Rules

[Julian Field]

So you just want to be able to do an "include" in the rules files.
Okay, will look into it.
I may not be able to do nested includes very easily, I'll have to see.
Would a single level of include be okay? (i.e. no nested includes)

At 14:14 14/04/2004, you wrote:
>This I'm already making (is really a good thing)... I just wanted to make it
>even better, making common parts of the 3 rulesets writted only once, in one
>file...
>
>Could that be an idea for future releases? (Obviously, if this is intersting
>for more people...)
>
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>From: "Julian Field" <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:58 AM
>Subject: Re: Rules
>
>
> > At 13:38 14/04/2004, you wrote:
> > >I created 3 diferent rules for 3 kinds of users regarding file tipes
> > >access. A big part of this rules are the same for the 3 kinds of users,
> > >and a small part is diferent. Is there some way I can make some kind of
> > >#include filename in the rules files? This way I could use one file with
> > >all the common things, and that's better for maintaining, including new
> > >filetypes, etc...
> >
> > Currently the only thing you can do is replace the address-pattern with a
> > filename. That file then contains a whole list of address-patterns that
>all
> > apply to the rule. Saves you having 1 rule repeated for 1000 users, you
>can
> > just put the list of users in the address-pattern file and reference it
> > from your rules file.
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