mysql ms.conf/rulesets ?

[Randal, Phil]

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Pete
> Sent: 22 April 2004 14:32
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: mysql ms.conf/rulesets ?
>
> I have searched the archive and can find only limited info.
>
> Will it ever be possible, standard, to be able to use mysql
> to store the entire config of a mailscanner system ? The only
> reason i ask is that a developer colleague wants to write a
> "portal" type system in php so that one can control
> mailscanners scanning features with regards to per
> user/domain settings for mutli domain rulesets etc on a
> single ms machine. He advises that this will mucho easier if
> the config existed in mysql, like postfix does.
>
> Has this type of support ever been considered for ms ? I
> guess it has been proposed as a feature request before now,
> and either knowcked back or pushed back?
>
> Appreciate any info.
>
> Thanks
> Pete

Then your MySQL daemon dies and MailScanner stops working.

A better solution would be something like the Webmin-based NagMin (for
Nagios) which stores config info in a MySQL database and then generates the
standard text configuration files at the push of a button.

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK

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