hello friends, i apologize again for asking a question again to this group rather than solving someone's problems. Its bcoz i hav too little experience compared to u guys, in terms of programming, exposure and knowledge about linux.
i request u people to help me out in one small matter yet again. I am developing a mail archival system and due to suggestions of many people in the company i am working for(its a student project), we all hav decided to change our design thoroughly. Since one of the foremost task for a mail archival system is tocomply to regulatory requirements, which mostly are to store each and every email that is recieved by the company, we hav thought about an idea, of copying the email as soon as it enters the mail server, but before it gets stored in the personal mailbox of the user. The idea is to install our own software agent at the SMTP gateway to grab the mail before our MTA does and then copy the mail and then send one copy for archival and hand over the original mail message to the MTA. This way the MTA recieves the mail normally, while it is archived also.
I apologize for sending such a big mail, but I also want u ppl to suggest how could i explain this problem statement in short or somewhere else. I need u guys to help me in the nuances of netiquette for using mailing lists like this.
Thanks so much, i'll be waiting eagerly for replies, With regards, Sushant
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On 26/03/06 01:56 -0800, Sushant Gulati wrote: <snip>
I apologize for sending such a big mail, but I also want u ppl to suggest how could i explain this problem statement in short or somewhere else. I need u guys to help me in the nuances of netiquette for using mailing lists like this.
The only violation of netiquette that I can see has been the lack of proper spelling.
Archival of email is pretty much dealt with by major MTAs, Postfix has recipient_bcc_maps for that. There is also the proposal for the ARCHIVE transport ruleset. You do not need to hook up a custom smtp listener in front of the MTA.
Devdas Bhagat
On Sunday 26 March 2006 09:56, Sushant Gulati wrote:
i request u people to help me out in one small matter yet again. I am developing a mail archival system and due to suggestions of many people in the company i am working for(its a student project), we all hav decided to change our design thoroughly. Since one of the foremost task for a mail archival system is tocomply to regulatory requirements, which mostly are to store each and every email that is recieved by the company, we hav thought about an idea, of copying the email as soon as it enters the mail server, but before it gets stored in the personal mailbox of the user. The idea is to install our own software agent at the SMTP gateway to grab the mail before our MTA does and then copy the mail and then send one copy for archival and hand over the original mail message to the MTA. This way the MTA recieves the mail normally, while it is archived also.
I dont see any point in apologizing so many times in your email. If you have a question just post it. No need to apologize.
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