On 1/6/2017 1:28 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: >> Maybe have discard: exit with a fatal error when it's called as >> bounce? > > Instead of logging a warning when it receives an unexpected > protocol message?
Yes, that would solve this misuse. We can't prevent all unwise uses, but maybe we can raise the entry level for foolishness. > Postfix could require that the 'first' message between Postfix > programs(*) contains the protocol name (enqueue, bounce, deliver, > verify, ...). That way, the warning message for a protocol mis-match > could be made more informative. Better error messages are always good. I don't know what it would take to implement this, but it isn't worth a lot of trouble. -- Noel Jones
