* lst_ho...@kwsoft.de <lst_ho...@kwsoft.de> [2011-12-08 14:46]:
> >And I had hoped that perhaps this would be an improvement to postfix.
> >Sadly it seems it was some kind of blasphemy to question the way
> >postfix does handle this stuff.
>
> No, it means until now no one needs this so important to step up
> with code/patches to improve it. If you really need a reliable
> mailsystem you simply have to use reliable parts. If your mailsystem
> respond with 4xx or simply hang in case it is not able to move any
> mail is just a matter of taste.
And that is where I disagree. IMHO a mailsystem should respond with a
temporary error if it is experiencing a temporary error (like a lookup
table not being availabe) not simply hang there and do.. nothing.
> >But perhaps I'm only getting the wrong impression here.
>
> Yes
>
> Help is always welcome, simply demand how things could be better is useless.
I'm not demanding anything (at least I hope I'm not doing it) but I'm
not too happy with a simple "don't do it" and no explanation (but
that's my problem, isn't it?). When I try to understand why postfix
behaves the way it does I get no reply either. I hoped that on this ML
someone would know enough about the inner postfix workings to explain
it to me. I'm still waiting for the "use the source" shouts.
Noone even told me that they think it is fine as it is now and that a
4xx error would be the wrong thing. The only think I've been told is
"don't do it".
At the moment it seems pretty simple (on a high level) to me without
knowing any of the code: When the trivial-rewrite daemon fails (which
postfix can clearly detect, it states it in the logfile), return a 4xx
error. Would it be simple to implement? No idea, that's why I'm here
on this list to ask people who probably know the code.
Am I demanding it to be implemented? No! Would I be happy if it would
be implemented? Yes! I like postfix very much, I think it's a great
program but I also like it to get better, or at least what I think of
being better.
Regards
Sebastian
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