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

[Steen, Glenn]

See, I said it was about politics/philosophy:-):-):-)

-- Glenn

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Julian Field
> Sent: den 30 december 2004 16:19
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Postfix and Mailscanner sitting in a tree k-iss-ing
> 
> 
> At this rate I might as well publish a book entitled 
> something along the
> lines of "Jules' writings on all things MailScanner". I 
> imagine it would
> be a cross between similar volumes by Chairman Mao and Tim O'Reilly.
> :-)
> 
> Julian Field wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 
> --
> Julian Field
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