diff --git a/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/Makefile.am b/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/Makefile.am
index 9481760..7072904 100644
--- a/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/Makefile.am
+++ b/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/Makefile.am
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ include_HEADERS=containers_public.h queue.h smtp.h cfg.h count.h safe_write.h su
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libsmmapdfw.la
 libsmmapdfw_la_SOURCES = cfg.c queue.c count.c safe_write.c config_public.c htdns.c smtp.c htmalloc.c stats.c htcache.c
 libsmmapdfw_la_LIBADD = @BDB_LIBS@
-
+bin_PROGRAMS = htcachetest
+htcachetest_SOURCES = htcachetest.c
+htcachetest_LDADD = libsmmapdfw.la
diff --git a/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/Makefile.in b/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/Makefile.in
index 8e175bd..9fd1047 100644
--- a/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/Makefile.in
+++ b/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/Makefile.in
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ include_HEADERS = containers_public.h queue.h smtp.h cfg.h count.h safe_write.h
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libsmmapdfw.la
 libsmmapdfw_la_SOURCES = cfg.c queue.c count.c safe_write.c config_public.c htdns.c smtp.c htmalloc.c stats.c htcache.c
 libsmmapdfw_la_LIBADD = @BDB_LIBS@
+bin_PROGRAMS = htcachetest
+htcachetest_SOURCES = htcachetest.c
+htcachetest_LDADD = libsmmapdfw.la
 mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs
 CONFIG_HEADER = ../config.h
 CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = 
@@ -105,6 +108,12 @@ libsmmapdfw_la_LDFLAGS =
 libsmmapdfw_la_DEPENDENCIES = 
 libsmmapdfw_la_OBJECTS =  cfg.lo queue.lo count.lo safe_write.lo \
 config_public.lo htdns.lo smtp.lo htmalloc.lo stats.lo htcache.lo
+bin_PROGRAMS =  htcachetest$(EXEEXT)
+PROGRAMS =  $(bin_PROGRAMS)
+
+htcachetest_OBJECTS =  htcachetest.$(OBJEXT)
+htcachetest_DEPENDENCIES =  libsmmapdfw.la
+htcachetest_LDFLAGS = 
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
 COMPILE = $(CC) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
 LTCOMPILE = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(CC) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
@@ -120,10 +129,10 @@ DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
 TAR = tar
 GZIP_ENV = --best
 DEP_FILES =  .deps/cfg.P .deps/config_public.P .deps/count.P \
-.deps/htcache.P .deps/htdns.P .deps/htmalloc.P .deps/queue.P \
-.deps/safe_write.P .deps/smtp.P .deps/stats.P
-SOURCES = $(libsmmapdfw_la_SOURCES)
-OBJECTS = $(libsmmapdfw_la_OBJECTS)
+.deps/htcache.P .deps/htcachetest.P .deps/htdns.P .deps/htmalloc.P \
+.deps/queue.P .deps/safe_write.P .deps/smtp.P .deps/stats.P
+SOURCES = $(libsmmapdfw_la_SOURCES) $(htcachetest_SOURCES)
+OBJECTS = $(libsmmapdfw_la_OBJECTS) $(htcachetest_OBJECTS)
 
 all: all-redirect
 .SUFFIXES:
@@ -202,6 +211,35 @@ maintainer-clean-libtool:
 libsmmapdfw.la: $(libsmmapdfw_la_OBJECTS) $(libsmmapdfw_la_DEPENDENCIES)
 	$(LINK) -rpath $(libdir) $(libsmmapdfw_la_LDFLAGS) $(libsmmapdfw_la_OBJECTS) $(libsmmapdfw_la_LIBADD) $(LIBS)
 
