Pagure's Milter

===============

`Milter<http: milter_readme.html="" www.postfix.org="">`_ are script executed by</http:>

postfix upon sending or receiving an email.

We use this system to allow pagure's users to comment on a ticket (or a

pull-request) by directly replying to the email sent as a notification.

Pagure's milter is designed to be run on the same machine as the mail server

(postfix by default). Postfix connecting to the milter via a unix socket.

The milter itself is a service managed by systemd.

You can find all the relevant files for the milter under the ``milters`` folder

in the sources.

Install the milter

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The first step to enable the milter on a pagure instance is thus to install the

``.service`` file for systemd and place the corresponding script that, by

default, should go to ``/usr/share/pagure/comment_email_milter.py``.

If you are using the RPM, install ``pagure-milters`` should provide and install

all the files correctly.

Activate the milter

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Make sure the milter is running and will be automaticall started at boot by

running the commands:

To start the milter:

::

    systemctl start pagure_milter

To ensure the milter is always started at boot time:

::

    systemctl enable pagure_milter

Activate the milter in postfix

------------------------------

To actually activate the milter in postfix is in fact really easy, all it takes

is two lines in the ``main.cf`` file of postfix:

::

    non_smtpd_milters = unix:/var/run/pagure/paguresock

    smtpd_milters = unix:/var/run/pagure/paguresock

These two lines are pointing to the unix socket used by postfix to communicate

with the milter. This socket is defined in the milter file itself, in the

sources: ``milters/comment_email_milter.py``.