Re: [AMaViS-user] SA v3xx.pre files question

On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 04:02:16PM -0500, Doug Lochart wrote:
> I am a complete noob on this stuff so please be patient.
>
> (amavis/sa) are being used as part of Zimbra
>
> It seems to me that the files named v310.pre, v312.pre etc contain
> configuration that needs to be loaded before everything else starts am
> I right? I customized the v310.pre file (following instructions) to
> load the Razor2 and Pyzor plugins. I upgraded Zimbra and I see a
> v312.pre file. I also see an init.pre file in which I think I loaded
> the SPF plugin. So I upgrade Zimbra again and I see that the SA
> configuration has a v320.pre file.
>
> Am I correct in thinking that these v3xx files correspond to a
> particular version?
> Am I to assume that only the v3xx.pre corresponding to the current
> version is execute and the others are ignored?
> What/When is init.pre executed and couls someone elaborate on how it
> fits in with the v3xx files. Couldn't I simply put all my plugins in
> init.pre?

  This is really a SpamAssassin issue, not an amavisd issue per se.

  The reason for all the different .pre files is to facilitate the SA people rolling out new plugins/features without trashing people's existing settings. SA will load all of the things in all of the .pre files up through the current version, in succession.

  Thus if you edit something in the v312.pre or init.pre, and SA 3.20 comes out and requires new preloads, it will have a default v320.pre instead of trashing your init.pre or v312.pre, but it will still load your customizations. Does that make sense?  

• Clifton

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