ending the spam.assassin.prefs.conf madness.

[Julian Field]

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On 22 Nov 2005, at 16:15, Anthony Peacock wrote:

> Hi,
>
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>> On 22 Nov 2005, at 15:58, Anthony Peacock wrote:
>>>
>>> However, if people think that manageing two files with such subtle
>>> differences would be over complicated for the 90% of users that want
>>> a simple out-of-the-box install.
>>
>> I think having 2 files would be more complicated than absolutely
>> necessary.
>
> Fair enough.
>
>>>   Then I would prefer a
>>> site_rules_path/mailscanner.conf file with a soft link from the
>>> spam.assassin.prefs file.
>>
>> Should the real file be spam.assassin.prefs.conf or mailscanner.cf? I
>> am in favour of the real file being spam.assassin.prefs.conf and  the
>> link being mailscanner.cf. That keeps the RPM installer simpler too.
>
> From my perspective it wouldn't make any difference.  So I would go
> with what made the installer easier.

Okay, that's made Anthony happy with a "1 soft link" solution.

ln -s -f <mailscanneretc>/spam.assassin.prefs.conf <site_rules_path>/ 
mailscanner.cf

Now to get clearance from Matt and Rick...
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