

     Multiple usage is allowed. Just chain your arguments, like:

	     postfwd3 -r "<item>=<value>;action=<result>" -f <file> -f <file> ...
	       or
	     postfwd3 --scores 4.5="WARN high score" --scores 5.0="REJECT postfwd3 score too high" ...

     In  case of multiple scores, the highest match will count. The order of the
     arguments will be reflected in the postfwd3 ruleset.

     Networking

     postfwd3 can be run as daemon so that it listens on the network for  incom-
     ing  requests.  The following arguments will control it's behaviour in this
     case.

	     -d, --daemon, --nodaemon
	     postfwd3 will run as daemon and listen on the network for incoming
	     queries (default 127.0.0.1:10045). Use --nodaemon to keep postfwd3
	     running in foreground.

	     -i, --interface <dev>
	     Bind postfwd3 to the specified interface (default 127.0.0.1).

	     -p, --port <port>
	     postfwd3 listens on the specified port (default tcp/10045).

	     --proto <type>
	     The protocol type for postfwd's socket. Currently you may use 'tcp' or 'unix' here.
	     To use postfwd3 with a unix domain socket, run it as follows:
		 postfwd3 --proto=unix --port=/somewhere/postfwd.socket

	     -u, --user <name>
	     Changes real and effective user to <name>.

	     -g, --group <name>
	     Changes real and effective group to <name>.

	     --personality <type>
	     Type of policy server, allows 'PreFork' or 'Multiplex'.
	     This option overrides --autopersonality.

	     --v1
	     set personality to 'Multiplex'
	     This option overrides --autopersonality.

	     --v2
	     set personality to 'PreFork'
	     This option overrides --autopersonality.

	     --autopersonality
	     postfwd3 determines the  personality by program name:
		* 'Multiplex' for 'postfwd' or 'postfwd1'
		* 'PreFork' for 'postfwd2'
	     you can disable this by using --noautopersonality or
	     explicitly using --personality, --v1 or --v2

	     --umask <mask>
	     Changes the umask for filepermissions of the master process (pidfile).
	     Attention: This is umask, not chmod - you have to specify the bits that
	     should NOT apply. E.g.: umask 077 equals to chmod 700.

	     --cache_umask <mask>
	     Changes the umask for filepermissions of the cache process (unix domain socket).

	     --server_umask <mask>
	     Changes the umask for filepermissions of the server process (unix domain socket).

	     -R, --chroot <path>
	     Chroot the process to the specified path.
	     Please look at http://postfwd.org/postfwd3-chroot.html before use!

	     --pidfile <path>
	     The process id will be saved in the specified file.

	     --facility <f>
	     sets the syslog facility, default is 'mail'

	     --socktype <s>
	     sets the Sys::Syslog socktype to 'native', 'inet' or 'unix'.
	     Default is to auto-detect this depening on module version and os.

	     -l, --logname <label>
	     Labels the syslog messages. Useful when running multiple
	     instances of postfwd.

	     --loglen <int>
	     Truncates any syslog message after <int> characters.

     Plugins

	     --plugins <file>
	     Loads postfwd plugins from file. Please see http://postfwd.org/postfwd.plugins
	     or the plugins.postfwd.sample that is available from the tarball for more info.

     Optional arguments

     These parameters influence the way postfwd3 is working. Any of them can  be
     combined.

	     -v, --verbose
	     Verbose logging displays a lot of useful information but can cause
	     your logfiles to grow noticeably. So use it with caution. Set the option
	     twice (-vv) to get more information (logs all request attributes).

	     -c, --cache <int>	  (default=600)
	     Timeout for request cache, results for identical requests will be
	     cached until config is reloaded or this time (in seconds) expired.
	     A setting of 0 disables this feature.

	     --cache-no-size
	     Ignores size attribute for cache comparisons which will lead to better
	     cache-hit rates. You should set this option, if you don't use the size
	     item in your ruleset.

	     --cache-no-sender
	     Ignores sender address for cache comparisons which will lead to better
	     cache-hit rates. You should set this option, if you don't use the sender
	     item in your ruleset.

	     --cache-rdomain-only
	     This will strip the localpart of the recipient's address before filling the
	     cache. This may considerably increase cache-hit rates.

