NAME¶
Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::Parser - parse SpamAssassin configuration
SYNOPSIS¶
(see Mail::SpamAssassin)
DESCRIPTION¶
Mail::SpamAssassin is a module to identify spam using text analysis and several
internet-based realtime blacklists.
This class is used internally by SpamAssassin to parse its configuration files.
Please refer to the "Mail::SpamAssassin" documentation for public
interfaces.
STRUCTURE OF A CONFIG BLOCK¶
This is the structure of a config-setting block. Each is a hashref which may
contain these keys:
- setting
- the name of the setting it modifies, e.g. "required_score". this
also doubles as the default for 'command' (below). THIS IS REQUIRED.
- command
- The command string used in the config file for this setting. Optional;
'setting' will be used for the command if this is omitted.
- aliases
- An [aryref] of other aliases for the same command. optional.
- type
- The type of this setting:
- $CONF_TYPE_NOARGS: must not have any argument, like "clear_headers"
- $CONF_TYPE_STRING: string
- $CONF_TYPE_NUMERIC: numeric value (float or int)
- $CONF_TYPE_BOOL: boolean (0/no or 1/yes)
- $CONF_TYPE_TEMPLATE: template, like "report"
- $CONF_TYPE_ADDRLIST: list of mail addresses, like "whitelist_from"
- $CONF_TYPE_HASH_KEY_VALUE: hash key/value pair, like "describe" or tflags
- $CONF_TYPE_STRINGLIST list of strings, stored as an array
- $CONF_TYPE_IPADDRLIST list of IP addresses, stored as an array of SA::NetSet
- $CONF_TYPE_DURATION a nonnegative time interval in seconds - a numeric value
(float or int), optionally suffixed by a time unit (s, m,
h, d, w), seconds are implied if unit is missing
If this is set, and a 'code' block does not already exist, a 'code' block is
assigned based on the type.
In addition, the SpamAssassin test suite will validate that the settings do
not 'leak' between users.
Note that $CONF_TYPE_HASH_KEY_VALUE-type settings require that the value be
non-empty, otherwise they'll produce a warning message.
- code
- A subroutine to deal with the setting. ONE OF code OR type
IS REQUIRED. The arguments passed to the function are "($self, $key,
$value, $line)", where $key is the setting (*not* the command),
$value is the value string, and $line is the entire line.
There are two special return values that the code subroutine may
return to signal that there is an error in the configuration:
$Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::MISSING_REQUIRED_VALUE -- this setting requires
that a value be set, but one was not provided.
$Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::INVALID_VALUE -- this setting requires a value
from a set of 'valid' values, but the user provided an invalid one.
$Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::INVALID_HEADER_FIELD_NAME -- this setting
requires a syntactically valid header field name, but the user provided an
invalid one.
Any other values -- including "undef" -- returned from the
subroutine are considered to mean 'success'.
It is good practice to set a 'type', if possible, describing how your
settings are stored on the Conf object; this allows the SpamAssassin test
suite to validate that the settings do not 'leak' between users.
- default
- The default value for the setting. may be omitted if the default value is
a non-scalar type, which should be set in the Conf ctor. note for path
types: using "__userstate__" is recommended for defaults, as it
allows Mail::SpamAssassin module users who set that configuration setting,
to receive the correct values.
- is_priv
- Set to 1 if this setting requires 'allow_user_rules' when run from
spamd.
- is_admin
- Set to 1 if this setting can only be set in the system-wide config when
run from spamd. (All settings can be used by local programs run directly
by the user.)
- is_frequent
- Set to 1 if this value occurs frequently in the config. this means it's
looked up first for speed.