http proxy:suggestion

[Rick Cooper]

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
 > [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On 
 > Behalf Of Glenn Steen
 > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:24 PM
 > To: MailScanner discussion
 > Subject: Re: http proxy:suggestion
 > 
 > On 26/02/2008, Rick Cooper <rcooper at dwford.com> wrote:
 > >
 > >
 > >   > -----Original Message-----
 > >   > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
 > >   > [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On
 > >
 > >  > Behalf Of Glenn Steen
 > >   > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:45 AM
 > >   > To: MailScanner discussion
 > >
[...]
 > >
 > I'm with you all the way Rick, no argument. My sh -c ... thingie
 > pertains to use in a crontab, to be just that ... upgrade friendly;-)
 > If the cron version you use don't support setting environment, then
 > call a shell explicitly that does... oldest "trick" (and very
 > basic/simple) in the book:-).
 > So there really is no argument from me.
 > I to have a vague recollection (and am too lazy to look through the
 > thread:-) of someone mentioning debian.... well, if James does the
 > repo thing to ... freshen... things in that department, he can do the
 > similar thing for that packaging that Jules would do for the 
 > sysconfig
 > thing (and J-P for the FBSD port ... :-)... And Peter for the
 > blastwave ...:D
 > 

I was under the impression that MS wrote the cron entries, but I guess that
would work anyway if he just added the prepend. I guess the whole question
just doesn't seem to me a MailScanner item. If MS cannot access the web what
other issues are likely to occur with other software now/down the road. This
issue just seem to be a SysOp (does any one use that term any more?) issue
not a MS issue.

Rick


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