	     --cache-rbl-timeout <timeout>     (default=3600)
	     This default value will be used as timeout in seconds for rbl cache items,
	     if not specified in the ruleset.

	     --cache-rbl-default <pattern>    (default=^127\.0\.0\.\d+$)
	     Matches <pattern> to rbl/rhsbl answers (regexp) if not specified in the ruleset.

	     --cacheid <item>, <item>, ...
	     This csv-separated list of request attributes will be used to construct
	     the request cache identifier. Use this only, if you know exactly what you
	     are doing. If you, for example, use postfwd3 only for RBL/RHSBL control,
	     you may set this to
		     postfwd3 --cache=3600 --cacheid=client_name,client_address
	     This increases efficiency of caching and improves postfwd's performance.
	     Warning: You should list all items here, which are used in your ruleset!

	     --cacheid_md5, --nocacheid_md5    (default=1)
	     The cacheid will be created with a md5sum of the request items.

	     --cleanup-requests <interval>    (default=600)
	     The request cache will be searched for timed out items after this <interval> in
	     seconds. It is a minimum value. The cleanup process will only take place, when
	     a new request arrives.

	     --cleanup-rbls <interval>	  (default=600)
	     The rbl cache will be searched for timed out items after this <interval> in
	     seconds. It is a minimum value. The cleanup process will only take place, when
	     a new request arrives.

	     --cleanup-rates <interval>    (default=600)
	     The rate cache will be searched for timed out items after this <interval> in
	     seconds. It is a minimum value. The cleanup process will only take place, when
	     a new request arrives.

	     -S, --summary <int>    (default=600)
	     Shows some usage statistics (program uptime, request counter, matching rules)
	     every <int> seconds. This option is included by the -v switch.
	     This feature uses the alarm signal, so you can force postfwd3 to dump the stats
	     using `kill -ALRM <pid>` (where <pid> is the process id of postfwd).

	     Example:
	     Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Counters: 213000 seconds uptime, 39 rules
	     Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Requests: 71643 overall, 49 last interval, 62.88% cache hits
	     Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Averages: 20.18 overall, 4.90 last interval, 557.30 top
	     Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Contents: 44 cached requests, 239 cached dnsbl results
	     Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Rule ID: R-001   matched: 2704 times
	     Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Rule ID: R-002   matched: 9351 times
	     Aug 19 12:39:45 mail1 postfwd[666]: [STATS] Rule ID: R-003   matched: 3116 times
	     ...

	     --no-rulestats
	     Disables per rule statistics. Keeps your log clean, if you do not use them.
	     This option has no effect without --summary or --verbose set.

	     -L, --stdout
	     Redirects all syslog messages to stdout for debugging. Do not use this in daemon mode!

	    --stdin
	     Tells postfwd to get the request data from STDIN instead of a network socket. This
	     may be used to test rulesets at the command-line:

	     Example:
	     postfwd -f /etc/postfwd/postfwd.cf --stdin --stdout --nodaemon ../tools/request.sample

	     --cmd
	     Shorthand for the combination --stdin, --stdout and --nodaemon

	     Example:
	     postfwd -f /etc/postfwd/postfwd.cf --cmd ../tools/request.sample

	     -t, --test
	     In test mode postfwd3 always returns "dunno", but logs according
	     to it`s ruleset. -v will be set automatically with this option.

	     -n, --nodns
	     Disables all DNS based checks like RBL checks. Rules containing
	     such elements will be ignored.

	     -n, --nodnslog
	     Disables logging of dns events.

	     --dns_timeout     (default: 14)
	     Sets the timeout for asynchonous dns queries in seconds. This value will apply to
	     all dns items in a rule.

	     --dns_timeout_max	  (default: 10)
	     Sets the maximum timeout counter for dnsbl lookups. If the timeouts exceed this value
	     the corresponding dnsbl will be deactivated for a while (see --dns_timeout_interval).

	     --dns_timeout_interval    (default=1200)
	     The dnsbl timeout counter will be cleaned after this interval in seconds. Use this
	     in conjunction with the --dns_timeout_max parameter.

	     --dns_async_txt
	     Perform dnsbl A and TXT lookups simultaneously (otherwise only for listings with at
	     least one A record). This needs more network bandwidth due to increased queries but
	     might increase throughput because the lookups can be parallelized.

