Re: [exim-dev] Milter api

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Author: Phil Pennock
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To: Todd Lyons
CC: exim-dev
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] Milter api
On 2011-02-03 at 10:39 -0800, Todd Lyons wrote:
> 1. The first question is if there is any interest in this kind of
> functionality. Would a fully tested and documented patch be accepted
> into exim core?


I am interested in seeing milter functionality, simply because it lets
Exim use the same tools as the other MTAs and play in a larger
ecosystem.

It was on my "to-do" list, sufficiently far down that I wouldn't have
gotten to it for far too long, so I'm glad to see someone else doing it.

> I've scanned the archives several times looking for conversation on a
> milter interface in exim. I found nothing that indicates any
> inclination by the core devs either for or against such an interface.
> Any comments?


I believe that there was reluctance because the ACLs already provide
significantly more power than most milters offered at the time this was
being suggested before, several years ago.

Milters caught on, the world has changed.

-Phil