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      2 # NAME
      3 #	header_checks 5
      4 # SUMMARY
      5 #	Postfix built-in content inspection
      6 # SYNOPSIS
      7 # .nf
      8 #	\fBheader_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/header_checks\fR
      9 #	\fBmime_header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/mime_header_checks\fR
     10 #	\fBnested_header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/nested_header_checks\fR
     11 #	\fBbody_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/body_checks\fR
     12 # .sp
     13 #	\fBmilter_header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/milter_header_checks\fR
     14 # .sp
     15 #	\fBsmtp_header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/smtp_header_checks\fR
     16 #	\fBsmtp_mime_header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/smtp_mime_header_checks\fR
     17 #	\fBsmtp_nested_header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/smtp_nested_header_checks\fR
     18 #	\fBsmtp_body_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/smtp_body_checks\fR
     19 # .sp
     20 #	\fBpostmap -q "\fIstring\fB" pcre:/etc/postfix/\fIfilename\fR
     21 #	\fBpostmap -q - pcre:/etc/postfix/\fIfilename\fR <\fIinputfile\fR
     22 # .fi
     23 # DESCRIPTION
     24 #	This document describes access control on the content of
     25 #	message headers and message body lines; it is implemented
     26 #	by the Postfix \fBcleanup\fR(8) server before mail is queued.
     27 #	See \fBaccess\fR(5) for access control on remote SMTP client
     28 #	information.
     29 #
     30 #	Each message header or message body line is compared against
     31 #	a list of patterns.
     32 #	When a match is found the corresponding action is executed, and
     33 #	the matching process is repeated for the next message header or
     34 #	message body line.
     35 #
     36 #	Note: message headers are examined one logical header at a time,
     37 #	even when a message header spans multiple lines. Body lines are
     38 #	always examined one line at a time.
     39 #
     40 #	For examples, see the EXAMPLES section at the end of this
     41 #	manual page.
     42 #
     43 #	Postfix header or body_checks are designed to stop a flood of mail
     44 #	from worms or viruses; they do not decode attachments, and they do
     45 #	not unzip archives. See the documents referenced below in the README
     46 #	FILES section if you need more sophisticated content analysis.
     47 # FILTERS WHILE RECEIVING MAIL
     48 # .ad
     49 # .fi
     50 #	Postfix implements the following four built-in content
     51 #	inspection classes while receiving mail:
     52 # .IP "\fBheader_checks\fR (default: empty)"
     53 #	These are applied to initial message headers (except for
     54 #	the headers that are processed with \fBmime_header_checks\fR).
     55 # .IP "\fBmime_header_checks\fR (default: \fB$header_checks\fR)"
     56 #	These are applied to MIME related message headers only.
     57 # .sp
     58 #	This feature is available in Postfix 2.0 and later.
     59 # .IP "\fBnested_header_checks\fR (default: \fB$header_checks\fR)"
     60 #	These are applied to message headers of attached email
     61 #	messages (except for the headers that are processed with
     62 #	\fBmime_header_checks\fR).
     63 # .sp
     64 #	This feature is available in Postfix 2.0 and later.
     65 # .IP \fBbody_checks\fR
     66 #	These are applied to all other content, including multi-part
     67 #	message boundaries.
     68 # .sp
     69 #	With Postfix versions before 2.0, all content after the initial
     70 #	message headers is treated as body content.
     71 # FILTERS AFTER RECEIVING MAIL
     72 # .ad
     73 # .fi
     74 #	Postfix supports a subset of the built-in content inspection
     75 #	classes after the message is received:
     76 # .IP "\fBmilter_header_checks\fR (default: empty)"
     77 #	These are applied to headers that are added with Milter
     78 #	applications.
     79 # .sp
     80 #	This feature is available in Postfix 2.7 and later.
     81 # FILTERS WHILE DELIVERING MAIL
     82 # .ad
     83 # .fi
     84 #	Postfix supports all four content inspection classes while
     85 #	delivering mail via SMTP.
