Ruleset Woe

Anthony Peacock a.peacock at chime.ucl.ac.uk
Tue Oct 16 11:27:47 IST 2007


Hi Martin,


Martin.Hepworth wrote:
> Position matters - same for all lines.
> 
> I've had this fun myself!

Not according to Julian.

See this posting by Jules in the archives:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.mailscanner/39687/match=default



> 

> --
> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
> 
>> -----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
>> CHIME, Royal Free & University College Medical School
>> WWW:    http://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/~rmhiajp/
>> "A CAT scan should take less time than a PET scan.  For a CAT scan,
>>   they're only looking for one thing, whereas a PET scan could result in
>>   a lot of things."    - Carl Princi, 2002/07/19


-- 
Anthony Peacock
CHIME, Royal Free & University College Medical School
WWW:    http://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/~rmhiajp/
"A CAT scan should take less time than a PET scan.  For a CAT scan,
  they're only looking for one thing, whereas a PET scan could result in
  a lot of things."    - Carl Princi, 2002/07/19


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