# mail_room #
## Fork notice
`mail_room` contains some merged functionality that GitLab requires, so this mirror fork is to help us release custom functionality.
It needs to be more or less kept up to date with the original, so please feel free to incorporate changes to the upstream repo if you see them.
### Rationale
This fork is required to reduce dependency on the upstream releases.
The [original JSON structured logging PR](https://github.com/tpitale/mail_room/pull/88) was [released](https://github.com/tpitale/mail_room/commit/deb8fe63bab21c5c3003346961a815d137ff6d2d) and we [bumped the version](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/merge_requests/3719) to incorporate it into [omnibus](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab).
It turned out that when Mailroom crashed out (which it's designed to do), the crash log [wasn't being pulled into elastic in a very useful way](https://github.com/tpitale/mail_room/commits/master) (that is, every line of the stack trace was a new event) so [another PR](https://github.com/tpitale/mail_room/pull/103) was raised.
Rather than wait for the author (or bugging him more than once), we [opted for bias for action](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/19186#note_290758986) and made a fork of the gem.
Here it is [in omnibus](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/merge_requests/3960).
The fork is useful as we can post quick fixes to our own fork and release fixes quickly, and still contribute those fixes upstream to help others.
## README
mail_room is a configuration based process that will idle on IMAP connections and execute a delivery method when a new message is received. Examples of delivery methods include:
* POST to a delivery URL (Postback)
* Queue a job to Sidekiq or Que for later processing (Sidekiq or Que)
* Log the message or open with LetterOpener (Logger or LetterOpener)
[](https://travis-ci.org/tpitale/mail_room)
[](https://codeclimate.com/github/tpitale/mail_room)
## Installation ##
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'mail_room'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install mail_room
You will also need to install `faraday` or `letter_opener` if you use the `postback` or `letter_opener` delivery methods, respectively.
## Usage ##
mail_room -c /path/to/config.yml
**Note:** To ignore missing config file or missing `mailboxes` key, use `-q` or `--quiet`
## Configuration ##
```yaml
---
:mailboxes:
-
:email: "user1@gmail.com"
:password: "password"
:name: "inbox"
:search_command: 'NEW'
:logger:
:log_path: /path/to/logfile/for/mailroom
:delivery_options:
:delivery_url: "http://localhost:3000/inbox"
:delivery_token: "abcdefg"
:content_type: "text/plain"
-
:email: "user2@gmail.com"
:password: "password"
:name: "inbox"
:delivery_method: postback
:delivery_options:
:delivery_url: "http://localhost:3000/inbox"
:delivery_token: "abcdefg"
-
:email: "user3@gmail.com"
:password: "password"
:name: "inbox"
:delivery_method: logger
:delivery_options:
:log_path: "/var/log/user3-email.log"
-
:email: "user4@gmail.com"
:password: "password"
:name: "inbox"
:delivery_method: letter_opener
:delete_after_delivery: true
:expunge_deleted: true
:delivery_options:
:location: "/tmp/user4-email"
-
:email: "user5@gmail.com"
:password: "password"
:name: "inbox"
:delivery_method: sidekiq
:delivery_options:
:redis_url: redis://localhost:6379
:worker: EmailReceiverWorker
-
:email: "user6@gmail.com"
:password: "password"
:name: "inbox"
:delivery_method: sidekiq
:delivery_options:
# When pointing to sentinel, follow this sintax for redis URLs:
# redis://:<password>@<master-name>/
:redis_url: redis://:password@my-redis-sentinel/
:sentinels:
-
:host: 127.0.0.1
:port: 26379
:worker: EmailReceiverWorker
```
**Note:** If using `delete_after_delivery`, you also probably want to use
`expunge_deleted` unless you really know what you're doing.
## delivery_method ##
### postback ###
Requires `faraday` gem be installed.
*NOTE:* If you're using Ruby `>= 2.0`, you'll need to use Faraday from `>= 0.8.9`. Versions before this seem to have some weird behavior with `mail_room`.
The default delivery method, requires `delivery_url` and `delivery_token` in
configuration.
You can pass `content_type:` option to overwrite `faraday's` default content-type(`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`) for post requests, we recommend passing `text/plain` as content-type.