     86 # .IP "\fBsmtp_header_checks\fR (default: empty)"
     87 # .IP "\fBsmtp_mime_header_checks\fR (default: empty)"
     88 # .IP "\fBsmtp_nested_header_checks\fR (default: empty)"
     89 # .IP "\fBsmtp_body_checks\fR (default: empty)"
     90 #	These features are available in Postfix 2.5 and later.
     91 # COMPATIBILITY
     92 # .ad
     93 # .fi
     94 #	With Postfix version 2.2 and earlier specify "\fBpostmap
     95 #	-fq\fR" to query a table that contains case sensitive
     96 #	patterns. By default, regexp: and pcre: patterns are case
     97 #	insensitive.
     98 # TABLE FORMAT
     99 # .ad
    100 # .fi
    101 #	This document assumes that header and body_checks rules are specified
    102 #	in the form of Postfix regular expression lookup tables. Usually the
    103 #	best performance is obtained with \fBpcre\fR (Perl Compatible Regular
    104 #	Expression) tables, but the slower \fBregexp\fR (POSIX regular
    105 #	expressions) support is more widely available.
    106 #	Use the command "\fBpostconf -m\fR" to find out what lookup table
    107 #	types your Postfix system supports.
    108 #
    109 #	The general format of Postfix regular expression tables is
    110 #	given below.
    111 #	For a discussion of specific pattern or flags syntax,
    112 #	see \fBpcre_table\fR(5) or \fBregexp_table\fR(5), respectively.
    113 # .IP "\fB/\fIpattern\fB/\fIflags action\fR"
    114 #	When /\fIpattern\fR/ matches the input string, execute
    115 #	the corresponding \fIaction\fR. See below for a list
    116 #	of possible actions.
    117 # .IP "\fB!/\fIpattern\fB/\fIflags action\fR"
    118 #	When /\fIpattern\fR/ does \fBnot\fR match the input string,
    119 #	execute the corresponding \fIaction\fR.
    120 # .IP "\fBif /\fIpattern\fB/\fIflags\fR"
    121 # .IP "\fBendif\fR"
    122 #	Match the input string against the patterns between \fBif\fR
    123 #	and \fBendif\fR, if and only if the same input string also
    124 #	matches /\fIpattern\fR/. The \fBif\fR..\fBendif\fR can nest.
    125 # .sp
    126 #	Note: do not prepend whitespace to patterns inside
    127 #	\fBif\fR..\fBendif\fR.
    128 # .IP "\fBif !/\fIpattern\fB/\fIflags\fR"
    129 # .IP "\fBendif\fR"
    130 #	Match the input string against the patterns between \fBif\fR
    131 #	and \fBendif\fR, if and only if the same input string does
    132 #	\fBnot\fR match /\fIpattern\fR/. The \fBif\fR..\fBendif\fR
    133 #	can nest.
    134 # .IP "blank lines and comments"
    135 #	Empty lines and whitespace-only lines are ignored, as
    136 #	are lines whose first non-whitespace character is a `#'.
    137 # .IP "multi-line text"
    138 #	A pattern/action line starts with non-whitespace text. A line that
    139 #	starts with whitespace continues a logical line.
    140 # TABLE SEARCH ORDER
    141 # .ad
    142 # .fi
    143 #	For each line of message input, the patterns are applied in the
    144 #	order as specified in the table. When a pattern is found that matches
    145 #	the input line, the corresponding action is executed and then the
    146 #	next input line is inspected.
    147 # TEXT SUBSTITUTION
    148 # .ad
    149 # .fi
    150 #	Substitution of substrings from the matched expression into the
    151 #	\fIaction\fR
    152 #	string is possible using the conventional Perl syntax
    153 #	(\fB$1\fR, \fB$2\fR, etc.).
    154 #	The macros in the result string may need to be written as \fB${n}\fR
    155 #	or \fB$(n)\fR if they aren't followed by whitespace.
