> Anyway, avoid having something "in front of exim", as you need to
> implement smtp for that purpose
Sorry, I used a vague term.
Greylisting is the implementation of an additional state machine, which
correlate with your MTA. This gives you some adverse effects. That was
meant by "in front of exim".
> You can implement this with exim and a database only.
Natch.
- oliver
Am Do, den 20.01.2005 schrieb Steffen Heil um 15:43:
> Hi
>
> > You have to implement an additional state machine, which
> > coexists in front of your MTA. For doing this you need a
> > database (mysql for
> > example) where you can store a triple of ip address, sender
> > address and recipient address for incomming connections.
>
> No.
> You can implement this with exim and a database only.
> Preferably a database with stored procedures.
>
> If you use firebird for example, you can connect to it with exim directly
> (ibase) and pass sender and recipient to a stored procedure. That decides
> about temporary reject or accept and returns that to exim.
>
> If you have a database that does not implement stored procedures (afaik such
> as mysql), you need to have more logic in exim, but it is still possible.
>
> Anyway, avoid having something "in front of exim", as you need to implement
> smtp for that purpose, which is not that easy. But it is, what exim is
> designed for, so let it do it's job.
>
> Regards,
> Steffen
>
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