On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 05:58:22PM -0400, jef moskot wrote:
> Currently we're using a heavily-modified version of amavis-perl, plugged
> into sendmail.
>
> We're finally moving to a new system and I thought we might try to advance
> in baby steps. I like the easily-modified nature of the perl script and
> we have cycles to burn, so I'm not concerned about using an inefficient
> script instead of a nice daemon.
>
> That said, the script has its own quirks. It's been modified to scan some
> kinds of messages and not others, use non-default unpacking software, scan
> the entire message as a whole instead of just the individual parts, and
> some other things. Additionally, messages that would otherwise be delayed
> start piling up in /var/spool/mqueue and need to be manually purged with a
> cron job.
>
> Despite all this duct tape, it's a comfortable installation because even
> though it's all ugly, it's also all out in the open and easy to modify.
>
> What's the best way to duplicate this situation, but advance at least a
> little bit towards modernity? Ideally, it would be some kind of text
> script that can be edited for our bizarre specs or possibly a binary with
> a config file so entensive and granular that we'd be able to get away with
> a lot of weirdness that way.
>
> amavis.org was painfully out-of-date when we set this whole thing up, and
> it doesn't look like things have improved much. It looks like
> amavis-0.3.x is the way to go at this point, but I wanted some feedback on
> that before I put much effort into it.
>
> Any suggestions (other than to bite the bullet and use the daemon)?
What Gary said. There can't be too many people still using the
non-daemon version anywhere, and nearly all of those must be running on
"set and forget". If you must keep using it for your own reasons, then
you'll probably be almost on your own.
I'd budget time for switching over eventually, even if not now.
BTW, when amavisd-new first came out, it was a bit difficult to plug
it in with sendmail, but there's been a milter available for it for a
long time. Also, over time it's become flexible enough with enough
knobs added that other people are using it in various bizarre ways. If
you let us know what kind of "weirdness" you're currently doing, the
list might be able to help you figure out if it matches up with
anything amavisd-new can do or if you're stuck with your homegrown
system.
-- Clifton
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