The attached patch for MD 2.48 cleans up the mimedefang-filter man page a bit, reflecting that the multiplexor is mandatory as of MD 2.34.
-- Brent J. Nordquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> N0BJN Other contact information: http://kepler.its.bethel.edu/~bjn/contact.html
--- mimedefang-filter.5.in.orig 2004-10-28 11:11:36.000000000 -0500 +++ mimedefang-filter.5.in 2004-11-10 07:20:28.000000000 -0600 @@ -104,16 +104,13 @@ .SH CONTROLLING RELAYING -If you use \fBmimedefang-multiplexor\fR, you can define an additional +You can define an additional function called \fBfilter_relay\fR in your filter. This lets you reject SMTP connection attempts early on in the SMTP dialog, rather than waiting until the whole message has been sent. Note that for this check to take place, you must use the \-r flag with \fBmimedefang\fR. .PP -In non-multiplexor mode, \fBfilter_relay\fR is ignored. - -.PP \fBfilter_relay\fR is passed two arguments: $hostip is the IP address of the relay host (for example, "127.0.0.1"), and $hostname is the host name if known (for example, "localhost.localdomain") If the host @@ -179,16 +176,13 @@ .SH FILTERING BY SENDER -If you use \fBmimedefang-multiplexor\fR, you can define an additional +You can define an additional function called \fBfilter_sender\fR in your filter. This lets you reject messages from certain senders, rather than waiting until the whole message has been sent. Note that for this check to take place, you must use the \-s flag with \fBmimedefang\fR. .PP -In non-multiplexor mode, \fBfilter_sender\fR is ignored. - -.PP \fBfilter_sender\fR is passed four arguments: $sender is the envelope e-mail address of the sender (for example, "<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"). The address may or may not be surrounded by angle brackets. $ip @@ -257,16 +251,13 @@ .SH FILTERING BY RECIPIENT -If you use \fBmimedefang-multiplexor\fR, you can define an additional +You can define an additional function called \fBfilter_recipient\fR in your filter. This lets you reject messages to certain recipients, rather than waiting until the whole message has been sent. Note that for this check to take place, you must use the \-t flag with \fBmimedefang\fR. .PP -In non-multiplexor mode, \fBfilter_recipient\fR is ignored. - -.PP \fBfilter_recipient\fR is passed nine arguments: $recipient is the envelope address of the recipient and $sender is the envelope e-mail address of the sender (for example, "<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"). @@ -1891,8 +1882,7 @@ .SH SMTP FLOW -This section illustrates the flow of messages through MIMEDefang. We're -assuming you are using the multiplexor. +This section illustrates the flow of messages through MIMEDefang. .TP .B 1. INITIAL CONNECTION
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