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>
> On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:41:22 -0500 (EST), Wietse Venema
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Jeroen Koekkoek:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I would like to request pcre table support in postscreen for some fields
>
> >> e.g. client_name, helo_name, etc.
> >>
> >> For example if client is not listed on any dnsbl, but the reverse
> >> hostname matches /\.dsl\./, the client is greylisted.
> >>
> >> Or if client is listed on a single dnsbl and contains something like
> >> dialup, the connection is dropped.
> >
> > This functionality already exists in smtpd. There is no need to duplicate
> > this in postscreen.
> >
> > Postscreen's purpose is to keep zombies away so that you can keep
> > using the existing smtpd features.
> >
> > It is not a scoring system that makes a decision at the end.
> > Instead, postscreen makes the decision as early as possible.
> >
> > Wietse
>
> Not entirely, because I can't combine scores in smtpd. I would need a
> policy service for that (correct me if i'm wrong). So if I wanted to do
> this check I would need an smtpd + policy service and the policy service
> would need to do the exact same lookups in order to get a combined score
> and make a descision based on that.
Again. if something can already be done with smtpd plus milter or
policy plugin or content filter then I urge you to keep using that
already existing functionality.
> I think it's a lot of overhead where one or two pcre checks would
suffice. > > If I create a patch, could this feature make its way
into postfix? > > Jeroen > >
I don't take any code before I have seen a clear design of user
interface (how to use) and semantics (what it does). That is,
write the manpage and we can talk about how it would work. But I
warn you, I will not take something that simply hard-codes PCRE
lookups plus counter into postscreen.
Wietse