	     --dns_max_ns_lookups     (default=0)
	     maximum ns names to lookup up with sender_ns_addrs item. use 0 for no maximum.

	     --dns_max_mx_lookups     (default=0)
	     maximum mx names to lookup up with sender_mx_addrs item. use 0 for no maximum.

	     --ipv6_dnsbl	     (default=0)
	     enables dnsbl checks for IPv6 addresses

	     -I, --instantcfg
	     The config files, specified by -f will be re-read for every request
	     postfwd3 receives. This enables on-the-fly configuration changes
	     without restarting. Though files will be read only if necessary
	     (which means their access times changed since last read) this might
	     significantly increase system load.

	     --config_timeout	 (default=3)
	     timeout in seconds to parse a single configuration line. if exceeded, the rule will
	     be skipped. this is used to prevent problems due to large files or loops.

	     --keep_groups    (default=0)
	     With this option set postfwd3 does not clear the group cache on reload. Please
	     note that you have to restart (not reload) postfwd with this option if you change
	     any group based rules.

	     --save_groups    (default=none)
	     With this option postfwd saves existing groups to disk and reloads them on program
	     start. This allows persistent rate limits across program restarts or reboots.
	     Please note that postfwd needs read and write access to the specified file.

	     --keep_rates    (default=0)
	     With this option set postfwd3 does not clear the rate limit counters on reload. Please
	     note that you have to restart (not reload) postfwd with this option if you change
	     any rate limit rules.

	     --save_rates    (default=none)
	     With this option postfwd saves existing rate limit counters to disk and reloads them
	     on program start. This allows persistent rate limits across program restarts or reboots.
	     Please note that postfwd needs read and write access to the specified file.

	     -A, --aggregate_addrs, --noaggregate_addrs
	     Pre-computes ip address lists to subnets, so that e.g.:

		client_address=10.0.0.0/24, 10.0.1.0/24, 10.0.2.0/24, 10.0.3.0/24
		     will result in
		client_address=10.0.0.0/22

	     This increases the performance of cidr-matching

	     --no_netaddr
	     Do not use functions from module NetAddr::IP, even if it was found
	     on the system. This option implicitly disables --aggregate_addrs.

	     --no_netcidr
	     Do not use functions from module Net::CIDR::Lite, even if it was found
	     on the system.

	     --cidr_method=s   (default=autodetect)
	     Use method <s> for network checks. Valid arguments are:
	       netcidr	     - compare networks using Net::CIDR::Lite Module (v4 and v6 cidr)
	       netaddr	     - compare networks using NetAddr::IP Module (v4 and v6 cidr)
	       postfwd	     - old but very fast method (v4=cidr, v6=regex)
	     If not specified postfwd tries to load modules in the above order and falls back
	     to 'postfwd' if nothing found.

     Informational arguments

     These  arguments  are for command line usage only. Never ever use them with
     postfix!

	     -C, --showconfig
	     Displays the current ruleset. Use -v for verbose output.

	     -V, --version
	     Displays the program version.

	     -h, --help
	     Shows program usage.

	     -m, --manual
	     Displays the program manual.

	     -D, --defaults
	     displays complete postfwd3 settings.

	     -P, --perfmon
	     This option turns of any syslogging and output. It is included
	     for performance testing.

	     --dumpstats
	     Displays program usage statistics.

	     --dumpcache
	     Displays cache contents.

	     --delcache <item>
	     Removes an item from the request cache. Use --dumpcache to identify objects.
	     E.g.:
		     # postfwd --dumpcache
		     ...
		     %rate_cache -> %sender=gmato@jqvo.org -> %RATE002+2_600 -> @count	  -> '1'
		     %rate_cache -> %sender=gmato@jqvo.org -> %RATE002+2_600 -> @maxcount -> '2'
		     ...
		     # postfwd --delrate="sender=gmato@jqvo.org"
		     rate cache item 'sender=gmato@jqvo.org' removed

	     --delrate <item>
	     Removes an item from the rate cache. Use --dumpcache to identify objects.

   REFRESH
     In daemon mode postfwd3 reloads it's ruleset after receiving a HUP  signal.
     Please  see  the  description of the '-I' switch to have your configuration
     refreshed for every request postfwd3 receives.

