-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:30:49 -0800 > Von: "Daniel L. Miller" <dmil...@amfes.com> > An: Postfix users <postfix-users@postfix.org> > Betreff: Re: The method behind the madness
> Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > Daniel L. Miller put forth on 1/18/2010 12:51 PM: > > > > > >> A point - and a good one for initialization of the whitelist. However, > >> this does not address the need to add new addresses to the list > >> automatically. Example - our company changes insurance brokers, and > >> needs to receive forms from the new broker. Such communications should > >> not be reliant on the IT department "unlocking" the mail server - just > >> the act of the office manager's sending an e-mail to the broker should > >> be sufficient. > >> > > > > Daniel, it seems you're looking for feature perfection in rev. 0.1.1 of > an as > > yet created home brew software solution. Do you think you might be > setting your > > sights a bit high? > And what's wrong with setting your sights high? Or wanting to plan > things out before diving in? > > Is this because you already have a solution that does all > > these things perfectly, and you're _expecting_ your new home brew > solution to do > > the same right from the start? > > > Yes - ASSP. But I'd like to implement it as a "pure" Postfix solution > instead of a proxy server. > > If you _need_ a home brew solution _now_, start small and inelegant, > getting > > most of the functionality you want/need. This can be done with simple > scripts > > and cron. After it's working relatively well, _then_ spend time > creating the > > "elegant" solution. JMHO. > > > > But the main thing is having OP-maintained lists is exactly what I'm > trying to avoid and completely misses the point of having an > auto-whitelist. > It's not hard to write a small Perl script doing that automatically. I have done that and my current implementation is 132 LOC. It's ultra easy and stores the AWL data in MySQL. One does not need to be a rocket science to code that in Perl. Just a small Postfix policy service that returns every time a DUNNO but uses the data from the Postfix policy delegation to feed the AWL. > -- > Daniel -- Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/chbrowser
