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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I've given this some consideration and one of the problems with cat'ing the files together is timing.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I don't know when exactly to do it so that when MS is started it gets the most recent versions.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>If I cat the files together every x minutes, I could miss out on just under x minutes worth of updates when MS restarts.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>The beauty of the Include parameter is that when MS restarts it grabs the latest versions, whether it was restarted via the operator, the cron entry or the automatic restart.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hope I've made my case for the Include feature but if not will start cat'ing.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Derek Winkler</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Security Administrator </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Algorithmics Inc., Toronto </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Tel: (416) 217-4107 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Fax: (416) 971-6263 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>www.algorithmics.com </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Julian Field [<A HREF="mailto:mailscanner@ecs.soton.ac.uk">mailto:mailscanner@ecs.soton.ac.uk</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:33 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: MAILSCANNER@jiscmail.ac.uk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Feature Request - Include: <file></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>All you need to do is just regularly "cat" the separate files together and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>then "reload" MailScanner so that it reads the new whitelist file. Then all</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the edits will be happening to other files, and you could even syntax-check</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>them as you cat them together.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>At 15:04 11/12/2002, you wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>>I've created a process whereby a user can fill out a form and get a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>specific from and to email added to the whitelist.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Works great, I don't have to do administration for requests like "My</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>wife's email is marked as spam."</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>BUT...</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>My script is having to edit the spam.whitelist.rules file itself.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>It would be great if rules files supported an Include: <some other file></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>directive so that you could have one file for individual user whitelist</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>rules, one for each department, each could have different permissions...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>That way I wouldn't have to worry as much about my script corrupting the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>main spam.whitelist.rules</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Thanks for the great work,</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Derek Winkler</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Security Administrator</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Algorithmics Inc., Toronto</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Tel: (416) 217-4107</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Fax: (416) 971-6263</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>www.algorithmics.com</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>--</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Julian Field</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>www.MailScanner.info</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support</FONT>
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