MailScanner.conf %xx-dir%

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon Apr 19 08:47:46 IST 2004


Honestly couldn't tell you if that would work or not. Test it out and let
me know.

At 22:12 18/04/2004, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>the default MailScanner.conf says:
>
># Set the directory containing all the reports in the required language
>%report-dir% = /opt/MailScanner/etc/reports/en
>
># Configuration directory containing this file
>%etc-dir% = /opt/MailScanner/etc
>
># Rulesets directory containing your ".rules" files
>%rules-dir% = /opt/MailScanner/etc/rules
>
>
>is there a reason to not say the following?:
>
># Configuration directory containing this file
>%etc-dir% = /opt/MailScanner/etc
>
># Set the directory containing all the reports in the required language
>%report-dir% = %etc-dir%/reports/en
>
># Rulesets directory containing your ".rules" files
>%rules-dir% = %etc-dir%/rules
>
>
>I think this is easier to maintain when you DON'T use the standard
>locations...
>--
>Mariano Absatz
>El Baby
>----------------------------------------------------------
>Programming is a Dark Art, and it will always be. The programmer is
>fighting against the two most destructive forces in the universe:
>entropy and human stupidity. They're not things you can always
>overcome with a "methodology" or on a schedule.
>         -- Damian Conway, Perl Guru

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