On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 12:08:26PM -0300, Aecio F. Neto wrote: > > Anyway - you simply want qmail to do something that it's design > > precludes it from doing (qmail-smtpd simply does not have PERMISSIONS > > to check weather the recepient exists. It was made that way because of > > Not true, there ARE ways to verify that recipient exists!
Not in qmail as distributed by DJB (which is only legal way for it to be distributed AFAIK). > Check this out: > http://www.fehcom.de/qmail/spamcontrol/README_spamcontrol.html After patching it with that, you're no longer running something that could be called qmail. That patch is particular very extensive... You could as well argue that after 'apt-get install postfix' your qmail can now do RCPT checkings :-) > b) the Recipient address is checked against all readable cdbs listed in > control/recipients and accepted if that one does not check if the recepient exists, if checks if there is a record in control/recipients cdb files. WHich means you must keep in sync your e-mail accounts and those files, which can be very hard or impossible in some cases (Think vmailmgr, think users/domains defined in SQL, ...). Adding a new user account in for example omail-admin or any other domain admin tool will no longer work, as all of those would need be modified to also create/update appropriate CDB files for this patch. > I am not defending this solution as *best one*. I am just indicating one I > know. Might exist many others out there or you can write your own... Yes, there are patches (realrcptto, validrcptto, goodrcptto, ...), even some that in some basic situations and under special circumstances automatically detect recepients (readable homedirs / .qmails, no special |program deliveries per domain as used by vmailmgr etc). but: a) they are not (and could not be) generic enough to be patch-and-forget b) they often require significant changes in a way your qmail system may work (see user domain administration above and per-domain-delivery programs like vmailmgr) c) often so much that it is less work to go install postfix or some other MTA while you're at it and get it right. But this is getting offtopic here.. Regards, Matija -- Opinions above are GNU-copylefted. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list Qmail-scanner-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
