Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > * Wietse Venema <postfix-users@postfix.org>: > >> Victor Duchovni: >> >>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 05:21:13PM -0400, Rob Foehl wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Possible substitutes include concierge or valet, or perhaps any of the >>>> less >>>> specific guard, sentry, sentinel, ... >>>> >>> I think "sentry" is short, and simple, and can even be thought of as a >>> contraction of "smtp" and "entry". A bit less corny than "prefix" IMHO >>> (sorry Patrick, nothing personal). >>> >> "sentry" is good. >> >> In a similar class is "triage", which I mention in the postscreen >> manpage at http://www.postfix.org/postscreen.8.html >> > > Two more names: > > refuse > drop(down) > > > I am very much in favor of greek or latin mythology, but I think prefix and > both words above are more in the tradition of describing what the program does > e.g. pickup, cleanup, tlsmgr etc. which I actually like very much about > Postfix naming convention. > "screener", then. Oh, wait ...
but then, there is also "anvil" J.L.