   EXAMPLES
	     ## whitelisting
	     # 1. networks 192.168.1.0/24, 192.168.2.4
	     # 2. client_names *.gmx.net and *.gmx.de
	     # 3. sender *@someshop.tld from 11.22.33.44
	     id=WL001; action=dunno ; client_address=192.168.1.0/24, 192.168.2.4
	     id=WL002; action=dunno ; client_name=\.gmx\.(net|de)$
	     id=WL003; action=dunno ; sender=@someshop\.tld$ ; client_address=11.22.33.44

	     ## TLS control
	     # 1. *@authority.tld only with correct TLS fingerprint
	     # 2. *@secret.tld only with keysizes >=64
	     id=TL001; action=dunno			     ; sender=@authority\.tld$ ; ccert_fingerprint=AA:BB:CC..
	     id=TL002; action=REJECT wrong TLS fingerprint   ; sender=@authority\.tld$
	     id=TL003; action=REJECT tls keylength < 64      ; sender=@secret\.tld$ ; encryption_keysize=64

	     ## Combined RBL checks
	     # This will reject mail if
	     # 1. listed on ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
	     # 2. listed on zen.spamhaus.org (sbl and xbl, dns cache timeout 1200s instead of 3600s)
	     # 3. listed on min 2 of bl.spamcop.net, list.dsbl.org, dnsbl.sorbs.net
	     # 4. listed on bl.spamcop.net and one of rhsbl.ahbl.org, rhsbl.sorbs.net
	     id=RBL01 ; action=REJECT listed on ix.dnsbl.manitu.net  ; rbl=ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
	     id=RBL02 ; action=REJECT listed on zen.spamhaus.org     ; rbl=zen.spamhaus.org/127.0.0.[2-8]/1200
	     id=RBL03 ; action=REJECT listed on too many RBLs	     ; rblcount=2 ; rbl=bl.spamcop.net, list.dsbl.org, dnsbl.sorbs.net
	     id=RBL04 ; action=REJECT combined RBL+RHSBL check	     ; rbl=bl.spamcop.net ; rhsbl=rhsbl.ahbl.org, rhsbl.sorbs.net

	     ## Message size (requires message_size_limit to be set to 30000000)
	     # 1. 30MB for systems in *.customer1.tld
	     # 2. 20MB for SASL user joejob
	     # 3. 10MB default
	     id=SZ001; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=DUNNO; size<=30000000 ; client_name=\.customer1.tld$
	     id=SZ002; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=DUNNO; size<=20000000 ; sasl_username==joejob
	     id=SZ002; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=DUNNO; size<=10000000
	     id=SZ100; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=REJECT message too large

	     ## Selective Greylisting
	     ##
	     ## Note that postfwd does not include greylisting. This setup requires a running postgrey service
	     ## at port 10031 and the following postfix restriction class in your main.cf:
	     ##
	     ##      smtpd_restriction_classes = check_postgrey, ...
	     ##      check_postgrey = check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10031
	     #
	     # 1. if listed on zen.spamhaus.org with results 127.0.0.10 or .11, dns cache timeout 1200s
	     # 2. Client has no rDNS
	     # 3. Client comes from several dialin domains
	     id=GR001; action=check_postgrey ; rbl=dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net, zen.spamhaus.org/127.0.0.1[01]/1200
	     id=GR002; action=check_postgrey ; client_name=^unknown$
	     id=GR003; action=check_postgrey ; client_name=\.(t-ipconnect|alicedsl|ish)\.de$

	     ## Date Time
	     date=24.12.2007-26.12.2007 	 ;  action=450 4.7.1 office closed during christmas
	     time=04:00:00-05:00:00		 ;  action=450 4.7.1 maintenance ongoing, try again later
	     time=-07:00:00 ;  sasl_username=jim ;  action=450 4.7.1 to early for you, jim
	     time=22:00:00- ;  sasl_username=jim ;  action=450 4.7.1 to late now, jim
	     months=-Apr			 ;  action=450 4.7.1 see you in may
	     days=!!Mon-Fri			 ;  action=check_postgrey

