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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:23:14 +0100 (BST)
From: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
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Subject: Re: Initial mod_smtpd code.
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Jem Berkes wrote:

> > Hmm. That sounds like a good idea, maybe there already is a hook
> > defined that could deal with this, I'll look into it.
>
> I could also start work on a mod_smtpd_dnsbl if the mentors feel that is
> worthwhile? This would look up a connecting IP address against a blacklist
> and return a descriptive string to mod_smtpd if the client should be
> rejected with an error: "550 5.7.1 Email rejected because 127.0.0.2 is
> listed by sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org"
>
> I'd also like to include support for RHSBL, a newer type of listing by
> domain names from the envelope sender address. That's used by a growing
> number of projects.

Happy to see you do either/both of those: it's all part of what
we want to see.

But is anyone dealing with outgoing SMTP via a proxy_smtp in the
mod_proxy framework?  I think you were discussing that a short while
ago, weren't you?  I think that might be higher priority.

-- 
Nick Kew