A user on this mailing list has a problem. He has a fast non-static
IP ADSL connection, which is listed on the DUL. The non-default route
was a slow second internet connection with a static IP and which was
not listed on the DUL. He has several choices that I can see:
1) Try to get his fast connection removed from the DUL. That's not
acceptable since he doesn't have a fixed IP address.
2) Let his SMTP client connections go out from the IP address on the
DUL. This isn't acceptable because anybody subscribing to the DUL
will reject his email.
3) Use a wildcard smtproutes entry to redirect his email to his ISP's
email relay. This isn't acceptable because he doesn't want to have to
trust his ISP. He wants to be able to look in his log files and know
that the email has been accepted by the recipient's SMTP server.
4) He could change the default route to point to the slow connection.
Obviously unacceptable.
5) He simply MUST convince qmail-remote to bind to the IP address of
the slow non-DUL interface. Unfortunately, there is no way to do that
short of patching qmail. Why should he have to patch qmail in order
to add a feature he needs? As you've said yourself, the problem with
people offering patches is that you don't get an indication of how
many people are using the patch.
6) His only acceptable alternative to patching qmail is to try to
convince you to add this as a feature to qmail. Other people have
tried to get this feature added, and you've called their desire
"frivolous". He doesn't hold out much hope for success.
What should he do? Give up on convincing you and patch qmail?
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