    156 #
    157 #	Note: since negated patterns (those preceded by \fB!\fR) return a
    158 #	result when the expression does not match, substitutions are not
    159 #	available for negated patterns.
    160 # ACTIONS
    161 # .ad
    162 # .fi
    163 #	Action names are case insensitive. They are shown in upper case
    164 #	for consistency with other Postfix documentation.
    165 # \" .IP "\fBDELAY \fItime\fR"
    166 # \"	Place the message into the deferred queue, and delay the
    167 # \"	initial delivery attempt by \fItime\fR. The time value may
    168 # \"	be followed by a one-character suffix that specifies the
    169 # \"	time unit: s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), d (days),
    170 # \"	w (weeks).  The default time unit is s (seconds).
    171 # \" .sp
    172 # \"	Limitations:
    173 # \" .RS
    174 # \" .IP \(bu
    175 # \"	This action affects all the recipients of the message.
    176 # \" .IP \(bu
    177 # \"	The delay value has no effect with remote file systems that
    178 # \"	don't correctly emulate UNIX local file system semantics.
    179 # \"	In that case, the delay will be half of $queue_run_delay
    180 # \"	on average.
    181 # \" .IP \(bu
    182 # \"	Mail will still be delivered with "sendmail -q", "postfix
    183 # \"	flush" or "postqueue -f".
    184 # \" .IP \(bu
    185 # \"	Delayed mail increases the amount of disk I/O during deferred
    186 # \"	queue scans. When large amounts of mail are queued for
    187 # \"	delayed delivery it may be preferable to use the HOLD feature
    188 # \"	instead.
    189 # \" .RE
    190 # \" .IP
    191 # \"	This feature is available in Postfix 2.3 and later.
    192 # .IP "\fBDISCARD \fIoptional text...\fR"
    193 #	Claim successful delivery and silently discard the message.
    194 #	Log the optional text if specified, otherwise log a generic
    195 #	message.
    196 # .sp
    197 #	Note: this action disables further header or body_checks inspection
    198 #	of the current message and affects all recipients.
    199 #	To discard only one recipient without discarding the entire message,
    200 #	use the transport(5) table to direct mail to the discard(8) service.
    201 # .sp
    202 #	This feature is available in Postfix 2.0 and later.
    203 # .sp
    204 #	This feature is not supported with smtp header/body checks.
    205 # .IP \fBDUNNO\fR
    206 #	Pretend that the input line did not match any pattern, and inspect the
    207 #	next input line. This action can be used to shorten the table search.
    208 # .sp
    209 #	For backwards compatibility reasons, Postfix also accepts
    210 #	\fBOK\fR but it is (and always has been) treated as \fBDUNNO\fR.
    211 # .sp
    212 #	This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.
    213 # .IP "\fBFILTER \fItransport:destination\fR"
    214 #	After the message is queued, send the entire message through
    215 #	the specified external content filter. The \fItransport\fR
    216 #	name specifies the first field of a mail delivery agent
    217 #	definition in master.cf; the syntax of the next-hop
    218 #	\fIdestination\fR is described in the manual page of the
    219 #	corresponding delivery agent.  More information about
    220 #	external content filters is in the Postfix FILTER_README
    221 #	file.
    222 # .sp
    223 #	Note 1: do not use $\fInumber\fR regular expression
    224 #	substitutions for \fItransport\fR or \fIdestination\fR
    225 #	unless you know that the information has a trusted origin.
    226 # .sp
    227 #	Note 2: this action overrides the main.cf \fBcontent_filter\fR
    228 #	setting, and affects all recipients of the message. In the
    229 #	case that multiple \fBFILTER\fR actions fire, only the last
    230 #	one is executed.
