[Mimedefang] More on filter_helo

Philip Prindeville philipp_subx at redfish-solutions.com
Thu Nov 9 12:52:58 EST 2006


David F. Skoll wrote:

>Philip Prindeville wrote:
>
>  
>
>>What if the milter interface were to evolve to have an additional
>>hook for other commands (like VRFY/EXPN/RTRN, etc) and
>>you wanted to base how you handled those commands on what
>>you had seen in the HELO?
>>    
>>
>
>It would be handled the same way as filter_sender is:  The filter_vrfy
>routine would be given the VRFY argument and the HELO argument.
>
>Regards,
>
>David.
>  
>

So... duplicating filter_helo() in filter_vrfy(), filter_expn(),
filter_rtrn(),
and any other command that can come immediately after a HELO is
somehow better.

Ok.  I guess I'm just not smart enough to see how.

-Philip




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