[Mimedefang] Mailmunge API discussion (was Re: MIMEDefang 3.0-rc1)

[Dianne Skoll]

Hi,

I'm replying to both the MIMEDefang and Mailmunge lists, but we should
probably make all followups go to mailmunge at lists.mailmunge.org

On Sat, 14 May 2022 00:18:48 -0500
Richard Laager via MIMEDefang <mimedefang at lists.mimedefang.org> wrote:

>   * Most annoyingly, there are still the two return styles for message
>     dispositions depending on whether we are in filter_message() or
>     something earlier.

Fixed in recent commits.  Now any of the filter_* functions can return
a Mailmunge::Response object, which is respected.  However, you can
still use the old-style action_whatever calls and everything will Just Work.

>   * Unless it's impossible (or unreasonable) to do optional arguments
> in Perl, I don't see why there are both action_add_header() and
>     action_insert_header(). Just have the insert, with $pos defaulting
>     to -1 or something to get the add behavior.

Fixed in https://git.skoll.ca/Skollsoft-Public/mailmunge/commit/bd03caa35290760d7bb2b86d26c3a3f8505c08f6

Likewise for
>     action_{accept,drop}_with_warning(); just have an optional
> $warning parameter on action_{accept,drop}().

Fixed in https://git.skoll.ca/Skollsoft-Public/mailmunge/commit/ef8a966d3be40b3d14f8c52d7ff41dad89f7076f

>   * In the Mailmunge example video, $ctx->recipients[0] is
>     '<bob at example.org>'. IMHO, mailmunge should be stripping off the
>     angle brackets before the filter see it. They are just an
> annoyance. Perhaps it should be lowercasing too, i.e. using
> canonical_email().

Added $ctx->canonical_sender and $ctx->canonical_recipients; commit
https://git.skoll.ca/Skollsoft-Public/mailmunge/commit/a83a841837e16584af550ed7ea9af8b9d86f5a62

>   * This is minor, since it's boilerplate, but I'm not sure what the
>     run() method is about. What is "server mode" (as opposed to
>     multiplexor mode)?

Docs have been fixed to remove mention of "server mode"

Regards,

Dianne.