    231 # .sp
    232 #	Note 3: the purpose of the FILTER command is to override
    233 #	message routing.  To override the recipient's \fItransport\fR
    234 #	but not the next-hop \fIdestination\fR, specify an empty
    235 #	filter \fIdestination\fR (Postfix 2.7 and later), or specify
    236 #	a \fItransport:destination\fR that delivers through a
    237 #	different Postfix instance (Postfix 2.6 and earlier). Other
    238 #	options are using the recipient-dependent \fBtrans\%port\%_maps\fR
    239 #	or the sen\%der-dependent
    240 #	\fBsender\%_de\%pen\%dent\%_de\%fault\%_trans\%port\%_maps\fR
    241 #	features.
    242 # .sp
    243 #	This feature is available in Postfix 2.0 and later.
    244 # .sp
    245 #	This feature is not supported with smtp header/body checks.
    246 # .IP "\fBHOLD \fIoptional text...\fR"
    247 #	Arrange for the message to be placed on the \fBhold\fR queue,
    248 #	and inspect the next input line.  The message remains on \fBhold\fR
    249 #	until someone either deletes it or releases it for delivery.
    250 #	Log the optional text if specified, otherwise log a generic
    251 #	message.
    252 #
    253 #	Mail that is placed on hold can be examined with the
    254 #	\fBpostcat\fR(1) command, and can be destroyed or released with
    255 #	the \fBpostsuper\fR(1) command.
    256 # .sp
    257 #	Note: use "\fBpostsuper -r\fR" to release mail that was kept on
    258 #	hold for a significant fraction of \fB$maximal_queue_lifetime\fR
    259 #	or \fB$bounce_queue_lifetime\fR, or longer. Use "\fBpostsuper -H\fR"
    260 #	only for mail that will not expire within a few delivery attempts.
    261 # .sp
    262 #	Note: this action affects all recipients of the message.
    263 # .sp
    264 #	This feature is available in Postfix 2.0 and later.
    265 # .sp
    266 #	This feature is not supported with smtp header/body checks.
    267 # .IP \fBIGNORE\fR
    268 #	Delete the current line from the input, and inspect
    269 #	the next input line.
    270 # .IP "\fBINFO \fIoptional text...\fR
    271 #	Log an "info:" record with the \fIoptional text...\fR (or
    272 #	log a generic text), and inspect the next input line. This
    273 #	action is useful for routine logging or for debugging.
    274 # .sp
    275 #	This feature is available in Postfix 2.8 and later.
    276 # .IP "\fBPREPEND \fItext...\fR"
    277 #	Prepend one line with the specified text, and inspect the next
    278 #	input line.
    279 # .sp
    280 #	Notes: 
    281 # .RS
    282 # .IP \(bu
    283 #	The prepended text is output on a separate line, immediately
    284 #	before the input that triggered the \fBPREPEND\fR action.
    285 # .IP \(bu
    286 #	The prepended text is not considered part of the input
    287 #	stream: it is not subject to header/body checks or address
    288 #	rewriting, and it does not affect the way that Postfix adds
    289 #	missing message headers.
    290 # .IP \(bu
    291 #	When prepending text before a message header line, the prepended
    292 #	text must begin with a valid message header label.
    293 # .IP \(bu
    294 #	This action cannot be used to prepend multi-line text.
    295 # .RE
    296 # .IP
    297 #	This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.
    298 # .sp
    299 #	This feature is not supported with milter_header_checks.
    300 # .IP "\fBREDIRECT \fIuser@domain\fR"
    301 #	Write a message redirection request to the queue file, and
    302 #	inspect the next input line. After the message is queued,
    303 #	it will be sent to the specified address instead of the
    304 #	intended recipient(s).
    305 # .sp
    306 #	Note: this action overrides the \fBFILTER\fR action, and affects
    307 #	all recipients of the message. If multiple \fBREDIRECT\fR actions
    308 #	fire, only the last one is executed.
    309 # .sp
    310 #	This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.
    311 # .sp
    312 #	This feature is not supported with smtp header/body checks.
    313 # .IP "\fBREPLACE \fItext...\fR"
    314 #	Replace the current line with the specified text, and inspect the next
    315 #	input line.
