From: Aredridel <aredridel@...>
Date: 2005-04-02T03:46:00+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby lib that will receive email

> I'd like one of these too, to go into a Unit testing framework for a mail
> system. A sort of mock SMTP server.
> 
> If you write this, please release it :-)
> 
> I think if you have a look at the architecture of Exim, you might get some
> good ideas. For example, Exim has ACLs which are triggered at various points
> (e.g. MAIL FROM, RCPT TO) to make a decision as to whether to accept or
> reject the message at that point. These could be Proc callbacks or instances
> of an ACL object that you provide.

I've had it in mind to do something like this before ... Exim's design
cleaned up and rubyfied would rock in a lot of ways. Wouldn't be as
fast, but for something like a mail server that's easy to extend, it
would be perfect. (And the syntax would not be as insane as Exim's)

Ari