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Re: [milter-greylist] Access-lists in milter-greylist

2004-11-12 by manu@netbsd.org

Dan Hollis <goemon@...> wrote:

> > I'd like to hear Dan Hollis opinion (it's his setup, after all)
> 
> IMO syntax should be kept as simple as possible.
> 
> Complex multi-level ACL with curly braces should be avoided if you can
> achieve the same effect clearer and easier with simple syntax as above.
> 
> 1) it's easier for automation (i have scripts rebuilding greylist rules
> for several thousand users on our ISP). current ACLs can be built with
> simple shell script. with multilevel ACL this becomes much more 
> cumbersome.
> 2) it's easier for users to write, and to read.
> 3) it's easier to parse -> less bugs

I assume that this means you agree with Remy's proposal?

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