Mail loss after upgrading to 4.40.11-1 due to missing .rules suffix

[Julian Field]

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Julian Field wrote:

> David Hooton wrote:
>
>>>> Just upgraded an old version of SpamAssassin to the latest stable 
>>>> 4.40.11-1
>>>>
>>>> The config file between this version and the old version I was 
>>>> installing
>>>>     
>>>> from had changed the ""Spam Actions", "High Scoring Spam Actions", and
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> associated items to now enforce a .rule or .rules suffix. Not 
>>>> having the
>>>> suffix causes the mail to be "lost", no error and causes output in 
>>>> the log
>>>> file of the action as being the filename converted to lower case 
>>>> (thus very
>>>> confusing). Only after some code debugging did I spot the change, 
>>>> if only I
>>>> had spotted the comment in the config file :)
>>>>
>>>> May be worth highlighting this in the upgrade_MailScanner_conf 
>>>> script so
>>>> others dont make the same mistake.
>>>>     
>>>
>>
>> Julian,
>>
>> Is it possible to make MailScanner not load in this situation then?  I
>> have just spent hours chasing this issue and lost some mail as a
>> result.
>>
>> Unfortunately I've been off on extended leave and had missed this
>> email so didn't know why messages were vanishing, probably not the
>> most graceful way to force a file naming convention.
>>  
>>
> The convention is only needed for a few of the configuration options, 
> but I will take a look at working out where it needs enforcing and add 
> some more error checks there. I suspect insisting on it where the 
> configuration option refers to a filename may be all that's needed.
>
> Do you know of any places it has to be right?
>
One place is clear, the "other" type which can accept arbitrary strings 
of words. That would cover the Spam Actions and High Scoring Spam Actions.

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