Do I need both server and client whitelists?
The server whitelist file used explicitly by dbclean and implicitly by dccd is not very useful and probably a bad idea. The client whitelist files used by dccproc, dccm, and dccifd are generally required. Client whitelists apply only to the stream of mail handled by the DCC client, while server whitelists apply to reports of mail from all DCC clients of the DCC server. Dccproc is intended for use by individual users with programs such as procmail. Because the global whiteclnt file usually found in the DCC home directory is as likely to be used as a private file, the file name must be explicitly specified with dccproc -w whiteclnt. A perhaps inconvenient implication is programs such as SpamAssassin that switch unpredictably between dccproc and dccifd might get inconsistent results unless they invoke dccproc with the global whiteclnt file.
The server /var/dcc/whitelist file used explicitly by dbclean and implicitly by dccd is not very useful. The /var/dcc/whiteclnt client whitelist file used by dccproc, dccm, and dccifd are generally required. Client whitelists apply only to the stream of mail handled by the DCC client, while server whitelists apply to reports of mail from all DCC clients of the DCC server. Dccproc is intended for use by individual users with programs such as procmail. Because the global whiteclnt file usually found in the DCC home directory is as likely to be used as a private file, the file name must be explicitly specified with dccproc -w whiteclnt. A perhaps inconvenient implication is programs such as SpamAssassin that switch unpredictably between dccproc and dccifd might get inconsistent results unless they invoke dccproc with the global whiteclnt file.
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