A wishlist for Apple: Leopard Server mail services

Apple,
At 10.5.2, we find that most of the problems with email accounts and VH sites are ... still broken.
After they are addressed (cull these forums for an indication of the problems the current code does not address), I'd like to suggest some other areas of improvement.
On a per-server, per-domain (or per-account) basis, can we set what happens to rejected mail. If a RBL or refuse item comes to the server, can we elect to choose between:
reject and return to sender
reject and discard
If the mail server supports such settings.
That would be lovely.

Albeit, not through the GUI, you can adjust the behaviour of the content-filter to your liking.
Have a look at /etc/amavisd.conf. Many settings are explained in the file.
In-depth information available here:
http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/
P.S. This is a user to user forum. I recommend you use the feedback pages to send suggestions to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/server.html

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