Jonathan, > > but there is not much point transferring message back and > > forth across a milter protocol and then again cross AM.PDP > > protocol, when doing the same over SMTP already provides the > > functionality.
> Yes, but is there an alternative that will permit rejection of messages? > A dual SMTP setup will only let you bounce them. Bouncing viruses or > spam is not the best way to go, however losing mail isn't very > acceptable either. Rejection in my opinion is the way to go for these > types of messages. > > So, unless I'm mistaken, while doing the same over SMTP provides the > functionality; doing it over SMTP does not provide the same > functionality as a milter. In a Postfix setup an alternative is a pre-queue (proxy-type) content filter, although this has all the shortcomings of other pre-queue content filtering methods (such as milter). Amavisd-new is not exactly a transparent SMTP proxy, but some people use it that way at small sites, with reasonable success. Specifying a D_REJECT makes possible a rejection on the original smtp session in such a setup. > With the absence of alternatives for rejection, doesn't it make > sense to extend AM.PDP to include modification of the body? Maybe, but I'm not too enthusiastic about it, knowing aforehand it will be quite an inefficient solution. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
