RE: [Exim] M4 [Was: W32/Sircam worm]

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Author: Creedon, Ted
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To: 'Jeffrey Goldberg', Suresh Ramasubramanian
CC: exim-users
Subject: RE: [Exim] M4 [Was: W32/Sircam worm]
FYI Todd Brunhoff wrote Imake with M4 - X is still made with it.

Are you sure the average user can cope with M4?

tedc

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Goldberg [mailto:jeffrey+lists@goldmark.org]
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 9:32 PM
To: Suresh Ramasubramanian
Cc: exim-users@???
Subject: [Exim] M4 [Was: W32/Sircam worm]


On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

> +++ Phil Pennock [exim-users] <24/07/01 21:18 +0200>:
> > Nigel, you maintain the filter, don't you? Interested in my M4'ised
> > version, which means that the extensions and text only need to be
> > updated once each, then you run m4 to get the real system filter?
>
> That'd be a great idea - please post it.


Maybe the whole configuration file should be M4'd. After all, what email
admin hasn't used M4 for managing such systems (or am I showing my age?)

Cheers,

-j

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Jeffrey Goldberg
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