On 21 Nov 2005, at 20:27, Robby Griffin wrote: > On Nov 21, 2005, at 05:25, Ian Eiloart wrote: > >> OK, the MTA should ONLY accept email that it can deliver. > > FWIW, Mailman currently avoids doing anything about this for a > documented reason (scripts/post): > > # Immediately queue the message for the incoming qrunner to > process. The > # advantage to this approach is that messages should never get > lost -- > # some MTAs have a hard limit to the time a filter prog can > run. Postfix > # is a good example; if the limit is hit, the proc is SIGKILL'd > giving us > # no chance to save the message.
Well, this is OK if the MTA can see the ACL. Then, it can reject or accept the message before passing it to Mailman. -- Ian Eiloart Postmaster, IT Services University of Sussex Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Windows Can Be Dangerous To Your Health <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4405042.stm> _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