+mostlyclean-binPROGRAMS:
+
+clean-binPROGRAMS:
+	-test -z "$(bin_PROGRAMS)" || rm -f $(bin_PROGRAMS)
+
+distclean-binPROGRAMS:
+
+maintainer-clean-binPROGRAMS:
+
+install-binPROGRAMS: $(bin_PROGRAMS)
+	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+	@list='$(bin_PROGRAMS)'; for p in $$list; do \
+	  if test -f $$p; then \
+	    echo " $(LIBTOOL)  --mode=install $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $$p $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/`echo $$p|sed 's/$(EXEEXT)$$//'|sed '$(transform)'|sed 's/$$/$(EXEEXT)/'`"; \
+	    $(LIBTOOL)  --mode=install $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $$p $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/`echo $$p|sed 's/$(EXEEXT)$$//'|sed '$(transform)'|sed 's/$$/$(EXEEXT)/'`; \
+	  else :; fi; \
+	done
+
+uninstall-binPROGRAMS:
+	@$(NORMAL_UNINSTALL)
+	list='$(bin_PROGRAMS)'; for p in $$list; do \
+	  rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/`echo $$p|sed 's/$(EXEEXT)$$//'|sed '$(transform)'|sed 's/$$/$(EXEEXT)/'`; \
+	done
+
+htcachetest$(EXEEXT): $(htcachetest_OBJECTS) $(htcachetest_DEPENDENCIES)
+	@rm -f htcachetest$(EXEEXT)
+	$(LINK) $(htcachetest_LDFLAGS) $(htcachetest_OBJECTS) $(htcachetest_LDADD) $(LIBS)
+
 install-includeHEADERS: $(include_HEADERS)
 	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)
@@ -306,7 +344,7 @@ check-am: all-am
 check: check-am
 installcheck-am:
 installcheck: installcheck-am
-install-exec-am: install-libLTLIBRARIES
+install-exec-am: install-libLTLIBRARIES install-binPROGRAMS
 install-exec: install-exec-am
 
 install-data-am: install-includeHEADERS
@@ -315,14 +353,16 @@ install-data: install-data-am
 install-am: all-am
 	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) install-exec-am install-data-am
 install: install-am
-uninstall-am: uninstall-libLTLIBRARIES uninstall-includeHEADERS
+uninstall-am: uninstall-libLTLIBRARIES uninstall-binPROGRAMS \
+		uninstall-includeHEADERS
 uninstall: uninstall-am
-all-am: Makefile $(LTLIBRARIES) $(HEADERS)
+all-am: Makefile $(LTLIBRARIES) $(PROGRAMS) $(HEADERS)
 all-redirect: all-am
 install-strip:
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) AM_INSTALL_PROGRAM_FLAGS=-s install
 installdirs:
-	$(mkinstalldirs)  $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)
+	$(mkinstalldirs)  $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) \
+		$(DESTDIR)$(includedir)
 
 
 mostlyclean-generic:
@@ -335,27 +375,29 @@ distclean-generic:
 
 maintainer-clean-generic:
 mostlyclean-am:  mostlyclean-libLTLIBRARIES mostlyclean-compile \
-		mostlyclean-libtool mostlyclean-tags mostlyclean-depend \
-		mostlyclean-generic
+		mostlyclean-libtool mostlyclean-binPROGRAMS \
+		mostlyclean-tags mostlyclean-depend mostlyclean-generic
 
 mostlyclean: mostlyclean-am
 
-clean-am:  clean-libLTLIBRARIES clean-compile clean-libtool clean-tags \
-		clean-depend clean-generic mostlyclean-am
+clean-am:  clean-libLTLIBRARIES clean-compile clean-libtool \
+		clean-binPROGRAMS clean-tags clean-depend clean-generic \
+		mostlyclean-am
 
 clean: clean-am
 
 distclean-am:  distclean-libLTLIBRARIES distclean-compile \
-		distclean-libtool distclean-tags distclean-depend \
-		distclean-generic clean-am
+		distclean-libtool distclean-binPROGRAMS distclean-tags \
+		distclean-depend distclean-generic clean-am
 	-rm -f libtool
 
 distclean: distclean-am
 
 maintainer-clean-am:  maintainer-clean-libLTLIBRARIES \
 		maintainer-clean-compile maintainer-clean-libtool \
-		maintainer-clean-tags maintainer-clean-depend \
-		maintainer-clean-generic distclean-am
+		maintainer-clean-binPROGRAMS maintainer-clean-tags \
+		maintainer-clean-depend maintainer-clean-generic \
+		distclean-am
 	@echo "This command is intended for maintainers to use;"
 	@echo "it deletes files that may require special tools to rebuild."
 
