Bug 65629 - DSpam lacks Sendmail as delivery agent options
Bug#: 65629 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: minor Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: st_lim@gentoo.org Reported By: simontsang@unimax.com.hk
Component: Ebuilds
URL: 
Summary: DSpam lacks Sendmail as delivery agent options
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2004-09-27 21:35 0000
Description:   Opened: 2004-09-27 21:35 0000 
I emerged DSpam with all use flag disabled.  But it defaults to use procmail as
the delivery agent which I have never specificed.  Under the src_compile
section in dspam-3.1.2.ebuild, I found that the code:
 if use cyrus; then
        agent="/usr/lib/cyrus/deliver %u"
    elif use exim; then
        agent="/usr/sbin/exim -oMr spam-scanned"
    elif use maildrop; then
        agent="/usr/bin/maildrop -d %u"
    elif use procmail; then
        agent="/usr/bin/procmail"
    fi
does not have a default value.  It would be a good idea to add
/usr/bin/sendmail as another (or default) agent.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. USE="-cyrus -debug -exim -maildrop -mysql -neural -oci8 -postgres -procmail"
emerge -v dspam
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
DSpam tried to use procmail as delivery agent.

Expected Results:  
It should use sendmail as delivery agent.

------- Comment #1 From Martin Allchin 2004-10-13 06:21:28 0000 ------- 
This is configurable in /etc/mail/dspam/dspam.conf too. You may set the
TrustedDeliveryAgent, UnTrustedDeliveryAgent and QuarantineAgent I believe.

------- Comment #2 From Lim Swee Tat (RETIRED) 2004-10-13 22:35:05 0000 ------- 
Not sure how to include sendmail as an option.  The idea of dspam is that you
should just use an MDA to deliver, so I do not see how sendmail can relate to
dspam other than let you bounce mails around the place...

------- Comment #3 From Simon Tsang 2004-10-13 23:28:48 0000 ------- 
Martin Allchin: Thanks for the information.  However, I think it is a good idea
to have sendmail as the default option because people who don't use maildrop or
procmail are very likely to use a sendmail compatiable MDA, such as Postfix.

Lim Swee Tat:  It is very simple to have sendmail as the default option.

 if use cyrus; then
        agent="/usr/lib/cyrus/deliver %u"
    elif use exim; then
        agent="/usr/sbin/exim -oMr spam-scanned"
    elif use maildrop; then
        agent="/usr/bin/maildrop -d %u"
    elif use procmail; then
        agent="/usr/bin/procmail"
    else
        agent="/usr/sbin/sendmail"
    fi

If you use Postfix or sendmail without any additional MDA, you would need to
set agent="/usr/sbin/sendmail".

------- Comment #4 From David Blewett 2004-10-15 06:07:06 0000 ------- 
Also, the USE flag courier doesn't show up when doing emerge dspam -pv. The
Courier-MTA package installs maildrop, so there should be a section like this:

elif use courier; then
        agent="/usr/bin/maildrop -d %u"

I see further down in the ebuild that it checks for a courier use flag, but
it's not in the list at the top.

------- Comment #5 From Lim Swee Tat (RETIRED) 2004-10-16 10:07:17 0000 ------- 
Hi David and Simon,
  Thanks for the feedback.  I'll be updating the existing ebuilds.  Hopefully, we should see the pr1 in tonight.

Regards
Lim Swee Tat