Jem Berkes wrote:
For example, for SMTP support we are contemplating the protocol unit (mod_smtpd) passing on mail to a module that specifically delivers mail. How do those two entities communicate with each other? A mod_smtp_deliver would get a potentially large chunk of data (const char* ?) from mod_smtpd and deliver the mail via procmail, etc. This is a loose binding by the way since all received mails do not necessarily have to be delivered.
I was thinking of calling the handlers, and letting the handlers read from the input_filters list in the request_rec, check out the ap_rgetline function. Does this sound like a bad idea to you? any security issues? The other solution (letting mod_smtpd read the whole thing into a buffer and then passing the buffer) seems way too memory hungry for me.
-rian
