#!perl -Tw =head1 NAME random_error =head1 DESCRIPTION This plugin randomly disconnects and issues DENYSOFTs. =head1 CONFIG one parameter is allowed, which is how often to error, as a percentage of messages. The default is 1. Use a negative number to disable. 2/5 of failures are DENYSOFT_DISOCNNECT, 3/5 simply DENYSOFT. For use with other plugins, scribble the revised failure rate to $self->qp->connection->notes('random_fail_%'); =cut sub register { my ($self, $qp, @args) = @_; die "Invalid args: '@args'" unless @args < 2; ($self->{__PACKAGE__.'_how'}) = $args[0] || 1; } sub NEXT() { DECLINED } sub random_fail { my $fpct = $_[0]->qp->connection->notes('random_fail_%'); =head1 calculating the probability of failure There are six tests a message must pass to reach the queueing stage, and we wish to provide random failure for each one, with the combined probability being out configuration argument. So we want to solve this equation: (1-x) ** 6 = ( 1 - input_number ) or x = 1 - ( (1 - input_number ) ** (1/6) ) =cut my $successp = 1 - ($fpct / 100); $_[0]->log(LOGINFO, "to fail, rand(1) must be more than ". ($successp ** (1 / 6)) ); rand(1) < ($successp ** (1 / 6)) and return NEXT; rand(5) < 2 and return (DENYSOFT_DISCONNECT, "random failure"); return (DENYSOFT, "random failure"); } sub hook_connect { $_[0]->qp->connection->notes('random_fail_%', $_[0]->{__PACKAGE__.'_how'}); goto &random_fail } sub hook_helo { goto &random_fail } sub hook_ehlo { goto &random_fail } sub hook_mail { goto &random_fail } sub hook_rcpt { goto &random_fail } sub hook_data { goto &random_fail } sub hook_data_post { goto &random_fail }