On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Theo Van Dinter wrote:

As an aside, part of this is why I had asked for (a while back) a way to 
specify the "domain" portion of the -u argument, i.e. so it could be done 
per-calling server (i.e. it is assumed that if shell server A and shell 
server B, each with a distinct user-base are sharing a spamd machine, then 
their user bases will have prefnames derived from the hostnames of A and 
B.) -- regardless of the email address used.

i.e. localusername @ suffix (where the suffix is supplied to spamc in some 
global config file, and the localusername is automatic).  Knowing how to 
do this (get the current username) in procmail (without firing up perl or 
even SED -- I could call a binary like "whoami" but that's a bit less 
universal) would also make THIS mostly unnecessary.

Again, this is not at all based on email address (except in the case of 
emails like mine, where my address accurately reflects the FQDN of the 
calling server -- but then I've always been the exception rather than the 
rule), but on UID and HOSTNAME.

The servers in question have 400 uids each, two hostnames, and potentially 
MILLIONS of email addresses, especially in a dictionary attack, where the 
user has a catch-all account.  Which does it make sense to modify stats 
by?

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