ending the spam.assassin.prefs.conf madness.

[Anthony Peacock]

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

Not so fast that man :-)

Dhawal's post has just reminded me why I had it in my mind that the 
two separate files was a better option.

I think a soft link would only be an option, if MailScanner stopped 
using the spam.assassin.prefs file itself.


-- 
Anthony Peacock       
CHIME, Royal Free & University College Medical School
WWW:    http://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/~rmhiajp/
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any
invention in human history with the possible exceptions of
handguns and tequila."

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