Re: Bug#155576: To hack or not to hack
On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 08:19:11PM -0700, Nicolas Lopez wrote:
> The major one I remember is the better error handling. Most MTAs arn't as
> careful or watchful of stuff thrown to a pipe. Where using SMTP allows for
> well-tested error handling, on top of rejecting messages with reason.
> "550 Spam, bugger off" looks better in a log than just having it disapear
> into the scanner. Or "550 Virus: Klez.H, shoo"
Most of the junk that I'm rejecting doesn't seem to have a valid origin
anyway, so at best, the bounce messages are likely to end up in some
postmaster's mailbox anyway. Spam is marked, and viruses are quarantined
with a note sent to the recipient. That way, each user is responsible for
their own garbage.
> I'm using Exim 3 with amavis right now to do that. It's using the pipe
> transport for return messages, because exim3 doesn't quite handle the full
> SMTP setup. Exim gracefully hold onto messages while amavis is down, so I'm
> happy. It's only been a problem once.
I'm doing the same thing, and it is working out well so far. I'm wary of
switching to an SMTP-based solution without good reason.
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- mdz
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