    316 # .sp
    317 #	This feature is available in Postfix 2.2 and later. The
    318 #	description below applies to Postfix 2.2.2 and later.
    319 # .sp
    320 #	Notes: 
    321 # .RS
    322 # .IP \(bu
    323 #	When replacing a message header line, the replacement text
    324 #	must begin with a valid header label.
    325 # .IP \(bu
    326 #	The replaced text remains part of the input stream. Unlike
    327 #	the result from the \fBPREPEND\fR action, a replaced message
    328 #	header may be subject to address rewriting and may affect
    329 #	the way that Postfix adds missing message headers.
    330 # .RE
    331 # .IP "\fBREJECT \fIoptional text...\fR
    332 #	Reject the entire message. Reply with \fIoptional text...\fR when
    333 #	the optional text is specified, otherwise reply with a generic error
    334 #	message.
    335 # .sp
    336 #	Note: this action disables further header or body_checks inspection
    337 #	of the current message and affects all recipients.
    338 # .sp
    339 #	Postfix version 2.3 and later support enhanced status codes.
    340 #	When no code is specified at the beginning of \fIoptional
    341 #	text...\fR, Postfix inserts a default enhanced status code of
    342 #	"5.7.1".
    343 # .sp
    344 #	This feature is not supported with smtp header/body checks.
    345 # .IP "\fBWARN \fIoptional text...\fR
    346 #	Log a "warning:" record with the \fIoptional text...\fR (or
    347 #	log a generic text), and inspect the next input line. This
    348 #	action is useful for debugging and for testing a pattern
    349 #	before applying more drastic actions.
    350 # BUGS
    351 #	Empty lines never match, because some map types mis-behave
    352 #	when given a zero-length search string.  This limitation may
    353 #	be removed for regular expression tables in a future release.
    354 #
    355 #	Many people overlook the main limitations of header and body_checks
    356 #	rules.
    357 # .IP \(bu
    358 #	These rules operate on one logical message header or one body
    359 #	line at a time. A decision made for one line is not carried over
    360 #	to the next line.
    361 # .IP \(bu
    362 #	If text in the message body is encoded
    363 #	(RFC 2045) then the rules need to be specified for the encoded
    364 #	form.
    365 # .IP \(bu
    366 #	Likewise, when message headers are encoded (RFC
    367 #	2047) then the rules need to be specified for the encoded
    368 #	form.
    369 # .PP
    370 #	Message headers added by the \fBcleanup\fR(8) daemon itself
    371 #	are excluded from inspection. Examples of such message headers
    372 #	are \fBFrom:\fR, \fBTo:\fR, \fBMessage-ID:\fR, \fBDate:\fR.
    373 #
    374 #	Message headers deleted by the \fBcleanup\fR(8) daemon will
    375 #	be examined before they are deleted. Examples are: \fBBcc:\fr,
    376 #	\fBContent-Length:\fR, \fBReturn-Path:\fR.
    377 # CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
    378 # .ad
    379 # .fi
    380 # .IP \fBbody_checks\fR
    381 #	Lookup tables with content filter rules for message body lines.
    382 #	These filters see one physical line at a time, in chunks of
    383 #	at most \fB$line_length_limit\fR bytes.
    384 # .IP \fBbody_checks_size_limit\fP
    385 #	The amount of content per message body segment (attachment) that is
    386 #	subjected to \fB$body_checks\fR filtering.
    387 # .IP \fBheader_checks\fR
    388 # .IP "\fBmime_header_checks\fR (default: \fB$header_checks\fR)"
    389 # .IP "\fBnested_header_checks\fR (default: \fB$header_checks\fR)"
    390 #	Lookup tables with content filter rules for message header lines:
    391 #	respectively, these are applied to the initial message headers
    392 #	(not including MIME headers), to the MIME headers anywhere in
    393 #	the message, and to the initial headers of attached messages.