As the postback is essentially using your app as if it were an API endpoint,
you may need to disable forgery protection as you would with a JSON API.
### sidekiq ###
Deliver the message by pushing it onto the configured Sidekiq queue to be handled by a custom worker.
Requires `redis` gem to be installed.
Configured with `:delivery_method: sidekiq`.
Delivery options:
- **redis_url**: The Redis server to connect with. Use the same Redis URL that's used to configure Sidekiq.
Required, defaults to `redis://localhost:6379`.
- **sentinels**: A list of sentinels servers used to provide HA to Redis. (see [Sentinel Support](#sentinel-support))
Optional.
- **namespace**: The Redis namespace Sidekiq works under. Use the same Redis namespace that's used to configure Sidekiq.
Optional.
- **queue**: The Sidekiq queue the job is pushed onto. Make sure Sidekiq actually reads off this queue.
Required, defaults to `default`.
- **worker**: The worker class that will handle the message.
Required.
An example worker implementation looks like this:
```ruby
class EmailReceiverWorker
include Sidekiq::Worker
def perform(message)
mail = Mail::Message.new(message)
puts "New mail from #{mail.from.first}: #{mail.subject}"
end
end
```
### que ###
Deliver the message by pushing it onto the configured Que queue to be handled by a custom worker.
Requires `pg` gem to be installed.
Configured with `:delivery_method: que`.
Delivery options:
- **host**: The postgresql server host to connect with. Use the database you use with Que.
Required, defaults to `localhost`.
- **port**: The postgresql server port to connect with. Use the database you use with Que.
Required, defaults to `5432`.
- **database**: The postgresql database to use. Use the database you use with Que.
Required.
- **queue**: The Que queue the job is pushed onto. Make sure Que actually reads off this queue.
Required, defaults to `default`.
- **job_class**: The worker class that will handle the message.
Required.
- **priority**: The priority you want this job to run at.
Required, defaults to `100`, lowest Que default priority.
An example worker implementation looks like this:
```ruby
class EmailReceiverJob < Que::Job
def run(message)
mail = Mail::Message.new(message)
puts "New mail from #{mail.from.first}: #{mail.subject}"
end
end
```
### logger ###
Configured with `:delivery_method: logger`.
If the `:log_path:` delivery option is not provided, defaults to `STDOUT`
### noop ###
Configured with `:delivery_method: noop`.
Does nothing, like it says.
### letter_opener ###
Requires `letter_opener` gem be installed.
Configured with `:delivery_method: letter_opener`.
Uses Ryan Bates' excellent [letter_opener](https://github.com/ryanb/letter_opener) gem.
## ActionMailbox in Rails ##
MailRoom can deliver mail to Rails using the ActionMailbox [configuration options for an SMTP relay](https://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/action_mailbox_basics.html#configuration).
In summary (from the ActionMailbox docs)
1. Configure Rails to use the `:relay` ingress option:
```rb
# config/environments/production.rb
config.action_mailbox.ingress = :relay
```
2. Generate a strong password (e.g., using SecureRandom or something) and add it to Rails config:
using `rails credentials:edit` under `action_mailbox.ingress_password`.
And finally, configure MailRoom to use the postback configuration with the options:
```yaml
:delivery_method: postback
:delivery_options:
:delivery_url: https://example.com/rails/action_mailbox/relay/inbound_emails
:delivery_username: actionmailbox
:delivery_password: <INGRESS_PASSWORD>
```
## Receiving `postback` in Rails ##
If you have a controller that you're sending to, with forgery protection
disabled, you can get the raw string of the email using `request.body.read`.
I would recommend having the `mail` gem bundled and parse the email using
`Mail.read_from_string(request.body.read)`.
*Note:* If you get the exception (`Rack::QueryParser::InvalidParameterError (invalid %-encoding...`)
it's probably because the content-type is set to Faraday's default, which is `HEADERS['content-type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'`. It can cause `Rack` to crash due to `InvalidParameterError` exception. When you send a post with `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`, `Rack` will attempt to parse the input and can end up raising an exception, for example if the email that you are forwarding contain `%%` in its content or headers it will cause Rack to crash with the message above.
## idle_timeout ##
By default, the IDLE command will wait for 29 minutes (in order to keep the server connection happy).
