SV: SV: SV: Regarding rules for more then one person

[Julian Field]

At 19:38 30/07/2003, you wrote:
>Thanks, I'll do test tomorrow as soon I figured out how to use and patch.
>Like I said Im just administrate the server...
>Thanks a lot from a confused guy  :)

cd /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner
patch < Config.pm.diff
service MailScanner restart


>-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
>Från: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
>Skickat: den 30 juli 2003 19:50
>Till: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Ämne: Re: SV: SV: Regarding rules for more then one person
>
>
>Attached is a diff to Config.pm that implements this.
>You can now have rules that look like this:
>
>To:     /etc/MailScanner/rules/techies.txt      yes
>
>Note that it has to be a full path which starts with "/" and ends in
>something other than "/". The rule will be replicated for all the patterns
>in the techies.txt file, so you could put this in techies.txt
>
># This is the list of all our tech support staff. jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>*@techies.soton.ac.uk
>jkf@*
>/etc/MailScanner/rules/nested-filename.txt
>
>Note that the file format is like this:
>1) One pattern or address per line. The allowable patterns are the same as
>the normal patterns in any normal ruleset file.
>2) Comments start with # and continue until the end of the line.
>3) Blank lines are ignored.
>4) Leading and trailing white space is ignored.
>5) Further filenames can be included, allowing you to nest these files if
>you really need to.
>6) If you make a loop by having a file include itself, then you're silly
>and shouldn't do it.
>
>At 17:49 30/07/2003, you wrote:
> > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> > > Från: Raymond Dijkxhoorn [mailto:raymond at PROLOCATION.NET]
> > > Skickat: den 30 juli 2003 18:46
> > > Till: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Ämne: Re: SV: Regarding rules for more then one person
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > > > Whats the use, if you can generate a techies.txt you can also
> > > > > generate a script that spits out a rulefile to do this ? or ?
> > >
> > > > Guess so but since Im not that a great I thought that being able
> > > > to use a writing all my co-workers for each rule would be
> > > easier..... and
> > > > if I need I only need to change in one place. Maybe Im just lazy
> > > > or bad at scripting of problems for me. Since the only ppl
> > > that would be
> > > > added are tech-ppl at use a single file with user for more
> > > rules like
> > > > filname/filetype.
> > >
> > > Ask one of those <haha> :)
> >
> >Now your being evil  ;)
> >Im trying to learn this but prolly never get the hang of it and Im
> >pretty sure Im not the only person in the world that sucks at
> >scripting. So if its not to difficult I want it on the wish list  :)

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