Re: check_badrcptto, to prevent backscatter

On 3/10/2011 11:27 PM, Robert Spier wrote:
>
> Tim Meadowcroft wrote:
>> On Thursday 10 March 2011 18:06:04 Robert Spier wrote:
>>> Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote:
>>>> On Mar 10, 2011, at 6:49, Matt Sergeant wrote:
>>>>> Should we have plugins/qmail and plugins/postfix dirs?
>>>> I like that idea.
>>> I'm not sure I do.  The existing directories don't really line up that
>>> way, and I don't think we're going to have a huge number of
>>> postfix/qmail split plugins.  So I see this more as a suffix.
>>>
>>> I wouldn't mind moving these into some sort of directory (maybe rcpt?)
>>> but moving plugins is hard, because everyone needs to update their
>>> config/plugins file.
>> Are you just talking about the plugins config file understanding names as paths
>> rather than as simply filenames (and presumably config files mirroring the same
>> structure) - I would see this as a good thing (I can put my specific plugins
>> into local/ or similar, and symlinks can be used if I want to be fancy) ? I
>> presume you could leave all existing plugins in the "root" but suggest
>> migrating them over time...
> No.  The plugins config already understands directories just fine.
> And recent versions of qpsmtpd support a config file to set the plugin
> roots:
>
> qpsmtpd]$ cat config/plugin_dirs
> /home/smtp/qpsmtpd/plugins.site
> /home/smtp/qpsmtpd/plugins
>
> I was disagreeing with the proposed taxonomy of having a qmail and
> postfix directory, as it doesn't really fit with what we have right
> now:
>
> plugins]$ find . -type d
> .
> ./async
> ./async/queue
> ./virus
> ./queue
> ./logging
> ./auth
> ./ident
>
> -R
One solution would be to add a new directory named 'backscatter' and put 
both scripts in there with the same prefix (check_goodrcptto) and with a 
distinguishing suffix (_postfix & _qmail). That would be clear to people 
that are interested in the subject.

Todd