AW: [Exim] Proposal for Exim 4

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Author: Philipp Gaschutz
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To: exim-users
Subject: AW: [Exim] Proposal for Exim 4
very cute, indeed!!!!

the only question that stays now is: when will it be released ? ;)

to be honest: will there be some sort of pre-realease?

R,
Philipp

> Philip Hazel <ph10@???> probably said:
> > In Exim 4, right at the end of receiving a message, but before sending
> > the final acknowledgment, a specific C function is called. The default
> > function supplied with Exim just returns an "OK" value, and the
> > message is accepted. However, a site can supply its own function in
> > the Local directory. The API to this function is well-defined. It can
> > see the headers and read the body of the message. It has access to
> > some of Exim's utility functions, and it can use Exim's string
> > expander. It can accept or reject the message. It can mess around with
> > the message's recipients (if accepting the message). It can give a
> > specific error message if rejecting a message.
> >
> > Defining this as a C function means that all sorts of other things can
> > be called if people want. It also means that high-volume sites can
> > write their local code to be more efficient than, say, calling Perl.
> > My hope is that people might write one or more general functions and
> > publish them for others to use.
>
> and I guess this C function could be provided in an external
> site-specific dynamic library so you could change it without
> recompiling exim ?
>
> (or, I guess, you can just call a different program from the C
> function and have it staticly linked).
>
> Cute.
>
> P.
>
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