	     ## Usage of jump
	     # The following allows a message size of 30MB for different
	     # users/clients while others will only have 10MB.
	     id=R001 ; action=jump(R100) ; sasl_username=^(Alice|Bob|Jane)$
	     id=R002 ; action=jump(R100) ; client_address=192.168.1.0/24
	     id=R003 ; action=jump(R100) ; ccert_fingerprint=AA:BB:CC:DD:...
	     id=R004 ; action=jump(R100) ; ccert_fingerprint=AF:BE:CD:DC:...
	     id=R005 ; action=jump(R100) ; ccert_fingerprint=DD:CC:BB:DD:...
	     id=R099 ; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=REJECT message too big (max. 10MB); size=10000000
	     id=R100 ; protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE; action=REJECT message too big (max. 30MB); size=30000000

	     ## Usage of score
	     # The following rejects a mail, if the client
	     # - is listed on 1 RBL and 1 RHSBL
	     # - is listed in 1 RBL or 1 RHSBL and has no correct rDNS
	     # - other clients without correct rDNS will be greylist-checked
	     # - some whitelists are used to lower the score
	     id=S01 ; score=2.6 	     ; action=check_postgrey
	     id=S02 ; score=5.0 	     ; action=REJECT postfwd score too high
	     id=R00 ; action=score(-1.0)     ; rbl=exemptions.ahbl.org,list.dnswl.org,query.bondedsender.org,spf.trusted-forwarder.org
	     id=R01 ; action=score(2.5)      ; rbl=bl.spamcop.net, list.dsbl.org, dnsbl.sorbs.net
	     id=R02 ; action=score(2.5)      ; rhsbl=rhsbl.ahbl.org, rhsbl.sorbs.net
	     id=N01 ; action=score(-0.2)     ; client_name==$$helo_name
	     id=N02 ; action=score(2.7)      ; client_name=^unknown$
	     ...

	     ## Usage of rate and size
	     # The following temporary rejects requests from "unknown" clients, if they
	     # 1. exceeded 30 requests per hour or
	     # 2. tried to send more than 1.5mb within 10 minutes
	     id=RATE01 ;  client_name==unknown ;  protocol_state==RCPT
		     action=rate(client_address/30/3600/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 30 requests per hour)
	     id=SIZE01 ;  client_name==unknown ;  protocol_state==END-OF-MESSAGE
		     action=size(client_address/1572864/600/450 4.7.1 sorry, max 1.5mb per 10 minutes)

	     ## Macros
	     # definition
	     &&RBLS { rbl=zen.spamhaus.org,list.dsbl.org,bl.spamcop.net,dnsbl.sorbs.net,ix.dnsbl.manitu.net; };
	     &&GONOW { action=REJECT your request caused our spam detection policy to reject this message. More info at http://www.domain.local; };
	     # rules
	     &&GONOW ;	&&RBLS ;  client_name=^unknown$
	     &&GONOW ;	&&RBLS ;  client_name=(\d+[\.-_]){4}
	     &&GONOW ;	&&RBLS ;  client_name=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_]

	     ## Groups
	     # definition
	     &&RBLS{
		     rbl=zen.spamhaus.org
		     rbl=list.dsbl.org
		     rbl=bl.spamcop.net
		     rbl=dnsbl.sorbs.net
		     rbl=ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
	     };
	     &&RHSBLS{
		     ...
	     };
	     &&DYNAMIC{
		     client_name==unknown
		     client_name~=(\d+[\.-_]){4}
		     client_name~=[\.-_](adsl|dynamic|ppp|)[\.-_]
		     ...
	     };
	     &&BAD_HELO{
		     helo_name==my.name.tld
		     helo_name~=^([^\.]+)$
		     helo_name~=\.(local|lan)$
		     ...
	     };
	     &&MAINTENANCE{
		     date=15.01.2007
		     date=15.04.2007
		     date=15.07.2007
		     date=15.10.2007
		     time=03:00:00 - 04:00:00
	     };
	     # rules
	     id=COMBINED    ;  &&RBLS ;  &&DYNAMIC ;  action=REJECT dynamic client and listed on RBL
	     id=MAINTENANCE ;  &&MAINTENANCE	   ;  action=DEFER maintenance time - please try again later

