Charlie Brady wrote:
On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Tom Smith wrote:
For example, what if it were /just/ a proxy. That is, it listens on
port 25 and forwards the SMTP conversation to the local SMTP server
while monitoring the chat. If it detects something wrong, like a
positive dnsbl detection or a virus, it interrupts the connection to
the local server and sends the appropriate error to the sending
server. That's just one example...
The existing smtp-forward plugin could definitely be improved, by
hooking into more phases of the SMTP conversation. If you do that, I'm
sure people will be grateful.
Hm. Hadn't thought of that. That does sound like a good idea.
One problem... I'm in the process of learning Perl. I still don't know
enough to tackle such a project, but should by year's end. So I'll have
to give that one some thought. :-D
Again, my intent isn't to bad mouth qpsmtpd--I think it's a great
product. I just think there are ways to make it a better and more
versatile product.
I consider it a tool rather than a "product". But whatever. If you can
improve it, please do.
Tool. Product. Tomato. Tomoto. It's all one in the same. :-)
