RE: [Exim] Why no plugin architecture for exim?

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Συντάκτης: Dickenson, Steven
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Αντικείμενο: RE: [Exim] Why no plugin architecture for exim?
Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> A potential answer would be that the stuff with a defined linkage
> interface - ie
>       * routers
>       * transports
>       * lookups
>       * authenticators
>       * acls
>       * local_scan (which is sort of the odd one out here)

>
> could all be dynamically loaded. This would allow better binary
> packaging for example - ie you don't end up having to make a tailored
> exim for each potential situation, or making a fat daemon which then
> has other dependencies such as requiring 3 lots of sql support
> libraries.


Interesting, sounds like qmail with schizophrenia.

Steven
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Steven Dickenson <sdickenson@???>
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The Key School, Annapolis Maryland