Fix incompatibility with Twisted < 21.

changelog.d/10713.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a regression introduced in Synapse 1.41 which broke email transmission on Systems using older versions of the Twisted library.

mypy.ini

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ files =
   tests/test_utils,
   tests/handlers/test_password_providers.py,
   tests/handlers/test_room_summary.py,
+  tests/handlers/test_send_email.py,
   tests/rest/client/v1/test_login.py,
   tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_auth.py,
   tests/util/test_itertools.py,

synapse/handlers/send_email.py

@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@
 from io import BytesIO
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
 
+from pkg_resources import parse_version
+
+import twisted
 from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred
-from twisted.internet.interfaces import IReactorTCP
-from twisted.mail.smtp import ESMTPSenderFactory
+from twisted.internet.interfaces import IOpenSSLContextFactory, IReactorTCP
+from twisted.mail.smtp import ESMTPSender, ESMTPSenderFactory
 
 from synapse.logging.context import make_deferred_yieldable
 
@@ -30,6 +33,19 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+_is_old_twisted = parse_version(twisted.__version__) < parse_version("21")
+
+
+class _NoTLSESMTPSender(ESMTPSender):
+    """Extend ESMTPSender to disable TLS
+
+    Unfortunately, before Twisted 21.2, ESMTPSender doesn't give an easy way to disable
+    TLS, so we override its internal method which it uses to generate a context factory.
+    """
+
+    def _getContextFactory(self) -> Optional[IOpenSSLContextFactory]:
+        return None
+
 
 async def _sendmail(
     reactor: IReactorTCP,
@@ -42,7 +58,7 @@ async def _sendmail(
     password: Optional[bytes] = None,
     require_auth: bool = False,
     require_tls: bool = False,
-    tls_hostname: Optional[str] = None,
+    enable_tls: bool = True,
 ) -> None:
     """A simple wrapper around ESMTPSenderFactory, to allow substitution in tests
 
@@ -57,24 +73,37 @@ async def _sendmail(
         password: password to give when authenticating
         require_auth: if auth is not offered, fail the request
         require_tls: if TLS is not offered, fail the reqest
-        tls_hostname: TLS hostname to check for. None to disable TLS.
+        enable_tls: True to enable TLS. If this is False and require_tls is True,
+           the request will fail.
     """
     msg = BytesIO(msg_bytes)
-
     d: "Deferred[object]" = Deferred()
 
-    factory = ESMTPSenderFactory(
-        username,
-        password,
-        from_addr,
-        to_addr,
-        msg,
-        d,
-        heloFallback=True,
-        requireAuthentication=require_auth,
-        requireTransportSecurity=require_tls,
-        hostname=tls_hostname,
-    )
+    def build_sender_factory(**kwargs) -> ESMTPSenderFactory:
+        return ESMTPSenderFactory(
+            username,
+            password,
+            from_addr,
+            to_addr,
+            msg,
+            d,
+            heloFallback=True,
+            requireAuthentication=require_auth,
+            requireTransportSecurity=require_tls,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
+
+    if _is_old_twisted:
+        # before twisted 21.2, we have to override the ESMTPSender protocol to disable
+        # TLS
+        factory = build_sender_factory()
+
+        if not enable_tls:
+            factory.protocol = _NoTLSESMTPSender
+    else:
+        # for twisted 21.2 and later, there is a 'hostname' parameter which we should
+        # set to enable TLS.
+        factory = build_sender_factory(hostname=smtphost if enable_tls else None)
 
     # the IReactorTCP interface claims host has to be a bytes, which seems to be wrong
     reactor.connectTCP(smtphost, smtpport, factory, timeout=30, bindAddress=None)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
@@ -154,5 +183,5 @@ async def send_email(
             password=self._smtp_pass,
             require_auth=self._smtp_user is not None,
             require_tls=self._require_transport_security,
-            tls_hostname=self._smtp_host if self._enable_tls else None,
+            enable_tls=self._enable_tls,
         )

