On April 29, 2018 11:11:18 PM EDT, Linda Walsh <sa-u...@tlinx.org> wrote:
> Except users who have their own rules are not likely >doing it in the context of the initial choice of whether or >not to accept the email onto the server. They do in our system. > I.e. it "should" never be the case that user-defined >filters are run in the MTA's initial receive context as the MTA >just received (or is in process of receiving) an email coming >in on a privileged port (like port 25) which would imply a >privileged context (most likely root). No; see the milter API and library. > Delays are not the same as dropped email. I have seen sending MTAs give up after an absurdly small number of retries. Regards, Dianne.