-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:20:16 +0200 > Von: Julien Valroff <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [Dspam-devel] DSPAM preferences
> Le mercredi 22 juillet 2009 à 16:31 +0200, Steve a écrit : > > > I think this is quite complicated, don't you think? > > > > > To be honest? No. I don't think it is complicated. I have memorized it > > by thinking: What would be the logical approach to set preferences? > > > > And that helped me. To me it is logical to use the preference > > extension on storage engines where this is supported. Should > > preference extension not be enabled or available then it's logical to > > me to go with the default preferences and as a last exit use > > dspam.conf if everything fails. > > > Yes, you are right it is logical, when you are working on DSPAM > development ;) I am not sure a sysadmin can always remember such things, > especially for an anti-spam filter, which you usually set up and > configure once, and then forget about it as long as it works as expected > (until you have to change something... and that's precisely when > "problems" can happen) > > > > I guess one way to fix default preferences should be enough, as at > > the > > > end, > > > > > I look it from that perspective that: > > > > 1) Normal DSPAM: > > 1.1) default.prefs is the place to add preferences > > 1.2) dspam.conf is the place to add preferences if default.prefs is > > not available > > > > 2) DSPAM with the preference extension: > > 2.1) Users preferences in the preference extension is the first place > > to add preferences > > 2.2) Should there be no user preferences, go and check default (uid 0) > > 2.3) Should default fail do the same as with normal DSPAM (1.1 then > > 1.2) > > > That is something very clear which could be included in the > documentation. > > > > after some time, you might forget how things work if you want to > > change > > > something (it happened to me with DSPAM some time ago, and thought > > they > > > had > > > to bet set in dspam.conf...) I simplified this by removing > > default.prefs. > > > > > You forgot how DSPAM works and then you removed a file without knowing > > the impact of that action? That kind of things can happen all the > > time. No matter how simple something is or how well it is documented. > > > Actually, I wanted to set default preferences, and first edited > dspam.conf and noticed these new preferences weren't taken into account. > Then I reminded of this default.prefs file which I decided to simply > remove to avoid any problem in the future (it might simply be my way of > thinking, but the first thing I look for when I want to configure > something is always the main configuration file). > > > > > It should at least be better documented in README which lacks the > > kind of > > > details you have given in your first answer. > > > It should answer the following questions: > > > - how default preferences are set > > > - how user's preferences are set > > > - in which priorities are the preferences applied > > > > > Feel free to update the documentation and send it here to the ML. I am > > sure your work on the documentation as a native speaking English > > person will be much appreciated by the others from the DSPAM > > community. > > I am unfortunately not a native speaker, and I fear I am not able to > write a whole part of documentation. However, I might give it a try to > start the discussion so that other people can complete/correct/comment > it. I won't be able to do it now, but I think I can do this during > August, if someone can try and being earlier, I'd be happy to help > after! > Other languages are welcome too. You could register at SF for the Wiki and start working there. > Cheers, > Julien > Steve > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Dspam-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspam-devel -- Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox 3 - sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atbrowser ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Dspam-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspam-devel
