On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Peter Bowyer wrote:
> The db code in Exim could use some updating - there have been many calls for
> more flexibility and more sophisticated caching. Philip's (quite correct)
> response is that someone could write a lookup daemon which would integrate
> simply with the main code - this could implement per-backend plugins with
> support for connection pooling (like sql relay), caching etc.
Exactly.
> No, sorry, I'm not volunteering, I've nowhere near the skill or time needed.
Neither have I. Indeed, all the LDAP and SQL lookups in Exim originated
as contributed code from people who wanted to use that particular
database, and who knew how to code for it.
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