> > On 23.10.09 08:55, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > >> there has been some discussion some time ago about the possibility > >> to implement a milter-compatible library for courier. At the time, I > >> didn't know how milter actually works. Now I have one more reason to > >> be happy for using courier!
> Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > > I somehow don't understand what you mean. > > [...] > > And how is this related to the mail cited below? On 30.10.09 14:19, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > I never actually used libmilter. When I looked at its reference I had > been fooled by the calls' names --xxfi_header, xxfi_eoh-- into > believing they were occurring "live" while receiving the body. The > message cited said how sendmail works, correcting my wrong opinion. Aha, I understand now :-) > Although conceptually easier than I thought, a milter compatibility > layer still requires a good deal of coding, though. It would result in > duplicating many existing functionalities, e.g. header parsing... functionalities existing where? incorporating milter would ease much of work since milter interface is available for sendmail and postfix and there are many milters available. I haven't checked if there are already available alternatives for courier but there are many milters available already... > >> -------- Original Message -------- > >> From: Murray S. Kucherawy <[email protected]> > >> > >> This isn't how Sendmail works. The entire message is cached to the > >> queue before milter is told anything about the headers or body. > > For example, if one wanted to add DKIM support in C, it would seem > easier and safer to write a courier global filter using libopendkim > than write a milter compatibility layer for using the opendkim milter > module. does the same apply for multiple filters like spamassassin etc? All they may need modifying of the e-mail. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [email protected] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
