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Email Workers Gotchas

Critical Issues

ReadableStream Single-Use

// ❌ WRONG: Stream consumed twice
const email = await PostalMime.parse(await new Response(message.raw).arrayBuffer());
const rawText = await new Response(message.raw).text(); // EMPTY!

// ✅ CORRECT: Buffer first
const buffer = await new Response(message.raw).arrayBuffer();
const email = await PostalMime.parse(buffer);
const rawText = new TextDecoder().decode(buffer);

ctx.waitUntil() Errors Silent

// ❌ Errors dropped silently
ctx.waitUntil(fetch(webhookUrl, { method: 'POST', body: data }));

// ✅ Catch and log
ctx.waitUntil(
  fetch(webhookUrl, { method: 'POST', body: data })
    .catch(err => env.ERROR_LOG.put(`error:${Date.now()}`, err.message))
);

Security

Envelope vs Header From (Spoofing)

const envelopeFrom = message.from;               // SMTP MAIL FROM (trusted)
const headerFrom = (await PostalMime.parse(buffer)).from?.address; // (untrusted)
// Use envelope for security decisions

Input Validation

if (message.rawSize > 5_000_000) { message.setReject('Too large'); return; }
if ((message.headers.get('Subject') || '').length > 1000) {
  message.setReject('Invalid subject'); return;
}

DMARC for Replies

Replies fail silently without DMARC. Verify: dig TXT _dmarc.example.com

Parsing

Address Parsing

const email = await PostalMime.parse(buffer);
const fromAddress = email.from?.address || 'unknown';
const toAddresses = Array.isArray(email.to) ? email.to.map(t => t.address) : [email.to?.address];

Character Encoding

Let postal-mime handle decoding - email.subject, email.text, email.html are UTF-8.

API Behavior

setReject() vs throw

// setReject() for SMTP rejection
if (blockList.includes(message.from)) { message.setReject('Blocked'); return; }

// throw for worker errors
if (!env.KV) throw new Error('KV not configured');

forward() Only X-* Headers

headers.set('X-Processed-By', 'worker');  // ✅ Works
headers.set('Subject', 'Modified');        // ❌ Dropped

Reply Requires Verified Domain

// Use same domain as receiving address
const receivingDomain = message.to.split('@')[1];
await message.reply(new EmailMessage(`noreply@${receivingDomain}`, message.from, rawMime));

Performance

CPU Limit

// Skip parsing large emails
if (message.rawSize > 5_000_000) {
  await message.forward('inbox@example.com');
  return;
}

Monitor: npx wrangler tail

Limits

Limit Value
Max message size 25 MiB
Max rules/zone 200
CPU time (free/paid) 10ms / 50ms
Reply References 100

Common Errors

Error Fix
"Address not verified" Add in Email Routing dashboard
"Exceeded CPU time" Use ctx.waitUntil() or upgrade
"Stream is locked" Buffer message.raw first
Silent reply failure Check DMARC records