Hello MRob,

On 01.05.21 05:18, MRob via mailop wrote:
> I used Postfix along time but my experience is that it is incredible
> difficult to implement custom logic especially across the different
> binaries/processes it uses to fulfil a mail delivery transaction. Its
> designed in the "unix philosophy" and has good performance - great but
> Postfix devs normally react hostile if asked for advanced features that
> require tracking meta-information about messages across Postfix
> processes. Its only the RFC compliant mail message state that persisting
> through the entire transaction, nothing more. Milters can be injected
> but have limitations and I get headaches from the configuration system.
> I shouldn't complain too hard tho, because I'm grateful for how solid
> and secure and bulletproof it has been. Thank you team Postfix.
While I understand your frustration, I wonder what "advanced feature"
you are looking for. In the end you can override each and every single
Postfix element or how they interact. It's that flexibility that gives
me most of my headaches.

Regards
Thomas Walter

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Thomas Walter
Datenverarbeitungszentrale

FH Münster
- University of Applied Sciences -
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48149 Münster

Tel: +49 251 83 64 908
Fax: +49 251 83 64 910
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