mailscanner.cf

[Glenn Steen]

On 27/07/07, Greg Matthews <gmatt at nerc.ac.uk> wrote:
> I've just found a problem with the symbolic link
> /etc/mail/spamassassin/mailscanner.cf
>
> The problem is that the .cf files are parsed in alphabetical order so if
> you set a score in mailscanner.cf it may get reset by subsequent .cf
> files. This is not merely academic, I stumbled on this whilst trying to
> adjust the scores in pdfinfo.cf used by a lot of people recently to help
> with the pdf attachment spam. The "correct" way to do this is to use a
> line like:
>
> score GMD_PDF_ENCRYPTED 1.0
>
> in /etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf which is linked to by
> /etc/mail/spamassassin/mailscanner.cf
>
> The workaround was to rename the symbolic link zz-mailscanner.cf but
> this will not survive an upgrade (presumably).
>
> Any chance this link could be renamed permanently? Or suggest a
> different solution?
>
> GREG
As you say Greg, this is indeed a limitation of the SA "config
system"... And a small interference with the MS installer.
What I'd do would be to have the zz-mailscanner.cf link point to
mailscanner.cf ... Should work without too much problem (a slight
inefficiency, but you should be able to live with that;-)

Cheers
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-- Glenn
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