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SMTP Server Events

The following sequence diagram shows the ordering of the various SMTP server Lua events that are triggered by the SMTP listener in response to SMTP commands issued by the client.

sequenceDiagram
  participant C as Client
  participant S as SMTP Listener
  participant Lua

  C->>S: establish TCP connection
  S<<->>Lua: smtp_server_connection_accepted
  S<<->>Lua: smtp_server_get_dynamic_parameters
  Note right of S: Listener parameters<br>are now decided
  S->>C: 250 banner

  C->>S: EHLO example.com
  S<<->>Lua: smtp_server_ehlo
  S->>C: 250 OK

  C->>S: MAIL FROM: <sender@example.com>
  S<<->>Lua: smtp_server_mail_from
  S->>C: 250 OK

  C->>S: RCPT TO: <recip@example.com>
  S<<->>Lua: get_listener_domain(MAIL FROM)
  S<<->>Lua: get_listener_domain(RCPT TO)
  Note right of S: check relaying
  S<<->>Lua: smtp_server_rcpt_to
  S->>C: 250 OK

  C->>S: DATA
  S->>C: 354 send message
  C->>S: message / CRLF.CRLF
  S<<->>Lua: smtp_server_data
  S<<->>Lua: smtp_server_split_transaction
  Note right of S: following steps are per split message
  Note right of S: add trace/supplemental headers
  S<<->>Lua: smtp_server_message_received
  S<<->>Lua: get_listener_domain(MAIL FROM)
  S<<->>Lua: get_listener_domain(RCPT TO)
  Note right of S: check relaying
  S<<->>Lua: get_queue_config
  Note right of S: insert into queue
  Note right of S: return overall status across<br>all split messages
  S->>C: 250 OK

Note

While the diagram above shows Lua as a single actor, each lua event callout is likely to run in a distinct, separate, lua context.

Here's a list of links to the docs for the various events in the diagram above, listed in the same sequence as the diagram: