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

2004-11-15 by Dan Hollis

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 manu@... wrote:
> 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?

I guess so, if there is a choice then I choose NO to heirarchical config 
with curly braces.

-Dan

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