If you'd prefer not to wait that long, you can pass `imap_timeout` in seconds for your mailbox configuration.
## Search Command ##
This setting allows configuration of the IMAP search command sent to the server. This still defaults 'UNSEEN'. You may find that 'NEW' works better for you.
## IMAP Server Configuration ##
You can set per-mailbox configuration for the IMAP server's `host` (default: 'imap.gmail.com'), `port` (default: 993), `ssl` (default: true), and `start_tls` (default: false).
If you want to set additional options for IMAP SSL you can pass a YAML hash to match [SSLContext#set_params](http://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/2.2.0/OpenSSL/SSL/SSLContext.html#method-i-set_params). If you set `verify_mode` to `:none` it'll replace with the appropriate constant.
If you're seeing the error `Please log in via your web browser: https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (Failure)`, you need to configure your Gmail account to allow less secure apps to access it: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255.
## Running in Production ##
I suggest running with either upstart or init.d. Check out this wiki page for some example scripts for both: https://github.com/tpitale/mail_room/wiki/Init-Scripts-for-Running-mail_room
## Arbitration ##
When running multiple instances of MailRoom against a single mailbox, to try to prevent delivery of the same message multiple times, we can configure Arbitration using Redis.
```yaml
:mailboxes:
-
:email: "user1@gmail.com"
:password: "password"
:name: "inbox"
:delivery_method: postback
:delivery_options:
:delivery_url: "http://localhost:3000/inbox"
:delivery_token: "abcdefg"
:arbitration_method: redis
:arbitration_options:
# The Redis server to connect with. Defaults to redis://localhost:6379.
:redis_url: redis://redis.example.com:6379
# The Redis namespace to house the Redis keys under. Optional.
:namespace: mail_room
-
:email: "user2@gmail.com"
:password: "password"
:name: "inbox"
:delivery_method: postback
:delivery_options:
:delivery_url: "http://localhost:3000/inbox"
:delivery_token: "abcdefg"
:arbitration_method: redis
:arbitration_options:
# When pointing to sentinel, follow this sintax for redis URLs:
# redis://:<password>@<master-name>/
:redis_url: redis://:password@my-redis-sentinel/
:sentinels:
-
:host: 127.0.0.1
:port: 26379
# The Redis namespace to house the Redis keys under. Optional.
:namespace: mail_room
```
**Note:** This will likely never be a _perfect_ system for preventing multiple deliveries of the same message, so I would advise checking the unique `message_id` if you are running in this situation.
**Note:** There are other scenarios for preventing duplication of messages at scale that _may_ be more appropriate in your particular setup. One such example is using multiple inboxes in reply-by-email situations. Another is to use labels and configure a different `SEARCH` command for each instance of MailRoom.
## Sentinel Support
Redis Sentinel provides high availability for Redis. Please read their [documentation](http://redis.io/topics/sentinel)
first, before enabling it with mail_room.
To connect to a Sentinel, you need to setup authentication to both sentinels and redis daemons first, and make sure
both are binding to a reachable IP address.
In mail_room, when you are connecting to a Sentinel, you have to inform the `master-name` and the `password` through
`redis_url` param, following this syntax:
```
redis://:<password>@<master-name>/
```
You also have to inform at least one pair of `host` and `port` for a sentinel in your cluster.
To have a minimum reliable setup, you need at least `3` sentinel nodes and `3` redis servers (1 master, 2 slaves).
## Logging ##
MailRoom will output JSON-formatted logs to give some observability into its operations.
Simply configure a `log_path` for the `logger` on any of your mailboxes. By default, nothing will be logged.
If you wish to log to `STDOUT` or `STDERR` instead of a file, you can pass `:stdout` or `:stderr`,
respectively and MailRoom will log there.
## Contributing ##
1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
5. Create new Pull Request
6. If accepted, ask for commit rights
## TODO ##
1. specs, this is just a (working) proof of concept √
2. finish code for POSTing to callback with auth √
3. accept mailbox configuration for one account directly on the commandline; or ask for it
4. add example rails endpoint, with auth examples
5. add example configs for upstart/init.d √
6. log to stdout √
7. add a development mode that opens in letter_opener by ryanb √