Re: [mlmmj] RFE: improving access rejection messages

On Thu, Oct 05, 2023 at 07:50:21AM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> >One of the problems I'm having is not being able to tell submitters exactly
> >why their message was denied. For example, I may have the following rules in
> >my access file:
> >
> >    deny ^Content-Type: text/html
> >    deny ^Authentication-Results:.*dmarcúil
> >    deny ^Subject:.*forbidden-topic
> >
> >Currently, there is only one message generated on deny, and I have to include
> >all possible reasons why didn't allow the message through. This can be greatly
> >improved if we can tell the user exactly why their message was rejected,
> >instead of making them guess.
> >
> >I propose extending the functionality to additionally include the reason that
> >can point at a different file, e.g.:
> >
> >    deny-html  ^Content-Type: text/html
> >    deny-dmarc ^Authentication-Results:.*dmarcúil
> >    deny-topic ^Subject:.*forbidden-topic
> >
> >The dash-extension is used to identify the listtext to use, if present. For
> >example, if "deny-html" is triggered, the rejection message is loaded from
> >listtexts/deny-post-access-html. If "deny-dmarc" then from
> >deny-post-access-dmarc. If there is no matching file present, the usual
> >fallback path is followed (deny-post-access, then deny-post).
> 
> I do like the idea, do you plan to provide a patch?

I'm no good at writing C, so I am not comfortable producing a patch.

> Otherwise please fill an issue with the proposal on codeberg so I keep track
> of the idea.

Will do. Is that the recommended way for development discussions? I wasn't
sure if the list should be used for that, or if it is only for user support.

-K