Re: [Mailzu-users] Overview of MailZu

[Brian W. <bw...@gm...>]

On 10/26/05, Lars Hallberg <la...@mi...> wrote:
> I'm trying to find out what and how MailZu do, and is intended to do.
> Have not found clear docs but...
>
> Do I understand correctly if:
>
> *  MailZu use only amavisd storage database and read only (releases is
> done by amavis).
>

This is correct. MailZu only shows you the headers and the message
bodies (if they are stored as well) in the database. When a release is
requested, MailZu opens a socket to Amavisd and asks Amavisd to
release the particular message. MailZu needing only read access is not
completely true. MailZu marks messages 'read' when viewed through the
interface. This requires an update to the record. MailZu also marks
messages 'deleted' and 'released' respectively so the interface can
reflect the messages' state.

> -> MailZu can't access, view or set users policy (in the amavisd lookup
> database)

That is correct. MailZu does not have the capability to modify any
amavisd policy. This functionality is not a small task given the
amount of backends amavisd-new can query for policy information (LDAP,
SQL).

>
> It's clean design. But possably not what I need. Would extensions be
> accepted, or howe easy is it to devellop extensions (3d party) that
> intergrate seamless and stay stable over independent upgrades?
>

Extensions will always be accepted given they work as advertised and
complete. We havent developed an easy plugin system.

> Question number two:
>
> Is mail administrators 'global only' or is it possable to have different
> administrators for different (sub)domains handling 'ther' mail from a
> common quarantine?
>

Administrators are global only. But I like the sound of this idea.
Large ISPs would definitely appreciate the distribution of work over
several domains. This would require more configuration options and
more fine-grained SQL SELECT queries, but I think this is possible
without too much effort.

> Would patches be welcome to add this if its not avalible?
>

Any patches are greatly appreciated. We are always looking into ways
to improve MailZu.