Jamie Bohr:
> Hello,
>
> I am a newbie for advanced Postfix configure, I use Postfix at work
> but the setting are given to me. I would like to add a filter but am
> having trouble understanding what I need to do. Postfix is a great
> tool and very extensive, that being said there are a lot of options/
> configurations an administrator needs to understand; I am hoping the
> group will get me going the the right direction.
>
> I need to write a filter for outgoing mail on a server that runs an
> external script the analyzes the message (body and header) and
> determine if:
>
> 1. the message should be sent or discarded
> 2. changes the content of the message when/if appropriate
>
> I have the script (Perl) already done, I am having trouble getting
> Postfix to run the script. I am using
> http://www.postfix.org/FILTER_README.html#simple_filter
> as a guide but am having no success. I am using postfix-2.3.3-2 on
> RHEL 5 server. Some guidance would be greatly appreciated.
If you have difficulties writing a program that runs as a content
filter, then I strongly suggest that you don't do that. Instead,
use a program that already works.
Wietse
