Re: pre-connect and smtp ?

[christophe barbé <christophe barbe lineo fr>]

Le lun, 20 aoû 2001 13:12:42, Carlos Morgado a écrit :
> 
> On 2001.08.20 11:50:56 +0100 Brian Stafford wrote:
> > On Sun, 19 August 20:36 christophe barbe wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > Under balsa we only need (in send.c) to execute (blindly) the
> pre-connect
> > > command at the process_queue beginning.
> > 
> 
> wrong. you need to execute it and check if it was succeful to avoid
> having
> our connection hijacked. if it was succefull you need to connect to it 
> fast to minize the race condition. when the end you have too check if 
> it died properly.

It looks not so difficult.

> ssh tunneling is a great mess and i'd rather see people with clue enough 
> do it themselfs than balsa doing it and being a big gapping hole.

Nice but HOW can we use preconnect script outside of balsa for a smtp
server used in balsa.

Christophe

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