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)?

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