	     # now with the set() command, note that long item
	     # lists don't have to be compared twice
	     id=RBL01	 ;  &&RBLS	;  action=set(HIT_rbls=1)
	     id=HELO01	 ;  &&BAD_HELO	;  action=set(HIT_helo=1)
	     id=DYNA01	 ;  &&DYNAMIC	;  action=set(HIT_dyna=1)
	     id=REJECT01 ;  HIT_rbls==1 ;  HIT_helo==1	; action=REJECT please see http://some.org/info?reject=01 for more info
	     id=REJECT02 ;  HIT_rbls==1 ;  HIT_dyna==1	; action=REJECT please see http://some.org/info?reject=02 for more info
	     id=REJECT03 ;  HIT_helo==1 ;  HIT_dyna==1	; action=REJECT please see http://some.org/info?reject=03 for more info

	     ## combined with enhanced rbl features
	     #
	     id=RBL01 ; rhsblcount=all ; rblcount=all ; &&RBLS ; &&RHSBLS
		  action=set(HIT_dnsbls=$$rhsblcount,HIT_dnsbls+=$$rblcount,HIT_dnstxt=$$dnsbltext)
	     id=RBL02 ; HIT_dnsbls>=2  ; action=554 5.7.1 blocked using $$HIT_dnsbls DNSBLs [INFO: $$HIT_dnstxt]

   PARSER
     Configuration

     The postfwd3 ruleset can be specified at the commandline (-r option) or  be
     read  from files (-f). The order of your arguments will be kept. You should
     check the parser with the -C | --showconfig switch at the command line  be-
     fore applying a new config. The following call:

	     postfwd3 --showconfig \
		     -r "id=TEST; recipient_count=100; action=WARN mail with 100+ recipients" \
		     -f /etc/postfwd.cf \
		     -r "id=DEFAULT; action=dunno";

     will produce the following output:

	     Rule   0: id->"TEST" action->"WARN mail with 100+ recipients"; recipient_count->"100"
	     ...
	     ... <content of /etc/postfwd.cf> ...
	     ...
	     Rule <n>: id->"DEFAULT" action->"dunno"

     Multiple  items  of  the  same type will be added to lists (see the "ITEMS"
     section for more info):

	     postfwd3 --showconfig \
		     -r "client_address=192.168.1.0/24; client_address=172.16.26.32; action=dunno"

     will result in:

	     Rule   0: id->"R-0"; action->"dunno"; client_address->"192.168.1.0/24, 172.16.26.32"

     Macros are evaluated at configuration stage, which means that

	     postfwd3 --showconfig \
		     -r "&&RBLS { rbl=bl.spamcop.net; client_name=^unknown$; };" \
		     -r "id=RBL001; &&RBLS; action=REJECT listed on spamcop and bad rdns";

     will result in:

	     Rule   0: id->"RBL001"; action->"REJECT listed on spamcop and bad rdns"; rbl->"bl.spamcop.net"; client_name->"^unknown$"

     Request processing

     When a policy delegation request arrives it will be compared against  post-
     fwd`s ruleset. To inspect the processing in detail you should increase ver-
     bority  using  use the "-v" or "-vv" switch. "-L" redirects log messages to
     stdout.

     Keeping the order of the ruleset in general, items will be compared in ran-
     dom order, which basically means that

	     id=R001; action=dunno; client_address=192.168.1.1; sender=bob@alice.local

     equals to

	     id=R001; sender=bob@alice.local; client_address=192.168.1.1; action=dunno

     Lists will be evaluated in the specified order. This allows to place faster
     expressions at first:

	     postfwd3 -vv --cmd -r "id=RBL001; rbl=localrbl.local zen.spamhaus.org; action=REJECT" /some/where/request.sample

     produces the following

	     [LOGS info]: compare rbl: "remotehost.remote.net[68.10.1.7]"  ->  "localrbl.local"
	     [LOGS info]: count1 rbl:  "2"  ->	"0"
	     [LOGS info]: query rbl:   localrbl.local 7.1.10.68 (7.1.10.68.localrbl.local)
	     [LOGS info]: count2 rbl:  "2"  ->	"0"
	     [LOGS info]: match rbl:   FALSE
	     [LOGS info]: compare rbl: "remotehost.remote.net[68.10.1.7]"  ->  "zen.spamhaus.org"
	     [LOGS info]: count1 rbl:  "2"  ->	"0"
	     [LOGS info]: query rbl:   zen.spamhaus.org 7.1.10.68 (7.1.10.68.zen.spamhaus.org)
	     [LOGS info]: count2 rbl:  "2"  ->	"0"
	     [LOGS info]: match rbl:   FALSE
	     [LOGS info]: Action: dunno

