MailScanner v5?

[Martin Hepworth]

yeah I'd keep all dir/filenames lowercase myself...

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Martin Hepworth, CISSP
Oxford, UK

On 28 January 2016 at 08:15, Jerry Benton <jerry.benton at mailborder.com>
wrote:

> I also want to know what people think about ditching “MailScanner” for
> “mailscanner"
>
> -
> Jerry Benton
> www.mailborder.com
>
>
>
> > On Jan 28, 2016, at 3:08 AM, Jerry Benton <jerry.benton at mailborder.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, I am looking at the structure of MailScanner, and it just is not
> fun. For example, take the executable update_virus_scanners . For someone
> that doesn’t really know MailScanner, what program does that file belong
> to? This relates to my effort to restructure based on FHS. I am also trying
> to make sure everything is consistent across every distro.
> >
> > So, the big things I have done for 4.86.1:
> >
> > - moved directories to FHS
> > - changing config files to be consistent (/etc/default/mailscanner =>
> /etc/default/MailScanner on Debian for example)
> > - changed a lot of the code so that the Debian code follows the same
> logic and format of the RHEL code
> >
> >
> > So, what I want to do now is create a common executable structure. For
> example:
> >
> > update_virus_scanners =>              ms-vs-update
> > update_spamassassin =>                ms-sa-update
> > update_phishing_sites =>              ms-pss-update
> > update_bad_phishing_sites =>  ms-pbs-update
> > Quick.Peek =>                         ms-peek
> >
> > Or something similar. You get the idea. I also want to move things like
> this:
> >
> > /etc/sysconfig/update_spamassassin
> >
> > into the the main
> >
> > /etc/sysconfig/MailScanner and /etc/default/MailScanner
> >
> > Hell, I forgot there was even a /etc/sysconfig/update_spamassassin and I
> am on the development team.
> >
> > In short, I want to make MailScanner consistent and much simpler to
> manage and operate.
> >
> >
> > Comments?
> >
> > PS - If your comment is not constructive and follows the general theme
> of “you’re stupid, Jerry”, please feel free to not comment.
> >
> >
> > -
> > Jerry Benton
> > www.mailborder.com
> >
> >
> >
>
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