John Simpson said the following on 27/11/2005 23:40: > and a suggestion: how about adding a "exists [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > command, which would check whether the address is "deliverable" > (meaning it exists as a mailbox, an alias, a ".qmail- mailbox" file in > the domain's directory, or the domain has a ".qmail- default" file which > doesn't contain "bounce-no-mailbox") and return a yes/no answer of some > kind... and that one command would not require a valid login to use.
I'd also find something like this useful. > where this is all going... i would like to write a patch for qmail- > smtpd which would use vpopmaild to replace both the need for an AUTH > handler to fork/exec a checkpassword program, I've already writen an auth plugin for qpsmtpd using vpopmaild... > and my own > "validrcptto.cdb" patch (which rejects mail sent to non-existent > mailboxes, uses a cdb file containing every valid email address on the > system, and correctly handles "-default" aliases... http:// > qmail.jms1.net/patches/validrcptto.cdb.shtml has more information about > the patch.) ... and it would be nice to add a validrcptto plugin using vpopmaild. R. -- http://robinbowes.com If a man speaks in a forest, and his wife's not there, is he still wrong?
