On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 11:41:29PM +0100, John P wrote:
> > Pretty much the whole trick is to go into qmail-send.c, around line
> > 708 (search for "Hi"), and just change the message that is output. As
> > with any source change, you'll want to test it first, and make sure
> > the message is reasonably formatted, has all important information,
> > and the proper headers and envelope.
>
> I've read qsbmf.txt, but I am still confused a little about it. Is it some
> method of ensuring qmail always knows when a message has bounced? Or was it
> designed so that in the future, MUAs might know that a message has bounced
> and mark it (as Outlook+Exchange does)?
QSMBF exist so that compliant applications (like ezmlm) can find out
exactly what bounced and what didn't.
> I understand DJB's reasons for doing it his way (avoiding bandwidth-wasting
> deferral reports a la sendmail, for example, and outputting useful info to
> the user) - essentially what I want to know is, if changing as outlined
> above works OK, is this fundamentally problematic for qmail or is it just
> breaking DJB's spec?
It is fundamentally problematic for ezmlm.
Greetz, Peter
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