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-.. _hacking:
-
-========
-Hacking
-========
-
-Some hints oriented to `leap.mail` hackers. These notes are mostly related to
-the imap server, although they probably will be useful for other pieces too.
-
-Don't panic! Just manhole into it
-=================================
-
-If you want to inspect the objects living in your application memory, in
-realtime, you can manhole into it.
-
-First of all, check that the modules ``PyCrypto`` and ``pyasn1`` are installed
-into your system, they are needed for it to work.
-
-You just have to pass the ``LEAP_MAIL_MANHOLE=1`` enviroment variable while
-launching the client::
-
- LEAP_MAIL_MANHOLE=1 bitmask --debug
-
-And then you can ssh into your application! (password is "leap")::
-
- ssh boss@localhost -p 2222
-
-Did I mention how *awesome* twisted is?? ``:)``
-
-
-Profiling
-=========
-If using ``twistd`` to launch the server, you can use twisted profiling
-capabities::
-
- LEAP_MAIL_CONFIG=~/.leapmailrc twistd --profile=/tmp/mail-profiling -n -y imap-server.tac
-
-``--profiler`` option allows you to select different profilers (default is
-"hotshot").
-
-You can also do profiling when using the ``bitmask`` client. Enable the
-``LEAP_PROFILE_IMAPCMD`` environment flag to get profiling of certain IMAP
-commands::
-
- LEAP_PROFILE_IMAPCMD=1 bitmask --debug
-
-Offline mode
-============
-
-The client has an ``--offline`` flag that will make the Mail services (imap,
-currently) not try to sync with remote replicas. Very useful during development,
-although you need to login with the remote server at least once before being
-able to use it.
-
-Mutt config
-===========
-
-You cannot live without mutt? You're lucky! Use the following minimal config
-with the imap service::
-
- set folder="imap://user@provider@localhost:1984"
- set spoolfile="imap://user@provider@localhost:1984/INBOX"
- set ssl_starttls = no
- set ssl_force_tls = no
- set imap_pass=MAHSIKRET
-
-
-Running the service with twistd
-===============================
-
-In order to run the mail service (currently, the imap server only), you will
-need a config with this info::
-
- [leap_mail]
- userid = "user@provider"
- uuid = "deadbeefdeadabad"
- passwd = "foobar" # Optional
-
-In the ``LEAP_MAIL_CONFIG`` enviroment variable. If you do not specify a password
-parameter, you'll be prompted for it.
-
-In order to get the user uid (uuid), look into the
-``~/.config/leap/leap-backend.conf`` file after you have logged in into your
-provider at least once.
-
-Run the twisted service::
-
- LEAP_MAIL_CONFIG=~/.leapmailrc twistd -n -y imap-server.tac
-
-Now you can telnet into your local IMAP server and read your mail like a real
-programmerâ„¢::
-
- % telnet localhost 1984
- Trying 127.0.0.1...
- Connected to localhost.
- Escape character is '^]'.
- * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ IDLE NAMESPACE] Twisted IMAP4rev1 Ready
- tag LOGIN me@myprovider.net mahsikret
- tag OK LOGIN succeeded
- tag SELECT Inbox
- * 2 EXISTS
- * 1 RECENT
- * FLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Recent List)
- * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1410453885932] UIDs valid
- tag OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT successful
- ^]
- telnet> Connection closed.
-
-
-Although you probably prefer to use ``offlineimap`` for tests::
-
- offlineimap -c LEAPofflineimapRC-tests
-
-
-Minimal offlineimap configuration
----------------------------------
-
-You can use this as a sample offlineimap config file::
-
- [general]
- accounts = leap-local
-
- [Account leap-local]
- localrepository = LocalLeap
- remoterepository = RemoteLeap
-
- [Repository LocalLeap]
- type = Maildir
- localfolders = ~/LEAPMail/Mail
-
- [Repository RemoteLeap]
- type = IMAP
- ssl = no
- remotehost = localhost
- remoteport = 1984
- remoteuser = user
- remotepass = pass
-
-Testing utilities
------------------
-There are a bunch of utilities to test IMAP delivery in ``imap/tests`` folder.
-If looking for a quick way of inspecting mailboxes, have a look at ``getmail``::
-
- ./getmail me@testprovider.net mahsikret
- 1. Drafts
- 2. INBOX
- 3. Trash
- Which mailbox? [1] 2
- 1 Subject: this is the time of the revolution
- 2 Subject: ignore me
-
- Which message? [1] (Q quits) 1
- 1 X-Leap-Provenance: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:52:11 -0000; pubkey="C1F8DE10BD151F99"
- Received: from mx1.testprovider.net(mx1.testprovider.net [198.197.196.195])
- (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits))
- (Client CN "*.foobar.net", Issuer "Gandi Standard SSL CA" (not verified))
- by blackhole (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DEADBEEF
- for <me@testprovider.net>; Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:52:10 +0000 (UTC)
- Delivered-To: 926d4915cfd42b6d96d38660c04613af@testprovider.net
- Message-Id: <20140911165205.GB8054@samsara>
- From: Kali <kali@leap.se>
-
- (snip)
-
-IMAP Message Rendering Regressions
-----------------------------------
-
-For testing the IMAP server implementation, there is a litte regressions script
-that needs some manual work from your side.
-
-First of all, you need an already initialized account. Which for now basically
-means you have created a new account with a provider that offers the Encrypted
-Mail Service, using the Bitmask Client wizard. Then you need to log in with that
-account, and let it generate the secrets and sync with the remote for a first
-time. After this you can run the twistd server locally and offline.
-
-From the ``leap.mail.imap.tests`` folder, and with an already initialized server
-running::
-
- ./regressions_mime_struct user@provider pass path_to_samples/
-
-You can find several message samples in the ``leap/mail/tests`` folder.
-
-
-Debugging IMAP commands
-=======================
-
-Use ``ngrep`` to obtain logs of the commands::
-
- sudo ngrep -d lo -W byline port 1984
-
-To get verbose output from thunderbird/icedove, set the following environment
-variable::
-
- NSPR_LOG_MODULES="imap:5" icedove