On 29-Jun-2001 CLEMENT Francis wrote:
> Great
>
> - First, a correction about the doc :
>
> I think there is an error in the description of USERDEF.TAB
>
> The reference to directory $MAIL_ROOT/DOMAIN (where DOMAIN is the name of
> the domain) seems to be bad (as it is for $MAIL_ROOT/"domain"...) .
> Instead any reference to $MAIL_ROOT/DOMAIN should be replaced by
> $MAIL_ROOT/domains/DOMAIN (where DOMAIN is the name of the domain) and any
> reference to $MAIL_ROOT/"domain".... should be replaced by
> $MAIL_ROOT/domains/"domain"....
>
> Is this correct ?
Yep, the doc is wrong and it's been fixed.
>
> - Second, a question about REDIRECT and LREDIRECT commands (in mailproc.tab
> and others) :
>
> Can you give samples about they exact function and operation ? (changes in
> messages header, ...)
> and perhabs add these to the doc for future releases
Now that the HeloDomain variable is used these two options could be collapsed.
> A note about the doc for theses functions :
> Description in MAILPROC.TAB section : very short !!!
> Description in chapter 10 'Custom domain mail processing : Samples for
> REDIRECT and LREDIRECT are the same !! so difference is not clear !!
>
> - Last, a general question about xmail security on inbound smtp sessions :
> Can you give us a 'diagram'/flow chart explaining exact order of the
> different blocking/reject/routing routines
> eg :
> On inbound smtp session :
> 1 - control smtp.imap.tab control
> if bad close session
> if ok goto 2
> 2 - check spammer.tab
> if ...
> 3 - check smap.imap.tab
> if ...
> 4 - auth request handling
> if ok, ...
>
> nn - check if local domain,
> if yes, ...
> nn+xx if not local domain
> check custom domain, ...
> .
You're right the documentation is way far from awsome but in two years of XMail
history I haven't had a single guy that offered to help in this area.
- Davide
