Look at QMAIL-SPP ( http://qmail-spp.sourceforge.net/ ). It provides a plugin for vpopmail and gets away from this patching situation. The idea is great, the implementation is good. A mix of this and the existing patches you may have is probably the best way to go.
In the end, you make a perl script or something on the RCPT command that: a. matches a line with the domain of the RCPT command in the smtproutes file (making sure it has access to read it) b. if it exists, then opens a socket connection and begins connecting c. returns an accept, reject, or defer based on the output of the program- also possibly adds headers accordingly. The plugin infrastrucutre is really key. It's not as fast due to performance hits of launching these plugins, but it still makes it faster than many applications. It makes adding plugins as easy as adding a line to the text file. Think about even just a sleep() command in a shell file could be easily implemented. qmail has been around for a long time and hence has series of feature additions upon feature additions. But remember, these patches aren't fixing problems with qmail. There are very few actual PROBLEMS with qmail, and they're relatively minor and things that softlimit and equivalent fix. People add patches because they want features. Because there is no active development by the creator these have to be added themselves. You add the features you want in your qmail installation. Others have differing opinions as to what should be added. If you want to manipulate simple perl/shell/C scripts to SMTP conversations, install qmail-spp. Qmail doesn't have a need to change. It's still doing the task it was intended to very well. If another product suits your needs better, by all means go to it, but that doesn't mean qmail is bad. Also, patches allow you to add those features that others have wanted. In the old days, you had to program them yourself :) -M ----- Original Message ---- From: tonix (Antonio Nati) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: vchkpw@inter7.com Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:31:40 AM Subject: [vchkpw] Rethinking qmail : was Re: [vchkpw] how use chkuser on "dmz" I'm thinking to extend chkuser, and add an smtp fake delivery for checking recipients existance on end systems (i.e. when domains are external and use me as proxy SMTP). But I'm really tired to fight with qmail. Bernstein programming is accademic and heavy to use, license is criminal. Programming with patches over patches is painful. There is no fun to put new features on this old and overextimated product. You have to run several chained programs just to make an SMTP acceptance... I feel is time to migrate to another product, or is there anyone available to start a new project, that should rewrite a little by little qmail, and free all of us from this criminal license? Project should start with a "programmed way" to add new features and patch, then making a decent "configure", then starting to write new libraries and then substituting the old code, until we have a free mail system. Of course vpopmail would be a library integrated in this new product. I have thrown the first stone. Tonino At 00.25 11/01/2007, you wrote: >Hello all, > >I have this setup : mail coming to relay server located in DMZ, and >this server is relaying x domains to internal LAN mail server. >Im receiving lot of unwanted mails for nonexistent addresses. > >Ho I can handle it ? Chkuser is working fine when are domains on >server, but how I can "check" user existency on remote server ? >FYI: rsync of passwd.cdb is ok, but how check against aliases ? > >Please, I need some pointing where to look at. i fit is possible done >by chkuser or another way (qmail-ldap) > >Thank you > >Peter M.
