On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Rasjid Wilcox wrote: > On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:42 am, Rasjid Wilcox wrote: > > I have a beta HOWTO on how to install qpsmtpd on SME. > > > > The HOWTO is available at > > http://www.openminddev.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/MitelSME > > ### I have revised this HOWTO to ALPHA status ### > > DO NOT USE ON A PRODUCTION SERVER.
Be especially careful to not create an open mail relay. > It has been pointed out to me that this is forking a key component of SME > (mailfront), No, it doesn't fork mailfront, it creates an alternative to it. Just as obtuse-smtpd was an alternative for qmail-smtpd, and mailfront was for obtuse-smtpd. > and that it will not currently survive upgrades to either > mailfront or SME in general. Yes, mailfront will be upgraded when SME is upgraded, but if it is marked as disabled it will stay marked as disabled. > Also, some of the steps are not the 'SME way' > and may have unforseen consequences. Thanks muchly to Darrell May for > quickly bringing this to my attention. > > * Assistance Sort * Unless you wish to rank your assistants (in order), then I think you mean "sought" :-) > I would be delighted by any assistance in integrating qpsmtpd into SME so that > it conforms with the SME configuration format and will survive upgrades etc. > > I see a lot of potential for qpsmtpd to help fight the SPAM problem and other > useful things. Something to bear in mind is that you are replacing a small fast program (mailfront) with a very large slow-to-startup program (a perl interpreter). I wouldn't use this on a busy mail server. Have you had a look at messagewall (http://www.messagewall.org)? -- Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lead Product Developer Network Server Solutions Group Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com/smallbusiness Phone: +1 (613) 592 5660 or 592 2122 Fax: +1 (613) 592 1175 -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
