Postfix and Mailscanner sitting in a tree k-iss-ing

[Steen, Glenn]

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> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Julian Field
> Sent: den 30 december 2004 16:14
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Postfix and Mailscanner sitting in a tree k-iss-ing
> 
> 
> >I get the general idea ... I'm interested in the details.  I 
> understand the
> >"official" interfaces idea just fine.  What fascinates me is 
> the question:
> >
> >What is wrong with the sanctioned interfaces provided?
> >
> >How is it not a technical problem?
> >
> >
> MailScanner is built on the basis that what it does is take messages
> from one queue, clean them up, and put them in another queue. 
> That's the
> fundamental design of MailScanner, and it's a very simple one. That's
> the way it is.
> 
> In Postfix's case, the "sanctioned interfaces" don't provide 
> for any way
> of implementing MailScanner's design, without changing the whole way
> MailScanner works. Which I am not prepared to do. Quite reasonably, I
> think. Wietse thought up a way for programs to interface with Postfix,
> and stamps his feet saying that everyone must use the method *he*
> thought of. He didn't think of anyone doing it the way I did, 
> so he says
> I'm wrong.
> 
> It's an odd area of engineering where a novel design is wrong just
> because someone else didn't think of it first.
> 
> Yes, it is a technical problem. But not one I can/will solve the way
> Wietse wants me to.

Just so Julian (spotted this while s-l-o-w-l-y typing a reply to
Paddy:).

What I mean by saying it's not really a "technical" problem is that it
is
rather a problem of "colliding ideas" or "policy", if you will.
In my book (still to be written:), "policy" short of bearing the mark of
"standard" is just another word for politics and/or philosophy... Which
sometimes takes the form of shouting at the top of ones lung-capacity
"I'm right! You are wrong!", and sometimes ... milder forms of agrements
to disagree.

Anyway... You're doing a splendid job of supporting an "unsupported
solution", so... I'm happy enough with that:-).
Have a Fun&Fulfilling Happy New Year!

-- Glenn

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