<snip> > > Thanks for the suggestion. I did look into cyrus however I dismissed it > because it did not appear to support SQL databases, which almost all of > Postfix lookup tables can be read from. > > If I knew more about the C programming language I would consider writing > either a patch to the virtual MDA of postfix to allow it do filtering or > write a completely difference MDA altogether. > > I though of a couple of other ways I could maybe do this, but both have > major drawbacks. > > 1. Run the Mail server in a chroot, therefore with a different > /etc/passwd file for the virtual users. > > 2. Use the virtual MDA from Postfix but have the mail delivered to > temporary mailboxes. Then run a cron job to periodically check for > mail, filter it and deliver any remaining mail to the correct > mailbox. I believe procmail can have a home directory specfied on > its command line using the "-m" option. This would also allow > additional features such as auto-replies to be used. >
I think I just found an answer to my own question. The latest postfix (2.0) is the first version to have an in-built filtering mechanism. >From what I read in the FILTER_README file is requires the use of external filtering programs that exit with particular codes to tell postfix what to do. In theory this is exactly what I (and possibly others) have been looking for. Hope this bit of info helps someone in the future. Regards Lee -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
