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Re: 'p' records in Postfix

From: Victor Duchovni (Victor.DuchovniMorganStanley.com)
Date: Sun Jan 28 2007 - 11:30:37 CST


On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 12:20:36PM -0500, Gerard Seibert wrote:

> I just found this on the Mailscanner forum:
>
> //quote//
>
> Support for the 'p' records in Postfix 2.3/2.4 will have to wait for the
> next release of MailScanner, personally I think it is a nasty bodge. I
> wouldn't be at all surprised if Weitse changed his mind on this topic,
> he certainly should do.
>
> Julian Field MEng CITP
> www.MailScanner.info
>
> //end quote//
>
> Exactly what is this referring to?

He is referring to his mis-use of the non-public, undocumented Postfix
queue file format and plans to keep track of changes in this format
rather than abandon its use.

Mailscanner attempts to implement a fast-path for messages that are not
modified by the content scanner. It cuts too many corners to achieve
this goal.

--
        Viktor.

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