Add a setting to disable TLS for sending email (#10546)

This is mostly useful in case the server offers TLS, but doesn't present a valid certificate.

synapse/handlers/send_email.py

@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ import email.utils
 import logging
 from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from io import BytesIO
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
+
+from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred
+from twisted.internet.interfaces import IReactorTCP
+from twisted.mail.smtp import ESMTPSenderFactory
 
 from synapse.logging.context import make_deferred_yieldable
 
@@ -26,19 +31,75 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+async def _sendmail(
+    reactor: IReactorTCP,
+    smtphost: str,
+    smtpport: int,
+    from_addr: str,
+    to_addr: str,
+    msg_bytes: bytes,
+    username: Optional[bytes] = None,
+    password: Optional[bytes] = None,
+    require_auth: bool = False,
+    require_tls: bool = False,
+    tls_hostname: Optional[str] = None,
+) -> None:
+    """A simple wrapper around ESMTPSenderFactory, to allow substitution in tests
+
+    Params:
+        reactor: reactor to use to make the outbound connection
+        smtphost: hostname to connect to
+        smtpport: port to connect to
+        from_addr: "From" address for email
+        to_addr: "To" address for email
+        msg_bytes: Message content
+        username: username to authenticate with, if auth is enabled
+        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.
+    """
+    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,
+    )
+
+    # 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]
+
+    await make_deferred_yieldable(d)
+
+
 class SendEmailHandler:
     def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         self.hs = hs
 
-        self._sendmail = hs.get_sendmail()
         self._reactor = hs.get_reactor()
 
         self._from = hs.config.email.email_notif_from
         self._smtp_host = hs.config.email.email_smtp_host
         self._smtp_port = hs.config.email.email_smtp_port
-        self._smtp_user = hs.config.email.email_smtp_user
-        self._smtp_pass = hs.config.email.email_smtp_pass
+
+        user = hs.config.email.email_smtp_user
+        self._smtp_user = user.encode("utf-8") if user is not None else None
+        passwd = hs.config.email.email_smtp_pass
+        self._smtp_pass = passwd.encode("utf-8") if passwd is not None else None
         self._require_transport_security = hs.config.email.require_transport_security
+        self._enable_tls = hs.config.email.enable_smtp_tls
+
+        self._sendmail = _sendmail
 
     async def send_email(
         self,
@@ -82,17 +143,16 @@ class SendEmailHandler:
 
         logger.info("Sending email to %s" % email_address)
 
-        await make_deferred_yieldable(
-            self._sendmail(
-                self._smtp_host,
-                raw_from,
-                raw_to,
-                multipart_msg.as_string().encode("utf8"),
-                reactor=self._reactor,
-                port=self._smtp_port,
-                requireAuthentication=self._smtp_user is not None,
-                username=self._smtp_user,
-                password=self._smtp_pass,
-                requireTransportSecurity=self._require_transport_security,
-            )
+        await self._sendmail(
+            self._reactor,
+            self._smtp_host,
+            self._smtp_port,
+            raw_from,
+            raw_to,
+            multipart_msg.as_string().encode("utf8"),
+            username=self._smtp_user,
+            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,
         )