Odd error in logs

[paddy]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 09:26:07AM -0500, Dave Filchak wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Over the past two weeks or so, after an update to almost the latest (
> have not installed the very last release yet ) I have started to see the
> following in my log reports:
> 
>     Your spam actions "/etc/mailscanner/rules/spamoptions.rules" looks
> like a filename. If this is a ruleset filename, it must end in .rule or
> .rules : 16 Time(s)
> 
> This is odd because my rules file is named properly and in the right
> place. Can anyone shed some light on this? 

Not sure that I can, but I'll try ...

The relevant code reads something like:

  $actions = MailScanner::Config::Value(CONFIG_OPTION, $this);
  
(where CONFIG_OPTION is one of hamactions highscorespamactions spamactions)
  
  .
  .
  .
  
  @actions = split(" ", $actions);
  
  return unless @actions;
  
  # If they have just specified a filename, then something is wrong
  if ($#actions==0 && $actions[0] =~ /\//) {
    MailScanner::Log::WarnLog('Your spam actions "%s" looks like a filename.' .
        ' If this is a ruleset filename, it must end in .rule or .rules',
        $actions[0]);
    $actions[0] = 'deliver';
  }

So my wild guess is that Config::Value returns something like 
'/etc/mailscanner/rules/spamoptions.rules' (when what you wanted returned was inside there)

At which point I'm wondering:

grep -i ^[^#]*actions MailScanner.conf

An example of ruleset configuration might look like:

Virus Scanning = %rules-dir%/Virus.Scanning.rules

I even wonder whether you have a '/etc/mailscanner/' instead of '/etc/Mailscanner/' ?

If its failing to load you might see WarnLog("Cannot open filename-rules file %s, skipping"

I get kind of dizzy when I grep "\$isrules =" Config.pm

But that's all I got right now.

Any help ?

Regards,
Paddy
-- 
Perl 6 will give you the big knob. -- Larry Wall

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