tests/handlers/test_send_email.py

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# Copyright 2021 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+from typing import List, Tuple
+
+from zope.interface import implementer
+
+from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.internet.address import IPv4Address
+from twisted.internet.defer import ensureDeferred
+from twisted.mail import interfaces, smtp
+
+from tests.server import FakeTransport
+from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase
+
+
+@implementer(interfaces.IMessageDelivery)
+class _DummyMessageDelivery:
+    def __init__(self):
+        # (recipient, message) tuples
+        self.messages: List[Tuple[smtp.Address, bytes]] = []
+
+    def receivedHeader(self, helo, origin, recipients):
+        return None
+
+    def validateFrom(self, helo, origin):
+        return origin
+
+    def record_message(self, recipient: smtp.Address, message: bytes):
+        self.messages.append((recipient, message))
+
+    def validateTo(self, user: smtp.User):
+        return lambda: _DummyMessage(self, user)
+
+
+@implementer(interfaces.IMessageSMTP)
+class _DummyMessage:
+    """IMessageSMTP implementation which saves the message delivered to it
+    to the _DummyMessageDelivery object.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, delivery: _DummyMessageDelivery, user: smtp.User):
+        self._delivery = delivery
+        self._user = user
+        self._buffer: List[bytes] = []
+
+    def lineReceived(self, line):
+        self._buffer.append(line)
+
+    def eomReceived(self):
+        message = b"\n".join(self._buffer) + b"\n"
+        self._delivery.record_message(self._user.dest, message)
+        return defer.succeed(b"saved")
+
+    def connectionLost(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class SendEmailHandlerTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
+    def test_send_email(self):
+        """Happy-path test that we can send email to a non-TLS server."""
+        h = self.hs.get_send_email_handler()
+        d = ensureDeferred(
+            h.send_email(
+                "[email protected]", "test subject", "Tests", "HTML content", "Text content"
+            )
+        )
+        # there should be an attempt to connect to localhost:25
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.reactor.tcpClients), 1)
+        (host, port, client_factory, _timeout, _bindAddress) = self.reactor.tcpClients[
+            0
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(host, "localhost")
+        self.assertEqual(port, 25)
+
+        # wire it up to an SMTP server
+        message_delivery = _DummyMessageDelivery()
+        server_protocol = smtp.ESMTP()
+        server_protocol.delivery = message_delivery
+        # make sure that the server uses the test reactor to set timeouts
+        server_protocol.callLater = self.reactor.callLater  # type: ignore[assignment]
+
+        client_protocol = client_factory.buildProtocol(None)
+        client_protocol.makeConnection(FakeTransport(server_protocol, self.reactor))
+        server_protocol.makeConnection(
+            FakeTransport(
+                client_protocol,
+                self.reactor,
+                peer_address=IPv4Address("TCP", "127.0.0.1", 1234),
+            )
+        )
+
+        # the message should now get delivered
+        self.get_success(d, by=0.1)
+
+        # check it arrived
+        self.assertEqual(len(message_delivery.messages), 1)
+        user, msg = message_delivery.messages.pop()
+        self.assertEqual(str(user), "[email protected]")
+        self.assertIn(b"Subject: test subject", msg)

tests/server.py

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 
 from twisted.internet import address, threads, udp
 from twisted.internet._resolver import SimpleResolverComplexifier
-from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred, fail, succeed
+from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred, fail, maybeDeferred, succeed
 from twisted.internet.error import DNSLookupError
 from twisted.internet.interfaces import (
+    IAddress,
     IHostnameResolver,
     IProtocol,
     IPullProducer,
@@ -511,6 +512,9 @@ class FakeTransport:
     will get called back for connectionLost() notifications etc.
     """
 
+    _peer_address: Optional[IAddress] = attr.ib(default=None)
+    """The value to be returend by getPeer"""
+
     disconnecting = False
     disconnected = False
     connected = True
@@ -519,7 +523,7 @@ class FakeTransport:
     autoflush = attr.ib(default=True)
 
     def getPeer(self):
-        return None
+        return self._peer_address
 
     def getHost(self):
         return None
@@ -572,7 +576,12 @@ def registerProducer(self, producer, streaming):
         self.producerStreaming = streaming
 
         def _produce():
-            d = self.producer.resumeProducing()
+            if not self.producer:
+                # we've been unregistered
+                return
+            # some implementations of IProducer (for example, FileSender)
+            # don't return a deferred.
+            d = maybeDeferred(self.producer.resumeProducing)
             d.addCallback(lambda x: self._reactor.callLater(0.1, _produce))
 
         if not streaming: