On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Brian Candler wrote:
> Aside: the idea that it would be nice to be able invoke the exim *filter
> language* during ACLs has occurred to me more than once. Perhaps a "filter =
> <filename>" or "filter = <string>" condition would do this. Applications:
Permissions issues would make this fail frequently, and therefore cause
administrative hassles.
> - invoking a user's filter during DATA would allow messages to be rejected
> rather than accepted and subsequently blackholed (yes, I know there's a
> problem for messages with multiple recipients)
The problem is kind of show-stopping...
> - invoking another user-written filter at RCPT stage would allow users to
> customise policy for message rejection. For example, Exim could previously
> set $acl_m0 to the number of RBL lists which a message has triggered,
I suspect very few users would be knowledgeable enough to do this kind
of thing.
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
Get the Exim 4 book: http://www.uit.co.uk/exim-book
