On Fri, 20 May 2005, Keith Ivey wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > On Thu, 19 May 2005, Robert Spier wrote:
> >  
> >>Either way, this should really be in a plugin.
> > 
> > I agree, but we should ship it with the distro, and have it enabled by 
> > default in the example config.
> 
> What is the reason for making it a plugin?  It's part of the basic 
> function of qmail-smtpd, just like the check for message size, for 
> example.  And not having it allows what are essentially DoS attacks on 
> the server, so it's not really an optional function.

Because we like to keep what can go into plugins as plugins. It keeps the 
core clean, and facilitates easier updates.

Matt.

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