on 28/11/01 3:25 pm, David Ehle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "We" can poll and discuss as much as we want, but Sam can and > will do whatever he decides. Long live Open Source! We are not paying him > one red cent so he can code however he likes and we are just d@mn lucky he > bothers to share it with us and discuss it at all. (Ever tried to talk > directly with the coders of Win2000?) "We" on the other hand are free > to use his code or not and (if it is gpl?) if "we" have the knowledge and > skill, roll up our sleeves and "fix" it how we like it.
<FX: Applause> While reading this and nodding vigorously I had another 'idea' (I really should shut up now but here goes). What if Courier were to pass on all evil messages to a user specified exorcism filter? If such a filter doesn't exist then it just carries on as it does now and spits the message back at the sender. If however such a filter does exist, the filter takes full responsibility for the fate of the message. That could involve cleaning it up, delivering it, bouncing it or whatever. That way Courier remains true to the standard and by default will be justifiably uncompromising. However, whiners like me will have the opportunity to rescue the message if at all possible, by writing our own filter. -- Tim Hosking Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away, and you have their shoes too. _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
