Rule set - is this valid?

[Alex Neuman van der Hans]

James Gray wrote:
> I was wondering if the following is valid in a rule set:
> 
> /etc/MailScanner/rules/script.tag.rules:
> From:      allowed-script-senders.txt   and   To:  
> allowed-script-recips.txt   yes
> FromOrTo:  default   disarm
> 
> Then the two allowed...txt files simply contain a list of e-mail 
> addresses, domains, and matches (one per line) that should be read and 
> inserted.  I vaguely remember this being discussed ages ago, but 
> couldn't find any references or examples via google...it is early 
> though, and I haven't had my morning cup of Joe.
No, you'd have to follow:
From: alice at domain.com and To:alice at domain.com yes
From: alice at domain.com and To:bob at domain.com yes
From: bob at domain.com and To:alice at domain.com yes
From: bob at domain.com and To:bob at domain.com yes

And so on...

I don't think there's a provision in place to distinguish files from 
values, except for things ending in ".rules" - and that's only for the 
consequences of the ruleset, not for the *basis* for the ruleset.

That means (if logic doesn't fail me) that:

From: alice at domain.com	%rules-dir%/alice.rules

Would be valid, but...

From: %rules-dir%/listofpeople.rules disarm

... wouldn't.