"include path-to-conf-files" in 4.78.9

[Mike Wallace]

Jules,

Thanks, I'm glad you liked my suggestion.

I didn't expect any updates until next week when you got back to the UK.

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Mike

On Aug 26, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Jules Field wrote:

>
>
> On 25/08/2009 18:36, Mike Wallace wrote:
>> Jules,
>>
>> I hope you are enjoying or enjoyed (based on when you read this)  
>> your well deserved vacation in the States.
> "Enjoying" thanks :-)
>>
>> I have been playing with "include path-to-conf-files" in 4.78.9 and  
>> found a couple of limitations that I want to verify.
>>
>> It seems that the following parameters are ignored when in the  
>> include file:
>>
>> %org-name% =
>> %org-long-name% =
>> %web-site% =
>> Run As User =
>> Run As Group =
>> MTA =
>>
>> Is this by design or a "feature"? Are their other parameters that  
>> can't be in the include file?
> Fixed.
>>
>> The reason I ask is that I am trying to put all of my site specific  
>> configuration changes in the include file so that the only thing I  
>> have to do to MailScanner.conf is add "include /etc/MailScanner/ 
>> config/mysite.conf".
>>
>> It would be awesome if you had "include /etc/MailScanner/config/ 
>> *.conf" in MailScanner.conf.  Then if the directory or and/or any  
>> files in that directory did not exist, they would be ignored. That  
>> way those who don't want to use it can edit the configuration file  
>> like they always have.
> Done. I've called it "/conf.d/" instead of your "/config/" as that  
> is more standard these days.
> There should be a little README file in that directory so it has  
> something short to parse so the include line at the very end of  
> MailScanner.conf won't whine that it couldn't find any files  
> matching conf.d/*.
>
> I have just released 4.78.10 for your pleasure :-)
>
> Jules
>
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