On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 08:35:51AM -1000, Clifton Royston wrote:
> > Currently the body_checks (and header_checks) are an all-or-nothing
> > affair. Either you execute ALL of the rules on every line of the
> > message, or you don't use the feature.
>
> Exactly. As I understand the feature, they are meant as an avenue for
> admins to put in quick ad-hoc tests, not to replace a general-purpose
> content filter.

It's certainly useful for quick ad-hoc filters, such as stopping an inbound
flood of spam until it gets picked up by the RBL services.

I think there's a definite need for more sophisticated filtering. From
looking at other non-official Postfix websites (such as
http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/postfix/) I think other people agree.

> I believe there have been patches discussed which add an additional
> verb to do this, but since I'm not using either header_checks or
> body_checks I haven't looked into them.

I'll keep digging through the archives, and hopefully I can find these
patches. :)

Best regards,
Michael

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