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[Jonathan Patschke]

On Thu, 30 Sep 2021, Mike Meredith wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Sep 2021 06:56:54 -0500 (CDT), Jonathan Patschke wrote:
>> Interesting.  Can it do this as part of the SMTP transaction, or does
>> it bounce the message later?
>
> There's very little you can't do at the SMTP stage with a reasonably
> flexible MTA and enough critter-time to implement it.

True, and while I probably *could* make Postfix do that (or patch it to
do so), IIRC by default, most of the detailed body checks run after the
mail has been accepted into the queue.  Front-loading such a test into
the portion of the pipeline that has to accept mail seems like a choice
other MTAs would avoid, too.

> Indeed. As email has become more important, PHBs are paying more
> attention to it and it's very often a case of "Don't bore me with all
> that technical shit; just do it." despite the technical shit making it
> all work in the first place.

Pakleds, the lot of them.

-- 
Jonathan Patschke
Austin, TX
USA