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Sean Whalen a6778707d7 Finish forensic→failure rename: archive-folder migration + dashboard/doc cleanup (#776)
The forensic→failure rename (#659) left a few loose ends and one deliberate
hold-back. This closes them.

Leftover rename misses (broken paths / stale canonical names):
- CONTRIBUTING.md, dashboard-dev-bootstrap.sh: samples/forensic/* → samples/failure/*
- dashboard-dev-bootstrap.sh, dashboards/README.md: dmarc_forensic_dashboard.xml
  → dmarc_failure_dashboard.xml (the file was already renamed; the import path
  and view name were not)
- docs/source/usage.md: PARSEDMARC_GENERAL_SAVE_FORENSIC → ..._SAVE_FAILURE example
- samples/parsedmarc.ini: save_forensic → save_failure
- pyproject.toml, README.md: canonical "failure" naming
(ci.ini intentionally keeps save_forensic to smoke-test the deprecated alias.)

Archive subfolder rename + on-startup migration:
- New failure reports now archive to <archive>/Failure (was <archive>/Forensic).
- _migrate_forensic_archive_folder() runs once on startup (best-effort):
  renames Forensic→Failure when no Failure folder exists yet, merges the two
  when both exist, no-ops when there's no legacy folder, and logs-and-skips a
  mailbox it can't reorganize (warn, don't crash). This consolidates pre- and
  post-rename failure reports into one folder, replacing the previously
  documented decision to keep the folder named Forensic to avoid a split
  archive. Uses the folder-management API (folder_exists / rename_folder /
  merge_folders) added in mailsuite 2.1.0; the pin is bumped to >=2.1.0.

Grafana dashboard (the rename PR updated OSD/Splunk/ES-OS but not Grafana):
- Forensic panel titles + the datasource label → Failure; the fo-column display
  label and its linked byName field-override matcher both → "Failure Policy"
  (changed together so the column-width override keeps matching).
- dev-bootstrap Grafana ES datasource: dmarc_forensic* → dmarc_f* (matches both
  pre-rename dmarc_forensic* and post-rename dmarc_failure*, like the OSD/Kibana
  dashboards); RESEED wipe loop now also clears dmarc_failure* indices.
- Removed dashboards/grafana/Grafana-DMARC_Reports.json-new_panel.json, an
  orphan export accidentally committed in #736 and referenced by nothing.

Tests (tests/test_init.py):
- TestMigrateForensicArchiveFolderMaildir: real on-disk Maildir round-trips via
  mailsuite's MaildirConnection (no mocks) — rename, merge, no-op, and the full
  get_dmarc_reports_from_mailbox orchestration. Runs in CI (no network/creds).
- TestMigrateForensicArchiveFolderErrorHandling: the one path a real Maildir
  can't reproduce — a backend that raises mid-operation must warn, not crash.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-21 12:29:40 -04:00

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A screenshot of DMARC summary charts in Kibana

parsedmarc is a Python module and CLI utility for parsing DMARC reports. When used with Elasticsearch and Kibana (or Splunk), it works as a self-hosted open-source alternative to commercial DMARC report processing services such as Agari Brand Protection, Dmarcian, OnDMARC, ProofPoint Email Fraud Defense, and Valimail.

Note

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) is an email authentication protocol.

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Features

  • Parses draft and 1.0 standard aggregate/rua DMARC reports
  • Parses failure/ruf DMARC reports (formerly called forensic reports)
  • Parses reports from SMTP TLS Reporting
  • Can parse reports from an inbox over IMAP, Microsoft Graph, or Gmail API
  • Transparently handles gzip or zip compressed reports
  • Consistent data structures
  • Simple JSON and/or CSV output
  • Optionally email the results
  • Optionally send the results to Elasticsearch, Opensearch, and/or Splunk, for use with premade dashboards
  • Optionally send reports to Apache Kafka

Python Compatibility

This project supports the following Python versions, which are either actively maintained or are the default versions for RHEL or Debian.

Version Supported Reason
< 3.6 End of Life (EOL)
3.6 Used in RHEL 8, but not supported by project dependencies
3.7 End of Life (EOL)
3.8 End of Life (EOL)
3.9 Used in Debian 11 and RHEL 9, but not supported by project dependencies
3.10 Actively maintained
3.11 Actively maintained; supported until June 2028 (Debian 12)
3.12 Actively maintained; supported until May 2035 (RHEL 10)
3.13 Actively maintained; supported until June 2030 (Debian 13)
3.14 Supported (requires imapclient>=3.1.0)