Beta 4.50.4 released -- faster than 4.49

[Anthony Peacock]

Hi,

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> On 5 Jan 2006, at 15:56, Desai, Jason wrote:
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> > Julian Field wrote:
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> >> On 5 Jan 2006, at 09:42, Raymond Dijkxhoorn wrote:
> >>> Hi!
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> >
> > Perhaps the cache time could be specified as one of the options for
> > (Spam|High Scoring Spam|Non Spam) Actions?  The defaults could be  
> > set if
> > nothing were specified.  And if someone wanted different times  
> > based on
> > certain entries in SpamAssassin report, they could just write a custom
> > function to do so.
> >
> > Ex. - To cache high scoring spam for 10 minutes
> >
> > High Scoring Spam Actions = store delete cache:10
> >
> > This way you're not really adding more configuration options, just an
> > additional action, and you can default it to what everyone agrees  
> > would
> > be sensible.
> 
> That's the most sensible suggestion so far. Trouble is it wants a  
> different value for viruses as well, and I'm not sure where to put  
> that. So I'm not sure that will happen.
> I might just end up putting in the 4 config options to do it.

Just a thought.  Could you create a single config option that took 
one or more parameters, a little like the way SpamAssassin sets the 
scores for rules.

For example:

Cache Timeout  = 10 60 120

Which would set the time outs as

Spam = 10
High Scoring Spam = 60
Viruses = 120

If a single value is given all are set to that one value:

Cache Timeout = 0

Would disable all caching.

I am not too sure if this fits in with any other config styles in 
MailScanner.  Just a thought to throw into the pot.

-- 
Anthony Peacock       
CHIME, Royal Free & University College Medical School
WWW:    http://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/~rmhiajp/
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scarce man, hated and scorned. When the cause succeeds, however, 
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