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I don't maintain a database handle throughout the transaction - instead I use the connection object to make notes as the SMTP transaction is completed.

e.g.

sub hook_helo
{
    my ( $self, $transaction, $host ) = @_;

    #
    #  Make sure helo includes a domain
    #
    if ( $host !~ /\./ )
    {
        $self->log( LOGWARN, "HELO $host doesn't contain a period." );
        $transaction->notes( "reject", 1 );
        $transaction->notes( "reason", "invalid helo" );
    }

    return DECLINED;
}
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Then I have a series of plugins which do different things at the last step, either forward the message or reject it, but archive a searchable copy for the recipients benefit. Here's a simplified version of the reject + archive plugin:

sub hook_queue
{
    my ( $self, $transaction ) = @_;

    #
    # We only log mails which have been rejected.
    #
    if ( 0 == ( $transaction->notes("reject") || 0 ) )
    {
        return DECLINED;
    }

    # connect to DB
    # archive message  
    # disconnect

    return ( DECLINED, "Rejected this is spam: "  . $transaction-Notes
+("reason" ) );
}
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(Actually this is a polite fiction. I actually archive messages to local disk, if they were to be rejected, then later rsync them to a central location - and import them to MySQL there.

Steve
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In reply to Re^3: Simple (but robust) email server (receiver) by skx
in thread Simple (but robust) email server (receiver) by zby

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