    394 # .sp
    395 #	Note: these filters see one logical message header at a time, even
    396 #	when a message header spans multiple lines. Message headers that
    397 #	are longer than \fB$header_size_limit\fR characters are truncated.
    398 # .IP \fBdisable_mime_input_processing\fR
    399 #	While receiving mail, give no special treatment to MIME related
    400 #	message headers; all text after the initial message headers is
    401 #	considered to be part of the message body. This means that
    402 #	\fBheader_checks\fR is applied to all the initial message headers,
    403 #	and that \fBbody_checks\fR is applied to the remainder of the
    404 #	message.
    405 # .sp
    406 #	Note: when used in this manner, \fBbody_checks\fR will process
    407 #	a multi-line message header one line at a time.
    408 # EXAMPLES
    409 # .ad
    410 # .fi
    411 #	Header pattern to block attachments with bad file name
    412 #	extensions.  For convenience, the PCRE /x flag is specified,
    413 #	so that there is no need to collapse the pattern into a
    414 #	single line of text.  The purpose of the [[:xdigit:]]
    415 #	sub-expressions is to recognize Windows CLSID strings.
    416 #
    417 # .na
    418 # .nf
    419 #	/etc/postfix/main.cf:
    420 #	    header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/header_checks.pcre
    421 #
    422 #	/etc/postfix/header_checks.pcre:
    423 #	    /^Content-(Disposition|Type).*name\es*=\es*"?(.*(\e.|=2E)(
    424 #	      ade|adp|asp|bas|bat|chm|cmd|com|cpl|crt|dll|exe|
    425 #	      hlp|ht[at]|
    426 #	      inf|ins|isp|jse?|lnk|md[betw]|ms[cipt]|nws|
    427 #	      \e{[[:xdigit:]]{8}(?:-[[:xdigit:]]{4}){3}-[[:xdigit:]]{12}\e}|
    428 #	      ops|pcd|pif|prf|reg|sc[frt]|sh[bsm]|swf|
    429 #	      vb[esx]?|vxd|ws[cfh]))(\e?=)?"?\es*(;|$)/x
    430 #	        REJECT Attachment name "$2" may not end with ".$4"
    431 # .ad
    432 # .fi
    433 #
    434 #	Body pattern to stop a specific HTML browser vulnerability exploit.
    435 #
    436 # .na
    437 # .nf
    438 #	/etc/postfix/main.cf:
    439 #	    body_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/body_checks
    440 #
    441 #	/etc/postfix/body_checks:
    442 #	    /^<iframe src=(3D)?cid:.* height=(3D)?0 width=(3D)?0>$/
    443 #	        REJECT IFRAME vulnerability exploit
    444 # SEE ALSO
    445 #	cleanup(8), canonicalize and enqueue Postfix message
    446 #	pcre_table(5), format of PCRE lookup tables
    447 #	regexp_table(5), format of POSIX regular expression tables
    448 #	postconf(1), Postfix configuration utility
    449 #	postmap(1), Postfix lookup table management
    450 #	postsuper(1), Postfix janitor
    451 #	postcat(1), show Postfix queue file contents
    452 #	RFC 2045, base64 and quoted-printable encoding rules
    453 #	RFC 2047, message header encoding for non-ASCII text
    454 # README FILES
    455 # .ad
    456 # .fi
    457 #	Use "\fBpostconf readme_directory\fR" or
    458 #	"\fBpostconf html_directory\fR" to locate this information.
    459 # .na
    460 # .nf
    461 #	DATABASE_README, Postfix lookup table overview
    462 #	CONTENT_INSPECTION_README, Postfix content inspection overview
    463 #	BUILTIN_FILTER_README, Postfix built-in content inspection
    464 #	BACKSCATTER_README, blocking returned forged mail
    465 # LICENSE
    466 # .ad
    467 # .fi
    468 #	The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
    469 # AUTHOR(S)
    470 #	Wietse Venema
    471 #	IBM T.J. Watson Research
    472 #	P.O. Box 704
    473 #	Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
    474 #--
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