MailScanner.conf size (was Re: Full spamassassin report in header?)

[Ugo Bellavance]

Mariano Absatz wrote:

> El 29 Apr 2004 a las 13:48, Ugo Bellavance escribió:
> 
> 
>>I agree that one wan't really obvious.  We sometimes forget how big
>>MailScanner.conf is :).
>>
>>But I undertsand Michael, there is many people that come here and post
>>to the list without making an effort.  It looks it wasn't your case.  Sorry.
>>
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think we reached a point where MailScanner.conf is a complete beast... 
> Julian is so kind to add every little thing we ask for, that a file I once 
> read and was able to understand about 80% of it being a newbie, is now really 
> tiresome to browse and find something, even if I'm no longer a newbie.
> 
> I know that because I prefer not to use 'upgrade_MailScanner_conf', or run it 
> on a copy of MailScanner.conf and then manually check the settings, 
> especially the new ones... I re-read Julian's comments every now and then 
> 'cause they're also upgraded, even on old settings, and that is something 
> upgrade_MailScanner_conf can't handle.
> 
> IIRC, once I asked if there was a way to use something like 'include' in 
> MailScanner.conf... at that time, I wanted to have most of MailScanner.conf 
> in there and include a tiny file that I'd let a sysadmin edit... alas, that 
> was not possible.
> 
> Now I think it might be a good idea to have some include mechanism and break 
> MailScanner.conf into different parts (I know... this can easily lead to a 
> flame war about the parts, but anyway, here I go).

Hmmm.  As long as it is not a default setting,I agree on the fact that 
it might be nice for some people.  However, it might make support harder 
if you don't have the settings in the same file as other people.

> 
> I think that, for historical reasons, parts of the configuration that are 
> somehow related are spread all over, and should be closer.

I do agree on this one, I think it should be done before your 1st 
suggestion.

> 
> I'd like to have all vulnerabilities processing options together, and near 
> the virus scanner options, and the like...
> 
> Do you think this might be possible?... I don't consider myself capable of re-
> writing the configuration processing engine, but if someone can do it, I'd be 
> glad to throw some ideas... It'd be a good time to allow some kind of 
> 'CustomOptions' that may allow to configure customizations in the config 
> files and NOT within the CustomFunctions...
> 
> Regards.
> 
> 
> --
> Mariano Absatz
> El Baby
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