On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Samar Vijay wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Magnus Bodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Samar Vijay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: QMAIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 11:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Mail Filter of my own
>
>
> > On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Samar Vijay wrote:
> >
> > > I am thinking of writing a Mail Filter of my own. Can I use the CDB
> file that Qmail uses for user authentication?
> > > Is there any API dicumented ot something?
> >
> > What and Why do you want to authenticate in a mail filter?
> > Is it an outgoing and/or incoming mail filter?
> >
> > /magnus
>
> I am thinking extending the functionality of /etc/tcp.smtp. I want to
> filter mails on per user basis. Has somebody
> tried it? The reason is that we so many customers who use our email
> servers from ISP. I am not able to stop
> anonymous spams. Its not on a big scale though, but we are exposing
> ourselves anyway. Authenticating mails
> on user basis may control a lot of it.
>
> NOTE - I know the server is stilll exposed.
tcpserver blocks on a lower level. You have to insert this functionality
in qmail-smtpd. And you won't like to do that, I guess.
/magnus
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