@@ -366,11 +408,13 @@ clean-libLTLIBRARIES maintainer-clean-libLTLIBRARIES \
 uninstall-libLTLIBRARIES install-libLTLIBRARIES mostlyclean-compile \
 distclean-compile clean-compile maintainer-clean-compile \
 mostlyclean-libtool distclean-libtool clean-libtool \
-maintainer-clean-libtool uninstall-includeHEADERS \
-install-includeHEADERS tags mostlyclean-tags distclean-tags clean-tags \
-maintainer-clean-tags distdir mostlyclean-depend distclean-depend \
-clean-depend maintainer-clean-depend info-am info dvi-am dvi check \
-check-am installcheck-am installcheck install-exec-am install-exec \
+maintainer-clean-libtool mostlyclean-binPROGRAMS distclean-binPROGRAMS \
+clean-binPROGRAMS maintainer-clean-binPROGRAMS uninstall-binPROGRAMS \
+install-binPROGRAMS uninstall-includeHEADERS install-includeHEADERS \
+tags mostlyclean-tags distclean-tags clean-tags maintainer-clean-tags \
+distdir mostlyclean-depend distclean-depend clean-depend \
+maintainer-clean-depend info-am info dvi-am dvi check check-am \
+installcheck-am installcheck install-exec-am install-exec \
 install-data-am install-data install-am install uninstall-am uninstall \
 all-redirect all-am all installdirs mostlyclean-generic \
 distclean-generic clean-generic maintainer-clean-generic clean \
diff --git a/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/htcache.c b/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/htcache.c
index d6f3356..e4b1bf9 100644
--- a/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/htcache.c
+++ b/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/htcache.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-    Copyright (C) 2004, Wolfgang Hottgenroth
+    Copyright (C) 2004,2005 Wolfgang Hottgenroth
 
     This file is part of smmapdfw.
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ typedef struct mydata_s mydata_t;
 
 
 
-htcache_t *cache_init(const char *file, int expiry) {
+htcache_t *htcache_init(const char *file, int expiry) {
 #if ENABLE_CACHE == 1
   htcache_t *handle = (htcache_t*) htmalloc(sizeof(htcache_t));
   handle->mutex = (pthread_mutex_t*) htmalloc(sizeof(pthread_mutex_t));
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ htcache_t *cache_init(const char *file, int expiry) {
 #endif
 }
 
-void cache_destroy(htcache_t *handle) {
+void htcache_destroy(htcache_t *handle) {
 #if ENABLE_CACHE == 1
   pthread_mutex_destroy(handle->mutex);
   free(handle->mutex);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void cache_destroy(htcache_t *handle) {
 #endif
 }
 
-void cache_insert(htcache_t *handle, const char *key, const void *value, int value_size) {
+void htcache_insert(htcache_t *handle, const char *key, const char *value, int value_size) {
 #if ENABLE_CACHE == 1
   DBM *cache;
   datum data, dkey;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void cache_insert(htcache_t *handle, const char *key, const void *value, int val
 }
 
 
-void *cache_lookup(htcache_t *handle, const char* key) {
+int htcache_lookup(htcache_t *handle, const char* key, char** value, int* value_size2) {
 #if ENABLE_CACHE == 1
   DBM *cache;
   datum data, dkey;
@@ -131,13 +131,16 @@ void *cache_lookup(htcache_t *handle, const char* key) {
       dbm_close(cache);
     } else {
       mydata = (mydata_t *) data.dptr;
-      syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "cache_lookup: found: %s -> %s (size %d)",
-	     key, data.dptr, data.dsize);
+      syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "cache_lookup: found: %s %d %d %s (size %d)",
+	     key, mydata->timestamp, mydata->value_size, mydata->value, data.dsize);
       if ((mydata->timestamp + handle->expiry) > time(NULL)) {
 	syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "cache_lookup: not yet expired");
 	value_size = mydata->value_size;
 	output = (char*) htmalloc(value_size+5);
 	memcpy(output, mydata->value, value_size);
+
+	*value_size2 = value_size;
+	*value = output;
 	
 	/* Berkeley DB frees on its own! */
 	/* 	  free(data.dptr); */
@@ -157,6 +160,7 @@ void *cache_lookup(htcache_t *handle, const char* key) {
 	    syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "cache_insert: record deleted");
 	  }
 	  dbm_close(cache);
+	  res = -2;
 	}
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(handle->mutex);
       }
@@ -171,4 +175,3 @@ void *cache_lookup(htcache_t *handle, const char* key) {
 
 
 
-  
diff --git a/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/htcache.h b/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/htcache.h
index 7980c57..537f32f 100644
--- a/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/htcache.h
+++ b/smmapdfw/libsmmapdfw/htcache.h
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ typedef struct htcache_s {
   pthread_mutex_t *mutex;
 } htcache_t;
 
