Roger Merchberger wrote:
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> >> >Is there a simple way to drop in a new text for these types of
> >> >failure notices, without modifying qmail-send.c ?
> >>
> >> No.
> 
> >Sigh. Oh well =)
> 
> Is it that you're deathly afraid / unknowledgeable of C programming? To
> modify qmail-send.c to change the input from immediate (within the program)
> to a file in /var/qmail/control shouldn't be hard at all -- even I could do
> it and I'm no wizard in C, by any means.

There's a working patch to qmail-send.c in the qmail-ldap patch at
http://www.nrg4u.com.

> What would take the longest (for me) is quadruple-checking my work to make
> sure that it doesn't open up any security holes... I wouldn't want to make
> the most secure MTA available any less so due to a screw-up on my part.
> 
> However, opening a file every time there's a bounce would slow down qmail
> some -- if you generate quite a few bounces this could mean a bit of a
> performance hit.

Not at all. First those control files are read only at startup of qmail
and second how many bounce message do you generate per second?

> Let me know if you need my help in making the change!
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger

-- 
Andre

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