--On 7 June 2006 09:26:11 -0400 Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:41:26 +0100 > Ian Eiloart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Even better would be to integrate Mailman into MTA's better, so that >> the MTA can use Mailman data to reject spam. > > I think that will be problematic, given the wide variety of MTA > extension frameworks. Yes, of course. > A better approach would be to structure the > Mailman code in such a way that large parts of it can be used as a > library, which could serve as the basis for sites writing their own MTA > extension, or any other specialized Mailman-based application. Perhaps. Even better would be to hold rosters in open databases. Exim, for example, can read sql, ldap, flat files and so on. I don't think it's Mailman's job to examine the content of messages - that's the job of a spam or virus filter. > This is actually one of the main reasons why I've been moving the bulk > of the bin and cron scripts to inside the top-level Mailman package for > 2.2. Those scripts need to be refactored a bit better, but they do > provide some useful higher-level operations that other Python programs > can now get access to (e.g. by putting /usr/local/mailman on your > sys.path and doing good ol' imports). > > - -Barry > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iQCVAwUBRIbT93EjvBPtnXfVAQJVOAP/eS5fiGp/mWdoTmlp8p98t8fcMnpgbJ1m > ljwezQR+3G4FTPI6lymYqAN0xAqYKl4Nwfg6/n3XfUsteD5KaHKuXuTC/FYdMy8B > XEDjXpNaq0bF8uHQWyJM7LAEr8nuKOMMgAJyLKE/mk1KHGoyiXm6JXaJXu0VB8ib > rAGvZ5QUl+4= > =1Z8K > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
