[Mimedefang] Accept mail before processing

[David F. Skoll]

-ray wrote:

> I am thinking about doing something similar for users with MUA's, as
> during peak times sendmail/MD can take 5-10 seconds to send an email.  I
> was thinking about setting up another sendmail instance on another IP
> that just accepts mail from our MUA's, and then relays it through the
> sendmail/MD instance.

That's a good idea.  Unfortunately, a server running MIMEDefang is not
very good for accepting connections directly from MUAs.

> I know I would loose functionality like immediately rejecting bad
> recipients, a feature some MUA users like.  But assumed a bad rcpt
> bounce would be returned to the original sender, right?

Right.

Regards,

David.