     The negation operator !!(<value>) has the highest	priority  and  therefore
     will be evaluated first. Then variable substitutions are performed:

	     postfwd3 -vv --cmd -r "id=TEST; action=REJECT; client_name=!!($$heloname)" /some/where/request.sample

     will give

	     [LOGS info]: compare client_name:	   "unknown"  ->  "!!($$helo_name)"
	     [LOGS info]: negate client_name:	   "unknown"  ->  "$$helo_name"
	     [LOGS info]: substitute client_name:  "unknown"  ->  "english-breakfast.cloud8.net"
	     [LOGS info]: match client_name:  TRUE
	     [LOGS info]: Action: REJECT

     Ruleset evaluation

     A	rule  hits  when  all  items (or at least one element of a list for each
     item) have matched. As soon as one item (or all elements of a  list)  fails
     to  compare  against the request attribute the parser will jump to the next
     rule in the postfwd3 ruleset.

     If a rule matches, there are two options:

     * Rule returns postfix action (dunno, reject, ...)  The parser  stops  rule
     processing and returns the action to postfix. Other rules will not be eval-
     uated.

     *	Rule returns postfwd3 action (jump(), note(), ...)  The parser evaluates
     the given action and continues with the next rule (except for the jump() or
     quit() actions - please see the "ACTIONS" section	for  more  information).
     Nothing will be sent to postfix.

     If  no rule has matched and the end of the ruleset is reached postfwd3 will
     return dunno without logging anything unless in verbose mode. You may place
     a last catch-all rule to change that behaviour:

	     ... <your rules> ...
	     id=DEFAULT ;  action=dunno

     will log any request that passes the ruleset without  having  hit	a  prior
     rule.

   SETTINGS
     Since version postfwd3 2.00-pre6 the program settings can be retrieved from
     a file. The information must be parseable by perl eval() function. Comments
     are allowed:

	    # example settings for postfwd3
	    {
	       # enable verbose logging
	       verbose => 1,

	       # user and group for postfwd
	       base => {
		   group => 'postfw',
		   user => 'postfw'
	       },

	       # server settings
	       server => {
		   proto => 'tcp',
		   host => '127.0.0.1',
		   port => '10099'
	       }
	    }

     postfwd3  can  also  export  the  program	settings  in  that  format using
     Data::Dumper.

	     # show configuration
	     postfwd3 --showsettings

	     # save configuration to file
	     postfwd3 --savesettings=/path/to/file

	     # read configuration from file
	     postfwd3 --loadsettings=/path/to/file

     Multiple usage of --loadsettings or the short form -F is allowed. The order
     will be kept.  Commandline arguments override the settings retrieved from a
     file.

	     # load base settings, override with node settings and set port and verbose logging
	     postfwd3 -v -p 10050 -F /path/to/basefile -F /path/to/nodefile

     Samples for settings files are distributed in the etc/-folder of the  post-
     fwd3 tarball.

   DEBUGGING
     To  debug	special steps of the parser the '--debug' switch takes a list of
     debug classes. Since postfwd3 2.00 the list of available debug classes  can
     be retrieved by running:

	     postfwd3 --debugclasses

   INTEGRATION
     Integration via daemon mode

     The  common  way  to  use postfwd3 is to start it as daemon, listening at a
     specified tcp port.  postfwd3 will spawn  multiple  child	processes  which
     communicate  with	a parent cache. This is the prefered way to use postfwd3
     in high volume environments. Start postfwd3 with the following parameters:

	     postfwd3 -d -f /etc/postfwd.cf -i 127.0.0.1 -p 10045 -u nobody -g nobody -S

     For efficient  caching  you  should  check  if  you  can  use  the  options
     --cacheid, --cache-rdomain-only, --cache-no-sender and --cache-no-size.

