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=================
DMARC Mitigations
=================

In order to mitigate the effects of DMARC_ on mailing list traffic, list
administrators have the ability to apply transformations to messages delivered
to list members.  These transformations are applied only to individual
messages sent to list members and not to messages in digests, archives, or
gated via NNTP.

The messages can be transformed by either munging the ``From:`` header and
putting original ``From:`` in ``Cc:`` or ``Reply-To:``, or by wrapping the
original message in an outer message ``From:`` the list.

Exactly which transformations are applied depends on a number of list settings.

The settings and their effects are:

``anonymous_list``
   If True, no mitigations are ever applied because the message is already
   ``From:`` the list.
``dmarc_mitigate_action``
   The action to apply to messages ``From:`` a domain publishing a DMARC
   policy of **reject** or **quarantine**, or to all messages depending on the
   setting of ``dmarc_mitigate_unconditionally``.
``dmarc_mitigate_unconditionally``
   If True, apply ``dmarc_mitigate_action`` to all messages, but only if
   ``dmarc_mitigate_action`` is neither ``reject`` or ``discard``.
``dmarc_moderation_notice``
   Text to include in any rejection notice to be sent when
   ``dmarc_policy_mitigation`` of ``reject`` applies.  This overrides the
   built-in default text.
``dmarc_wrapped_message_text``
   Text to be added as a separate ``text/plain`` MIME part preceding the
   original message part in the wrapped message when a ``wrap_message``
   mitigation applies.  If this is not provided the separate ``text/plain``
   MIME part is not added.
``reply_goes_to_list``
   If this is set to other than no-munging of ``Reply-To:``, the original
   ``From:`` goes in ``Cc:`` rather than ``Reply-To:``.  This is intended to
   make MUA functions of *reply* and *reply-all* have the same effect with
   messages to which mitigations have been applied as they do with other
   messages.

The possible actions for ``dmarc_mitigate_action`` are:

``no_mitigation``
   Make no transformation to the message.
``munge_from``
   Change the ``From:`` header and put the original ``From:`` in ``Reply-To:``
   or in some cases ``Cc:``.
``wrap_message``
   Wrap the message in an outer message with headers from the original message
   as in ``munge_from``.
``reject``
   Bounce the message back to the sender with a default reason or one supplied
   in ``dmarc_moderation_notice``.
``discard``
   Silently discard the message.

Here's what happens when we munge the ``From:``.
::

    >>> from mailman.interfaces.mailinglist import (
    ...     DMARCMitigateAction, ReplyToMunging)

    >>> mlist = create_list('ant@example.com')
    >>> mlist.dmarc_mitigate_action = DMARCMitigateAction.munge_from
    >>> mlist.reply_goes_to_list = ReplyToMunging.no_munging

    >>> msg = message_from_string("""\
    ... From: Anne Person <aperson@example.com>
    ... To: ant@example.com
    ...
    ... A message of great import.
    ... """)
    >>> msgdata = dict(dmarc=True, original_sender='aperson@example.com')

    >>> from mailman.handlers.dmarc import process
    >>> process(mlist, msg, msgdata)
    >>> print(msg.as_string())
    To: ant@example.com
    From: Anne Person via Ant <ant@example.com>
    Reply-To: Anne Person <aperson@example.com>
    <BLANKLINE>
    A message of great import.
    <BLANKLINE>

Here we wrap the message without adding a text part.
::

    >>> mlist.dmarc_mitigate_action = DMARCMitigateAction.wrap_message
    >>> mlist.dmarc_wrapped_message_text = ''

    >>> msg = message_from_string("""\
    ... From: Anne Person <aperson@example.com>
    ... To: ant@example.com
    ...
    ... A message of great import.
    ... """)
    >>> msgdata = dict(dmarc=True, original_sender='aperson@example.com')

    >>> process(mlist, msg, msgdata)
    >>> print(msg.as_string())
    To: ant@example.com
    MIME-Version: 1.0
    Message-ID: <...>
    From: Anne Person via Ant <ant@example.com>
    Reply-To: Anne Person <aperson@example.com>
    Content-Type: message/rfc822
    Content-Disposition: inline
    <BLANKLINE>
    From: Anne Person <aperson@example.com>
    To: ant@example.com
    <BLANKLINE>
    A message of great import.
    <BLANKLINE>

And here's a wrapped message with an added text part.
::

    >>> mlist.dmarc_wrapped_message_text = 'The original message is attached.'

    >>> msg = message_from_string("""\
    ... From: Anne Person <aperson@example.com>
    ... To: ant@example.com
    ...
    ... A message of great import.
    ... """)
    >>> msgdata = dict(dmarc=True, original_sender='aperson@example.com')

    >>> process(mlist, msg, msgdata)
    >>> print(msg.as_string())
    To: ant@example.com
    MIME-Version: 1.0
    Message-ID: <...>
    From: Anne Person via Ant <ant@example.com>
    Reply-To: Anne Person <aperson@example.com>
    Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="..."
    <BLANKLINE>
    --...
    Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
    MIME-Version: 1.0
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
    Content-Disposition: inline
    <BLANKLINE>
    The original message is attached.
    --...
    Content-Type: message/rfc822
    MIME-Version: 1.0
    Content-Disposition: inline
    <BLANKLINE>
    From: Anne Person <aperson@example.com>
    To: ant@example.com
    <BLANKLINE>
    A message of great import.
    <BLANKLINE>
    --...--
    <BLANKLINE>


.. _DMARC: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC