R. Diez:
> > Postfix is not making it too hard. There is no deliberate effort
> > to sabotage users. Postfix just does not have support built-in to
> > make this particular thing "easy".
> > [...]
>
> The trouble is, the milter the documentation refers to only checks
> and eventually fails, which could actually trigger the feared extra
> support calls from non-expert users. I myself wouldn't worry too
> much about failing hard and fast if the e-mail address does not
> exactly match, but matching the person's name could be trickier
> (Mr. vs Mr, R. vs Robert, etc). Besides, compiling and installing
> a milter is another hurdle. And option reject_sender_login_mismatch
> only fails hard and fast too.
>
> Automatically replacing (instead of failing) in both envelope and
> "From:" header is probably achievable with a more advanced milter,
> but that requires more skill and time than the "normal" sysadmin
> has.
Etc. I am not implying that you have a legitmate request. The reason
that Milter, policy, TLSRPT, and other plug-in interfaces exist is
that other people can contribute solutions. The number of people
that I trust to write code for Postfix itself is vanishingly small.
Wietse
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