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

[Drew Marshall]

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paddy wrote:

>Chances are it doesn't sit well with the postfix design, and so Wietse
>is not willing to support it.  Naturally not supporting it means telling
>people you don't support it, which entails explaining ... you can see
>where this is going.
>
>Add a dash of historical teething problems.
>
>I still eager to be surprised by a description of why it would be
>_technically_ difficult to implement a solution that could earn the
>Wietse gold seal of approval.
>
>
Problem is that any such solution would involve extra overhead. For
example you could use some form of SMTP/ LMTP interface, either the Perl
module (Like AMAVIS) or even a stripped down version of Exim or Sendmail
but that means running effectively two SMTP servers, more to go wrong
and extra overhead. After all if you wanted to use Exim you would full
stop...

You have to pipe to a program but MS is not built like that and you
would have to change the whole processing idea (And indeed lose batch
processing and therefore the benefits of bulk scanning speed) and the
potential security of allowing the MTA to queue messages in a back log
should it become over whelmed due to a virus break for example.

You see the problem. MS doesn't fit because it has a unique design which
was not thought about when Postfix (And indeed any MTA) was thought about)

>My guess would be that noone is motivated to do so, and why should they be?
>
>
I don't think it is motivation but simply recognition that square pegs
don't fit well in round holes, so you have to make a decision that you
like the peg and live with it's poorer fit (In some people's eyes) or
you change one element (Hole or peg).

Drew

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