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authorKali Kaneko (leap communications) <kali@leap.se>2016-08-29 23:10:17 -0400
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+.. leap.mail documentation master file, created by
+ sphinx-quickstart on Mon Aug 25 19:19:48 2014.
+ You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
+ contain the root `toctree` directive.
+
+leap.mail
+=========
+
+*decentralized and secure mail delivery and synchronization*
+
+This is the documentation for the ``leap.mail`` module. It is a `twisted`_
+package that allows to receive, process, send and access existing messages using
+the `LEAP`_ platform.
+
+One way to use this library is to let it launch two standard mail services,
+``smtp`` and ``imap``, that run as local proxies and interact with a remote
+``LEAP`` provider that offers *a soledad syncronization endpoint* and receives
+the outgoing email. This is what `Bitmask`_ client does.
+
+From the release 0.4.0 on, it's also possible to use a protocol-agnostic email
+public API, so that third party mail clients can manipulate the data layer. This
+is what the awesome MUA in the `Pixelated`_ project is using.
+
+.. _`twisted`: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/
+.. _`LEAP`: https://leap.se/en/docs
+.. _`Bitmask`: https://bitmask.net/en/features#email
+.. _`Pixelated`: https://pixelated-project.org/
+
+How does this all work?
+-----------------------
+
+All the underlying data storage and sync is handled by a library called
+`soledad`_, which handles encryption, storage and sync. Based on `u1db`_,
+documents are stored locally as local ``sqlcipher`` tables, and syncs against
+the soledad sync service in the provider.
+
+OpenPGP key generation and keyring management are handled by another leap
+python library: `keymanager`_.
+
+See :ref:`the life cycle of a leap email <mail_journey>` for an overview of the life cycle
+of an email through ``LEAP`` providers.
+
+.. _`Soledad`: https://leap.se/en/docs/design/soledad
+.. _`u1db`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U1DB
+.. _`keymanager`: https://github.com/leapcode/keymanager/
+
+
+Data model
+----------
+.. TODO clear document types documentation.
+
+The data model at the present moment consists of several *document types* that split email into
+different documents that are stored in ``Soledad``. The idea behind this is to
+keep clear the separation between *mutable* and *inmutable* parts, and still being able to
+reconstruct arbitrarily nested email structures easily.
+
+Documentation index
+===================
+
+..
+.. Contents:
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+
+ hacking
+
+.. intro
+.. tutorial
+
+
+API documentation
+-----------------
+
+If you were looking for the documentation of the ``leap.mail`` module, you will
+find it here.
+
+Of special interest is the `public mail api`_, which should remain relatively
+stable across the next few releases.
+
+.. _`public mail api`: api/mail.html#module-mail
+
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+
+ api/leap.mail
+
+
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`genindex`
+* :ref:`modindex`
+* :ref:`search`
+
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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
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+.. _mail_journey:
+
+The life cycle of a LEAP Email
+==============================
+The following are just some notes to facilitate the understanding of the
+leap.mail internals to developers and collaborators.
+
+Server-side: receiving mail from the outside world
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+1. the mx server receives an email, it gets through all the postfix validation and it's written into disk
+2. ``leap_mx`` gets that write in disk notification and encrypts the incoming mail to its intended recipient's pubkey
+3. that encrypted blob gets written into couchdb in a way soledad will catch it in the next sync
+
+
+Client-side: fetching and processing incoming email
+---------------------------------------------------
+you have an imap and an smtp local server. For IMAP:
+
+1. soledad syncs
+2. **fetch** module sees if there's new encrypted mail for the current user from leap_mx
+3. if there is, the mail is decrypted using the user private key, and splitted
+ into several parts according to the internal mail data model (separating
+ mutable and inmutable email parts). Those documents it encrypts it properly
+ like other soledad documents and deletes the pubkey encrypted doc
+4. desktop client is notified that there are N new mails
+5. when a MUA connects to the **imap** local server, the different documents are glued
+ together and presented as response to the different imap commands.
+
+
+Client side: sending email
+--------------------------
+
+1. you write an email to a recipient and hit send
+2. the **smtp** local server gets that mail, it checks from whom it is and to whom it is for
+3. it signs the mail with the ``From:``'s privkey
+4. it retrieves ``To:``'s pubkey with the keymanager and if it finds it encrypts the mail to him/her
+5. if it didn't find it and you don't have your client configured to "always encrypt", it goes out with just the signature
+6. else, it fails out complaining about this conflict
+7. that mail gets relayed to the provider's **smtp** server