Attn. postfix users WAS Multiple Postfix smtp instances

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Apr 28 17:22:14 IST 2006


On 28 Apr 2006, at 16:54, Dhawal Doshy wrote:

> Glenn Steen wrote:
>> Anyway, looking at the points Wietse stipulates, I think Jules pretty
>> much follow all/most of them already... So for now at least, things a
>> alright:-).
>
> I agree and here is a point by point check..
>
> 9) When creating a queue file, Mailscanner MUST adhere to the  
> convention that the file permissions are set to "executable" only  
> after the file contents are safely stored. Otherwise mail will be  
> corrupted or lost.
>
> DD> Not sure about this one, maybe Julian can comment on this.

I adhere to this.

>
> 10) Mailscanner should never touch a queue file that has an  
> advisory lock (flock or fcntl lock, depending on the system  
> environment). Otherwise mail will be corrupted or lost.
>
> DD> Not sure about this one too, maybe Julian can comment on this  
> as well.

I adhere to this.

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