Request for comments 3

UxBoD uxbod at splatnix.net
Sun Jul 22 17:13:29 IST 2007


depends on how many rules people create Jules.  If a lot then you may hit a limit within MailScanner.conf for a single line to parse.  DBM or SQLquery would be great for this ;) (hint,hint)

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From: "Julian Field" <MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
To: "MailScanner discussion" <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
Sent: 22 July 2007 17:06:11 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London
Subject: Re: Request for comments 3

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Alex Broens wrote:
> On 7/22/2007 5:13 PM, Julian Field wrote:
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>> How about this instead?
>>
>> SpamAssassin Rule Actions = rulename=>action, rulename=>action, ....
>>
>> the "rulename"s are the names of individual SpamAssassin rules, and 
>> the "action"s are list those in "Spam Actions". To specify multiple 
>> actions for a rule, you specify the rulename several times, with one 
>> action for each. Expressions with SpamAssassin rules are done with 
>> SpamAssassin meta-rules. If the rule hits, the action is taken.
>
> Yeah. sounds real nice!
>
>> I'll write a few examples of meta-rules so you can see how to write 
>> them in spam.assassin.rules.conf or wherever they need to go. Mr 
>> Kettler, can you correct me on this please?
>
> may I suggest the name:
>
> sa.actions.rules.conf?
Why would it need a conf file of its own? I see it just as a 
(potentially quite long) list of rulenames and actions to take.
Or are you thinking of a conf file that looks like
rulename   list-of-actions
rulename   list-of-actions
....
I'm not in favour of a separate conf file, it looks a bit over the top.

>
> so is not mistaken with pure SA rules.
>
>> Does this sound more useful than the previous suggestions?
>
> I see this as the "gateway-procmail" - very powerful
>
> thanks
>
> Alex
>

Jules

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