On Jan 18, 2010, at 17:05, "Steve" <steeeeev...@gmx.net> wrote:
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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.
I have achieved this with a slightly hacked TMDA (www.tmda.net). if
you want my modifications, contact me off-list.
