From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Thu Apr 12 2007 - 15:03:51 CDT

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frantisek holop:
> hmm, on Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 12:22:39PM -0400, Wietse Venema said that
> > mouss:
> > > Alternatively, you can make sendmail forward its mail to an smtpd (by
> > > setting it as a content_filter under pickup in master.cf). but then
> > > you'll need to avoid loops if a delivery (or filter) program submits
> > > mail using the sendmail command.
> >
> > This could be as simple as:
> >
> > /etc/postfix/master.cf
> > pickup fifo n - n 60 1 pickup
> > -o content_filter=smtp:127.0.0.1:25
> >
> > This requires that Postfix sendmail is not used to receive
> > mail from a content filter.
>
> so if i have spamassassin as a content filter i suppose that counts?
>
> /etc/postfix/master.cf
> smtp inet n - - - - smtpd
> -o content_filter=spamfilter:dummy

Does this use the Postfix sendmail command to receive mail from the
filter?

> > > one way is to use multiple instances.
> > > and you'll also need to handle bounces. probably too much work compared
> > > to mini sendmail.
>
> if i use mini sendmail, do i just rename postfix sendmail to something
> and symlink mini sendmail to sendmail?

That would break the Postfix warranty. Plus, you would lose
all mail that is sent before Postfix is started.

        Wietse

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