sh8email-django

sh8email is an anonymous, silent and lockable email service.

This is a django-implementation of sh8email.

Usage

Starting/stopping server in development machine

Starting

• Web application: python manage.py runserver
• Mail receiver: python manage.py runrecv
• Mail delete batch: python manage.py runbatch

Stopping

• Web application: Press Ctrl+C
• Mail receiver: python manage.py runrecv --stop
• Mail delete batch: python manage.py runbatch --stop

Deploying new code in production machine

Enter python virtual environment and type invoke deploy.

Running tests

• Unit tests: invoke test.unit
• Functional tests: invoke test.func

Note

For running tests in development environment, port 25 should be forwarded to 2525.
It can be performed using rinetd in Linux system.

# /etc/rinetd.conf
#
# forwarding rules come here
#
# you may specify allow and deny rules after a specific forwarding rule
# to apply to only that forwarding rule
#
# bindadress    bindport  connectaddress  connectport
0.0.0.0 25 127.0.0.1 2525

Setting up development environment

Setting up development database

1. Install postgresql.

In Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt install postgresql

In OSX (brew required),

$ brew install postgresql

If you want to start up postgresql server automatically after your macOS boots,

$ brew services start postgresql

2. Login as postgres, and enter the psql which is command line tool for postgresql.

In ubuntu

$ sudo su postgres
$ psql

In OSX

$ psql postgres

3. Add a user named sh8email.

postgres=# CREATE USER sh8email WITH PASSWORD 'password';
CREATE ROLE

4. Create a database named sh8email.

postgres=# CREATE DATABASE sh8email;
CREATE DATABASE

5. Grant access to user.

postgres=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE sh8email to sh8email;
GRANT

6. Add a privilege to create database which used for creating test database.

postgres=# ALTER USER sh8email CREATEDB;
ALTER ROLE

7. Edit pg_hba.conf to disable SSL connection in localhost connection.

In Ubuntu, edit /etc/postgresql/9.5/main/pg_hba.conf.

In OS X or macOS, edit /usr/local/var/postgres/pg_hba.conf.

From

# IPv4 local connections:
host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            md5
# IPv6 local connections:
host    all             all             ::1/128                 md5

to

# IPv4 local connections:
hostnossl    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            md5
# IPv6 local connections:
hostnossl    all             all             ::1/128                 md5

Structures

Design of REST-API

• Retrieve the mail list of an user.
  • GET rest/mail/{nickname}/list/
• Retrieve a mail content.
  • GET rest/mail/{nickname}/{mail_pk}/
  • POST rest/mail/{nickname}/{mail_pk}/ (for secret_email)
    • It needs “secret_code” parameter

Trouble Shooting

django.db.utils.OperationalError: SSL error: decryption failed or bad record mac

See Edit pg_hba.conf to disable SSL connection in localhost connection.

Contact us

Please mail to eightsh8@gmail.com.