I needed a non-complex solution to manage my TMDA pending queue. I
wanted the ability to scan the queue, quickly select messages of
interest, and trash the rest.  I looked at tmda-cgi, but was put off
by its complexity -- I wanted a simple e-mail-based solution.  Also, I
wanted something that wouldn't require having to open up permissions
on any TMDA components.  It dawned on me that qmail's qmail-local
delivery service runs under the user's uid/gid, which obviates the
need to modify TMDA permissions when using a facility such as procmail
to trigger a handling script.

So, I wrote a few Perl scripts (to each their own poison) that will
generate an e-mail for a user's pending quueue.  By editing the
message, you can selectively choose to release or trash messages in
the queue (by default, messages are trashed).  It's simple, compact,
and most importantly, it works.  Since I run qmail, that's what I
tested with.  It's run for a few months now without a hiccup.  It
takes maybe 10-15 seconds a day to scan and process my pending queue.

Hope someone finds it useful.  You can download the tarball at
http://www.pongonova.net/tmda-ezplm-0.01.tgz.  Comments welcome. You
will, of course, have to confirm your status as a non-spammer if you
e-mail me :)  There's a lot of functionality that isn't there that
comes to mind, but I only had time to work on v0.01.  Maybe a few
constructive words of praise or criticism will spur me on to further
enhancements.

  --Brian
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