[Bug 4442] Lint should warn if user rules found and allow_user_rules not set

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http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4442





------- Additional Comments From spamassassin@dostech.ca  2005-09-20 21:00 -------
Well, user rules are always allowed when 'spamassassin' is run so a --lint
message would have to say "if you plan on using spamd your user rules won't be
used".

On the other hand, spamd when called with -Dconfig, will tell you it's not
parsing each of your user rules.

So... do we really want to nag people using 'spamassassin' about their user rules?



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Re: [Bug 4442] Lint should warn if user rules found and allow_user_rules not set

[Loren Wilton <lw...@earthlink.net>]

> Well, user rules are always allowed when 'spamassassin' is run so a --lint
> message would have to say "if you plan on using spamd your user rules
won't be
> used".
>
> On the other hand, spamd when called with -Dconfig, will tell you it's not
> parsing each of your user rules.
>
> So... do we really want to nag people using 'spamassassin' about their
user rules?

IMO, assuming SA has read local.cf or the equivalent (which I assume to be
the case even when run as "spamassassin --lint"), SA should remember if
allow_user_rules exists in that file, even if it overrides the value for
current processing.

If sa then discovers
    if (lint && !had_allow_user_rules && user_rule_file_exists) warn "This
ain't gonna work..";

Or something along those lines.