Ruleset Woe

[Martin.Hepworth]

Position matters - same for all lines.

I've had this fun myself!

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Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Anthony Peacock
> Sent: 16 October 2007 11:10
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: Ruleset Woe
>
> Hi,
>
> Martin.Hepworth wrote:
> > Paul
> >
> > The default line needs to go last.
> >
> > MS works through the rulesets till it find a hit then stops.
> >
> > If it finds a default line first if will never evaluate any rule after
> that.
>
> Actually, I don't think this is true for the default line.  It is true
> for all the others, but I think the default line is treated as a special
> case, and its position does not matter.
>
> --
> Anthony Peacock
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