Le 03/01/2011 17:35, Wietse Venema a écrit : > J. Roeleveld: >> On Monday 03 January 2011 04:12:46 Wietse Venema wrote: >>> Mark Scholten: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Should I look in the source or is there a better location to change the >>>> texts returned by Postfix after the error code for a connecting MTA? I'd >>>> like to give custom messages back for (example) a failed rDNS check or >>>> helo check. I don't want to change the returned number (421 or 550 if >>>> I'm correct), just the message to point them to a page we own to get >>>> information about how to fix the error or request whitelisting for the >>>> check. >>>> >>>> Changing the messages in the source isn't something I'd like to do, but >>>> if that is the location to change it I'll change it there. I didn't find >>>> it in the documentation (but I might have overlooked something). >>> >>> This is not configurable. >>> >>> Wietse >> >> Just out of curiosity, why is this not configurable? > > Postfix source code is "free" for you, but it actually requires > real human effort by maintainers, and making all the reject response > texts configurable would be a major project. > >> And would a feature request for this be appreciated? > > Instead of making every response configurable, a more practical > solution is to configure ONE response that gets appended to ALL > the SMTP server's reject messages. Effectively, this turns the > one-line reject into a two-line response, one chosen by Postfix > and one chosen by the system adminstrator. > > This can be done in the SMTP output routine. It also means that > > 421 4.4.2 host.example.com Error: timeout exceeded > > becomes: > > 421-4.4.2 host.example.com Error: timeout exceeded > 421 4.4.2 For assistance, contact the helpdesk at 800-555-0101 > > I wonder how many calls you would actually get for that. > > That said, the likelihood that someone will actually pay attention > to the gibberish from SMTP server responses is small. It sounds > like something that keeps lawyers happy. >
I bet to disagree here. there is a case for something like XXX .... check http://postmaster.example.com/rejected.html or even better, ... http://..../why?transactionid=4577123 and so on. I don't care if end users don't get the message because their exchange "translate" it. but I do care if admins see the reason before they fire their phone.
