Ian Eiloart wrote: > > --On 4 October 2008 05:12:18 +0800 W B Hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> - Too few long-standing needs have been addressed. It is close to ten >> years since Courier-MTA introduced a post-data phase extension that >> would allow a server to say WTTEF: "10 of those 13 will accept that >> these 3 will not." Ability to check content and return a modified list >> of accept/reject while still 'online' is essential - and much 'cheaper' >> than playing with potentially damaging after-the-fact 'bounces'. >> > > I propose an SMTP extension, allowing two hosts to switch into LMTP, which > does permit this. The LMTP protocol is nicely defined, and lots of code > exists. > > Am I right in thinking that, if such an extension existed, it would be > relatively easy to modify Exim to support it? > >
Probably just a matter of moving (parts of) that code - or calls to it - into new places. I'm not fussed as much on the *how* as on the need to get moving on it. Try parallel efforts - see what works. With that in mind, it wouldn't hurt to look at how well EXDATA has (or has not) worked on courier-to-courier transfers. Given that it has been shipping for nearly a decade, seems it would have been dropped had it been more of a problem than a solution. Bill -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
