ending the spam.assassin.prefs.conf madness.

[Julian Field]

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On 22 Nov 2005, at 16:38, Anthony Peacock wrote:

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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:
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>>>>> 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.
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>> 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...
>
> I have just metophoricaly stepped back from this discussion to look
> at the root issue.  I actually think that the main problem we have
> (and this was raised initially), are caused by the comments at the
> top of the current spam.assassin.prefs.conf file.
>
> The version that I have installed instructs users to disable their
> local.cf file.  If they already have a working SA setup that is just
> going to plain break it.
>
> The comments also claim that an upgrade to SA would overwrite
> settings in the local.cf file.  This also is not true.
>
> So perhaps all we need is some sensible comments in that file, that
> point out that settings in this file are for MailScanner only and any
> settings that need to be applied site wide should go in local.cf.
> And to prune or comment out some of the more eosoteric settings that
> Matt commented about earlier.

I have 2 preferences. 1) there is only 1 file, it makes life easier  
for users, and 2) that file (or a link to it) is located somewhere  
people can find it. I won't parse a file more than once if I can  
possibly avoid it.

Argue it out amongst yourselves. At the moment there are too many  
threads of this conversation going on at the same time. Try doing  
this over IRC or something more interactive than a mailing list.

Let me know when you have reached some semblance of a conclusion.  
Feel free to ask me "do you prefer a or b" questions in the mean  
time, but you guys need to sort it out amongst yourselves. You care  
about this a whole lot more than I do :-)

I'm off home.
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