Rules

[Derek Winkler]

I would also really appreciate being able to use an include directive in the
rules files.

No nesting needed at all.

Thanks.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of Roger Jochem
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:50 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Rules
>
>
> Thats the idea... I have a ruleset file with a lot of rules,
> and I wanted to
> put an include to another ruleset file in that ruleset file
> (joining the two
> ruleset)...
>
> And a single level would be really okay!
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Roger Jochem
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julian Field" <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
> To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:41 AM
> Subject: Re: Rules
>
>
> > 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...)
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >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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