> On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 06:33:20PM -0700, email builder wrote: > > I am testing a simple header_check that uses PREPEND to add a > > custom header to messages. > > Uh, no, I think it is not simple at all. Is this the same issue > you're working on? You have spent much time, and gotten much help, > none of which is actually getting you closer to the ultimate goal > (whatever it may be, you really did not say.)
Thank you for your strong encouragement, but actually, the issue is exactly as I've stated. It does happen to be tangentially related to my other issue, but I had set that aside for the time being and for now, I just wanted to go ahead and add a custom header to outgoing messages, nothing more. I am aware of Simon Mudd's good work, and appreciate your encouragement to go that route. I as we're a bit stuck on my other issue, I'll review this and maybe change our policy. Thanks again. > At some point you should ask: is it more difficult to keep on this > path, or to buck the OS packaging system and *upgrade* to a recent > Postfix version which probably CAN do what you want. > > Since you mentioned 2.3.3 somewhere, I suppose that means RHEL or > CentOS. Fortunately it is very easy to use a SRPM and rpmbuild(1). > Simon Mudd maintains recent Postfix SRPMs. Go for 2.8.2 if he has > posted that one already. > > Disable any automated upgrades. Those have no place on any kind of > server anyway. Why the fear of leaving the OS package? > > > What am I missing? > > As I mentioned last night in the other thread, OVERVIEW.html has > Postfix's big picture, which might prevent you from wasting time > working on things which are not possible. If you're going to stay > with the ancient version, use its copy of the documentation, so as > to avoid the "This feature is available in Postfix 2.4 and later" > gotchas. > > As Jeroen mentioned in the second thread, you will do better here > with complete problem and goal descriptions. All we know are the > wacky, unworkable hacks you are trying to do. We don't know what > you're really wanting to accomplish. > > I suspect you need one of these three: > 1. A more recent Postfix > 2. A different MTA altogether > 3. A more reasonable goal