-htcache_t *cache_init(const char *file, int expiry);
-void cache_destroy(htcache_t *handle);
-void cache_insert(htcache_t *handle, const char *key, const void *value, int value_size);
-void *cache_lookup(htcache_t *handle, const char *key);
+htcache_t *htcache_init(const char *file, int expiry);
+void htcache_destroy(htcache_t *handle);
+void htcache_insert(htcache_t *handle, const char *key, const char *value, int value_size);
+int htcache_lookup(htcache_t *handle, const char *key, char** value, int* value_size2);
 
 
 #endif /* _HTCACHE_H_ */  
diff --git a/smmapdfw/verify_worker/verify_worker.c b/smmapdfw/verify_worker/verify_worker.c
index dcdf14f..14540bd 100644
--- a/smmapdfw/verify_worker/verify_worker.c
+++ b/smmapdfw/verify_worker/verify_worker.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
     Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */
 
+// #define CACHE_SEPARATED 1
+
 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 # include "config.h"
 #endif
@@ -35,10 +37,15 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+
+#ifndef CACHE_SEPARATED
 #if ENABLE_CACHE == 1
 #define DB_DBM_HSEARCH 1
 #include <db.h>
-#endif
+#endif /* ENABLE_CACHE */
+#else
+#include "htcache.h"
+#endif /* CACHE_SEPARATED */
 
 #include "containers_public.h"
 #include "smmapd.h"
@@ -59,10 +66,16 @@ struct verify_container_handle_s {
   cfgl_t *cfg;
   int timeout_result;
   int timeout_dialog;
+
+#ifndef CACHE_SEPARATED
   int cache_enabled;
   int cache_expiry;
   pthread_mutex_t *cache_mutex;
   char *cache_file;
+#else
+  htcache_t *cache;
+#endif /* CACHE_SEPARATED */
+
   char *sender_address;
   char *helo_arg;
   int smtp_port;
@@ -126,7 +139,9 @@ typedef struct worker_thread_s worker_thread_t;
 
 struct mydata_s {
   int result;
+#ifndef CACHE_SEPARATED  
   time_t timestamp;
+#endif /* CACHE_SEPARATED */
   char output[1];
 };
 
@@ -160,6 +175,8 @@ class_descriptor_t verifier = {
 /* container handle for each class in the application.                       */
 int verify_init(cfgl_t *cfg, void **handle) {
   verify_container_handle_t *vch;
+  int cache_enabled, cache_expiry;
+  char *cache_file;
 
   vch = (verify_container_handle_t*) htmalloc(sizeof(verify_container_handle_t));
   vch->cfg = cfg;
@@ -170,6 +187,8 @@ int verify_init(cfgl_t *cfg, void **handle) {
   vch->helo_arg = findcfglx(vch->cfg, "helo_arg", "local");
   vch->smtp_port = atoi(findcfglx(vch->cfg, "smtp_port", "25"));
   vch->max_checker_threads = atoi(findcfglx(vch->cfg, "max_checker_threads", "25"));
+
+#ifndef CACHE_SEPARATED
   vch->cache_enabled = atoi(findcfglx(vch->cfg, "cache_enabled", "1"));
   vch->cache_expiry = atoi(findcfglx(vch->cfg, "cache_expiry", "86400"));
   vch->cache_file = findcfglx(vch->cfg, "cache_file", "verifier_cache");
@@ -181,7 +200,17 @@ int verify_init(cfgl_t *cfg, void **handle) {
   } else {
     vch->cache_mutex = NULL;
   }
+#else
+  cache_enabled = atoi(findcfglx(vch->cfg, "cache_enabled", "1"));
+  cache_expiry = atoi(findcfglx(vch->cfg, "cache_expiry", "86400"));
+  cache_file = findcfglx(vch->cfg, "cache_file", "verifier_cache");
 
+  if (1 == cache_enabled) {
+    vch->cache = cache_init(cache_file, cache_expiry);
+  } else {
+    vch->cache = NULL;
+  }
+#endif /* CACHE_SEPARATED */
 					    
   *handle = vch;
   return 0;
@@ -192,10 +221,17 @@ int verify_init(cfgl_t *cfg, void **handle) {
 int verify_destroy(void *handle) {
   verify_container_handle_t *vch = (verify_container_handle_t*)handle;
 
+#ifndef CACHE_SEPARATED  
   if (1 == vch->cache_enabled) {
     pthread_mutex_destroy(vch->cache_mutex);
     free(vch->cache_mutex);
   }
+#else
+  if (NULL != vch->cache) {
+    cache_destroy(vch->cache);
+  }
+#endif /* CACHE_SEPARATED */
+
 
   free(vch);
   return 0;