RATIONALE
As multi-company tolerant alias domains will soon replace the usage of
configuration parameters, having them in base then replaced by more advanced
models in mail would be complicated to handle and not useful. Move those
ICP to 'mail' so that all mail configuration is done in that module.
SPECIFICATIONS
Move config parameter used for alias domains configuration in 'mail' module.
Base should be as simple as possible and let mail deal with mail server
complexity.
Move 'mail.{bounce/catchall}.alias' used with 'mail.alias.domain' to make
bounce and catchall emails. Move 'mail.default.from' as it will be integrated
into alias domains in some form.
Note that 'mail.default.from_filter' stays as an ICP in base as it is a
more global default parameter. It is used as default value in 'connect' when
no mail_server is used and no from_filter can be retrieved.
Some tests in 'base' are either fixed, either moved directly into 'mail'.
We now differentiate base behavior (without ICP) from configurable behavior
(with ICP in mail).
Task-3453347 (Mail: Move Mail ICP from Base to Mail)
Prepares Task-36879 (Mail: Support MultiCompany Aliases)
Part-of: odoo/odoo#130750
PURPOSE
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We want to increase the score of the emails sent by Odoo and we want to
avoid them to be marked as spam by the mail clients (gmail, outook...).
SPECIFICATIONS
===============
From filter
-----------
Add a new field on the "ir.mail_server" which is "from_filter". This
field defines the email address for which the outgoing email server can
be used.
The "from_filter" can either define an email address or a domain name.
Use the system parameter "mail.default.from" which allow us to define
a default email address which is used to encapsulate the emails
(default: notifications@<catch.all.domain>).
Mail server priorities
----------------------
When sending an email, we read the FROM header and,
- We first look for a mail server which match the entire mail FROM
in that case, we do not change the email header (not needed)
- If not found, we search a mail server which matches the domain name of
the mail from (do not need to change the headers in that case)
- If not found, find the mail server linked to the "notifications"
email (defined in the system parameter). Then change the FROM header
to the notification email, and put the old one in the name part of
this header.
E.g.
Initial mail from: "Admin" < admin@example.com >
Final mail from: "Admin (admin@odoo.com)" < notifications@odoo.com >
- If no notification email is configured or if no mail server are
found for the notification email, fallback to the old system and
spoof the FROM header. In that case we do not have the choice if we
want to send the email, he will probably be marked as spam.
Sending method priority
-----------------------
In the mail server models, we defined some priorities,
1. Forced SMTP session
2. Forced mail server
3. Try to find the best mail server (see "Mail server priorities")
4. If not found, read the odoo-bin arguments
Bounce
------
As there's no standard for bounce address, we put it in the envelope
(smtp_from). But in some case, it might be considered as spoofing. So,
we use the bounce address ONLY if the mail server is configured for the
entire domain name.
One behavior which might be broken is the following; we send an email as
"std@gmail.com" and the bounce address is on the domain "odoo.com".
Before we received the bounce notifications but we were spoofing the
local part and the domain.
Now
- if a mail server is configured for GMAIL, we do not use the bounce
address (and we might not receive the bounce notification)
- if no mail server is configured for GMAIL, but one is configured for
"odoo.com"
- the FROM header will be "notifications@odoo.com"
- the FROM envelope will be the bounce address
=> In this situation we are spoofing only the local part of the email
but it's allowed as the mail server is configured for the entire
domain name
LINKS
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Task-2367946
odoo/odoo#61853odoo/upgrade#1903
PURPOSE
Clean organization of templates in odoo apps: mail.template records in data,
qweb templates (views) used directly in code, notably using post with view.
Purpose is to ease future improvements in posting based on templates.
SPECIFICATIONS
* move those templates in their own file to ease their discovering and
maintenance;
* put them into data (as those are not views even if it contains qweb)
* guidelines are now :
-> Qweb templates should be in data/mail_templates.xml;
-> mail.template records should be in data/mail_template_data.xml;
* put their declaration in no update when not done if template has no
technical code or complex dependency on underlying code;
* move found mail data (mail.message.subtype or mail.activity.type) records
in a mail_data file that should contain only "core" records linked to mail;
LINKS
Task ID-2375767
COM PR odoo/odoo#61814
ENT PR odoo/enterprise#14775
UPG PR odoo/upgrade#1936
Thibault Delavallée