Yet another rules question

[Julian Field]

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Files can be anywhere. If a filename ends in .rule or .rules then it tends
to think they are rulesets. It is unfortunate that there are really 2
distinct sorts of rules in MailScanner, the From/To rulesets and the
allow/deny filename/filetype rules.

At 20:20 29/09/2004, you wrote:
>Thank you, That worked.
>
>I assume that because I didn't have to change anything in the files that
>their location (rules-dir vs. etc-dir) is also specific to whether they
>are "rules" or "configuration" files?  Or was it that my original
>"rules" file ended in ".conf"?
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Brent Strignano
>
>
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>Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 1:13 PM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: Yet another rules question
>
>
>At 18:02 29/09/2004, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm trying to follow the FAQ and specify a different filename rules
> >file for outgoing and incoming mail. Here is what I did so far.
> >Copied the original 'filename.rules.conf' file to
> >'inbound.filename.rules.conf' and 'outbound.filname.rules.conf' and put
> >them in my rules directory.
> >Created a new filename.rules.conf file that contains the following:
> >From:           192.168.0
> >%rules-dir%/outbound.filename.rules.conf
> >FromOrTo:       default         %rules-dir%/inbound.filename.rules.conf
> >
> >When I start MailScanner I get these errors in the maillog:
> >
> >Sep 29 12:11:03 mailscan MailScanner[3181]: Possible syntax error on
> >line 1 of /etc/MailScanner/rules/filename.rules.conf
> >Sep 29 12:11:03 mailscan MailScanner[3181]: Remember to separate fields
>
> >with tab characters! Sep 29 12:11:03 mailscan MailScanner[3181]:
> >Possible syntax error on line 2 of
> >/etc/MailScanner/rules/filename.rules.conf
> >Sep 29 12:11:03 mailscan MailScanner[3181]: Remember to separate fields
>
> >with tab characters!
> >
> >And the rules are not applied. I definitely used tabs to delimit the
> >fields of that file. If I change the setting for the filename rules
> >file in MailScanner.conf to use either the inbound or outbound file it
> >works with no syntax error.
>
>What you should have done is this:
>1. Copy original filenames.rules.conf file to
>inbound.filename.rules.conf and outbound.filename.rules.conf (let's just
>leave them in /etc/MailScanner for this example, they are conf files
>more than rules files, sorry for the filenames I came up with, they
>weren't a good choice). 2. Create a file %rules-dir%/filename.rules. In
>it put these 2 lines:
>From: 192.168.0 %etc-dir%/outbound.filename.rules.conf
>FromOrTo: default %etc-dir%/inbound.filename.rules.conf
>It doesn't matter what mix of spaces or tabs you use in real rules files
>(which this is). 3. In MailScanner.conf, put this line: Filename Rules =
>%rules-dir%/filename.rules
>
>The files in which tab characters matter are filename.rules.conf and
>filetype.rules.conf. From/To rules files (which are normally put in
>%rules-dir%) don't mind what sort of white space you use.
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