> Well there's also another problem. RFC 2821 (SMTP) doesn't define a > particular message format for SMTP (in wide use there the RFC 822 and > MIME message formats). I don't think that mod_smtpd should assume a RFC > 822 or MIME message format since its strictly a SMTP module, that's why
I agree with this > I still think header parsing should be in another module. Of course > this module is free to register itself as an mod_smtpd filter and do > what it needs to do, but it shouldn't be part of the main mod_smtpd. That seems wise. Any weird thing can come through over SMTP, it could look very much unlike an email after all. You're handling the protocol in your module and that means the SMTP protocol as I understand, not MIME or anything.
