filetype.rules and filename.rules syntax

[Scott Kopel]

pico is the editor i use
however, when I noticed the errors, I substituted the sample files that
came with my installation of MailScanner and I don't believe those have
been edited at all - still produced the errors, then
I made a test file with pico with only one line as follows:
allow <tab> jpg <tab> - <tab> -
and that file also generated an error
s



>> I've noticed that I'm getting the following errors in my maillogs
>> I'm using the rules exactly as supplied by mailscanner
>> I'm using MailScanner version 4.42.9-1
>> can anyone tell me what's wrong with my setup?
>> thanks a bunch
>> Scott
>>
>> Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
>> field in line 93 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filename.rules
>> Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
>> field in line 96 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filename.rules
>> Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
>> field in line 8 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
>> Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
>> field in line 9 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
>> Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
>> field in line 10 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
>> Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
>> field in line 11 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
>> Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
>> field in line 12 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
>> Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
>> field in line 13 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
>> Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
>> field in line 14 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
>> Nov 25 06:16:53 englishmail MailScanner[21763]: Syntax error in first
>> field in line 15 of ruleset /opt/MailScanner/etc/filetype.rules
>>
>> I'm using the rules files exactly as supplied by MailScanner
>> eg
>> allow   text            -                       -
>> allow   script          -                       -
>> allow   archive         -                       -
>> allow   postscript      -                       -
>> deny    self-extract    No self-extracting archives     No
>> self-extracting
>> archives allowed
>> deny    ELF             No executables          No programs allowed
>> deny    executable      No executables          No programs allowed
>> deny    MPEG            No MPEG movies          No MPEG movies allowed
>> deny    AVI             No AVI movies           No AVI movies allowed
>> deny    MNG             No MNG/PNG movies       No MNG movies allowed
>> deny    QuickTime       No QuickTime movies     No QuickTime
>> movies allowed
>> deny    ASF             No Windows media        No Windows media files
>> allowed
>> deny    Registry        No Windows Registry entries     No Windows
>> Registry files allowed
>>
>> Scott Kopel
>> English Department - FSU
>> 850 644 6177
>
> What editor do you use to format the file?
>
>
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Scott Kopel
English Department - FSU
850 644 6177