#1014058 exim4-daemon-heavy: please compile with DMARC support

Package:
exim4-daemon-heavy
Source:
exim4-daemon-heavy
Description:
Exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended features, including exiscan-acl
Submitter:
Fabio Muzzi
Date:
2024-01-13 17:18:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1014058#5
Date:
2022-06-29 15:04:53 UTC
From:
To:
It should be useful if the binary package exim4-daemon-heavy could be
compiled to include SPF and DMARC support internally.

The current Debian config uses an external script for SPF checks on
received mail, but I'd like to be able to use the internal capabilities
in EXIM itself for SPF and DMARC checks.

This requires to include SUPPORT_SPF=yes and SUPPORT_DMARC in the
makefile, and of course it should probably be done only for the heavy
version of the Exim daemon.

Thanks

Fabio Muzzi
#1014058#10
Date:
2023-03-13 22:57:26 UTC
From:
To:
Dear all,

I am currently using this package and noticed that the builds do not
integrate the feature for checking DMARC for incoming emails, which
requires building from the sources, as Fabio highlighted.

While building from the source is generally acceptable for me, this would
be great for maintaining reasons to publish this feature in the Debian
package.
Indeed, this would enable the users who rely on this important feature to
get the latest Exim updates using their package manager instead of
requiring them to rebuild every time.

Admittedly, DMARC and SPF are not a silver bullet for protecting an
organization from getting fishing. Still, it is two great tools in the
framework of email protection, and it would be worth having them in the
Debian builds.

Thanks!

Kind Regards,
Jämes Ménétrey
#1014058#15
Date:
2023-03-14 07:19:06 UTC
From:
To:
Closing, duplicate of #1014058
#1014058#20
Date:
2023-03-14 07:57:26 UTC
From:
To:
Uhm... closed because it's a duplicate of  itself?
#1014058#25
Date:
2023-03-14 15:49:26 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Marc,

I think this is an error since you have marked this item as a duplicate of
itself, and I could not find any other bugs which is a duplicates of this
one.

Could you please reopen it?

Thank you. Regards
Jämes
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#1014058#30
Date:
2023-03-23 14:05:44 UTC
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Dear Marc,

I am reaching out to you back regarding the wishlist item that was
mistakenly flagged as a duplicate and subsequently closed.

Indeed, this bug, which requested SPF and DMARC support for Debian
packages, has been erroneously identified as a duplicate of itself.

I kindly request that you consider reopening this matter.

Many thanks!
Kind Regards,
Jämes
#1014058#39
Date:
2024-01-13 17:14:55 UTC
From:
To:
Control: reopen 1014058
Control: retitle 1014058 exim4-daemon-heavy: please compile with DMARC support

SPF is already included, retitling.

Regarding linking against OpenDMARC: That is unlikely to happen.
libopendmarc has a history (https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2783
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2728) of breaking its ABI and
seems to be dead upstream, too (Last commit two years ago).

cu Andreas