     Now check your syslogs (default facility "mail") for a line like:

	     Aug  9 23:00:24 mail postfwd[5158]: postfwd3 n.nn ready for input

     and use `netstat -an|grep 10045` to check for something like

	     tcp  0  0	127.0.0.1:10045  0.0.0.0:*  LISTEN

     If everything works, open your postfix main.cf and insert the following

	     127.0.0.1:10045_time_limit      = 3600					     <--- integration
	     smtpd_recipient_restrictions    = permit_mynetworks			     <--- recommended
					       reject_unauth_destination		     <--- recommended
					       check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10045     <--- integration

     Reload  your configuration with `postfix reload` and watch your logs. In it
     works you should see lines like the following in your mail log:

	     Aug  9 23:01:24 mail postfwd[5158]: rule=22, id=ML_POSTFIX, client=english-breakfast.cloud9.net[168.100.1.7], sender=owner-postfix-users@postfix.tld, recipient=someone@domain.local, helo=english-breakfast.cloud9.net, proto=ESMTP, state=RCPT, action=dunno

     If you want to check for size or rcpt_count items you must integrate  post-
     fwd3 in smtp_data_restrictions or smtpd_end_of_data_restrictions. Of course
     you  can also specify a restriction class and use it in your access tables.
     First create a file /etc/postfix/policy containing:

	     domain1.local	     postfwdcheck
	     domain2.local	     postfwdcheck
	     ...

     Then postmap that	file  (`postmap  hash:/etc/postfix/policy`),  open  your
     main.cf and enter

	     # Restriction Classes
	     smtpd_restriction_classes	     = postfwdcheck, <some more>...			     <--- integration
	     postfwdcheck		     = check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10045	     <--- integration

	     127.0.0.1:10045_time_limit      = 3600						     <--- integration
	     smtpd_recipient_restrictions    = permit_mynetworks,				     <--- recommended
					       reject_unauth_destination,			     <--- recommended
					       ...						     <--- optional
					       check_recipient_access hash:/etc/postfix/policy,      <--- integration
					       ...						     <--- optional

     Reload postfix and watch your logs.

     Integration via docker

     postfwd can be run in a docker container. The relevant options are --nodae-
     mon   and	--stdout.   More  information  can  be	found  in  the	included
     doc/docker.html or at <http://postfwd.org/docker>.

   TESTING
     First you have to create a ruleset (see Configuration  section).  Check  it
     with

	     postfwd3 -f /etc/postfwd.cf -C

     There  is	an  example policy request distributed with postfwd, called 're-
     quest.sample'.  Simply change it to meet your requirements and use

	     postfwd3 --cmd -f /etc/postfwd.cf request.sample

     You should get an answer like

	     action=<whateveryouconfigured>

     For network tests I use netcat:

	     nc 127.0.0.1 10045 <request.sample

     to send a request to postfwd. If you receive nothing, make sure that  post-
     fwd3 is running and listening on the specified network settings.

   PERFORMANCE
     Some of these proposals might not match your environment. Please check your
     requirements and test new options carefully!

	     - use caching options
	     - use the correct match operator ==, <=, >=
	     - use ^ and/or $ in regular expressions
	     - use item lists (faster than single rules)
	     - use set() action on repeated item lists
	     - use jumps and rate limits
	     - use a pre-lookup rule for rbl/rhsbls with empty note() action

   SEE ALSO
     See  <http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html> for a description of
     how Postfix policy servers work.

DONATIONS
     Development, testing and hosting of postfwd consumes time	and  ressources.
     It  is  and  will	stay free software (see "LICENSE" below). If you want to
     support this, consider a donation at https://www.paypal.me/postfwd.

LICENSE
     postfwd3 is free software and released under BSD license,	which  basically
     means  that  you can do what you want as long as you keep the copyright no-
     tice:

     Copyright (c) 2009, Jan Peter Kessler All rights reserved.

     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without  modifi-
     cation, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

      * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
	notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
      * 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.
      * Neither the name of the authors nor the names of his contributors
	may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
	software without specific prior written permission.

     THIS  SOFTWARE  IS PROVIDED BY ME ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WAR-
     RANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  IMPLIED  WARRANTIES	OF  MER-
     CHANTABILITY  AND	FITNESS  FOR  A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
     EVENT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,  EXEM-
     PLARY, 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.

AUTHOR
     Jan Peter Kessler <info (AT) postfwd (DOT) org>. Let me know, if  you  have
     any suggestions.

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