On 2/7/07, "Schalk W. Cronjé" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The gateway approach appeals to me on more grounds than just > > scalability, because I'm migrating the mailserver from a postfix/cyrus > > setup to courier, and I can use the gateway to cleanly decommission > > the old mailserver too. > > > > There is just a backscatter risk to avoid, eg, if the mailserver is > > down, make sure that the gateway actually queue's the messages if it > > accepts them. > > > > > Any decent gateway should still adhere to RFC2821 section 4.1.1.4 > If the gateway issues the 220 after the DATA phase that's it. It has > clearly stated that it has accepted responsibility for delivery. > > There are other non-technical issues such as legislation (this varies > form country to country) which makes a gateway approach attractive. A > recent related blog about this is at > http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=194.
It was this thread in particular that made a gateway approach unattractive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg27677.html Lisa. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
