Ben Rosengart:
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:55:49AM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote:
> > Ben Rosengart:
> > > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 02:27:11PM +0000, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 2. I never liked milters (multi-threading complexity, and poor
> > > > degradation
> > > > when CPU is scarce under high load).
> > >
> > > If you strip away the API layer, it's a client/server protocol over a
> > > socket, not so different from the policy service, but more capable and
> > > more compatible.
> >
> > Major difference: one multi-threaded milter process versus multiple
> > single-threaded policy daemons. Make your pick as for scalibility
> > and ease of programming.
>
> I must be missing something. What is to stop me from handling the
> server side of the milter protocol with whatever architecture I please?
Nothing stops you. I was just referring to a widely-used solution.
Wietse
