[Mimedefang] Embedding Perl in Multiplexor -- good idea?

David F. Skoll dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Wed Oct 22 16:33:15 EDT 2003


On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Cormack, Ken wrote:

> If I understand correctly, the proposed change means I essentially have to
> bounce the multiplexor, which means I have to bring down sendmail, to effect
> any new rules?

No, you'd have to restart the multiplexor.  There would be a small
window during which messages might tempfail.  Currently, when you do
a filter reread, there is no window during which a message can't be
handled.  You should not have to restart Sendmail.

> I'd ask that things remain the same, or be an admin-selectable behavior, if
> possible.

I would naturally make it a compile-time option, and if you choose to
build it in at compile-time, it would still be a run-time option to
actually use it.

Regards,

David.



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