mailscanner.cf

[DAve]

Julian Field wrote:
> 
> 
> Greg Matthews wrote:
>> Kai Schaetzl wrote:
>>> Greg Matthews wrote on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:32:40 +0100:
>>>
>>>> Any chance this link could be renamed permanently? Or suggest a 
>>>> different solution?
>>>
>>> The correct solution is to use your own scores and rules files and 
>>> only edit pre-existing values in mailscanner.cf. Do not *add* any 
>>> custom stuff here.
>>
>> forgive me if I'm wrong but I am under the impression that there are 
>> already score adjustments in this file as shipped with MailScanner... 
>> bogus-virus-warnings for instance, I myself already have slightly 
>> customised Bayes scores. Having custom score adjustments in different 
>> places is daft and more work to maintain. Why not rename the file as 
>> suggested and then all customisations will be read after other rulesets.
>>
>> Glen's suggestion to create a second link would certainly work and 
>> survive an upgrade but it is... inelegant, resulting in the custom .cf 
>> file getting read twice. At the moment its probably the best solution 
>> unless Jules renames the link.
> Would anyone object to me renaming it to zzzMailScanner.cf ?

We already have a last used cf file that all our local rules go into so 
they override SA and MS scoring. That is also the only file we edit 
except to remove unneeded plugins in the *.pre files.

I guess I could name our file zzzzzzz_really_last.cf.

DAve

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