Thank you Sam!  I'm downloading version 4.0.2 now and will install 
forthwith!

I ended up making a cron job to delete those nested _none directories 
each night, which was working out.  This of course is better.

~ Bob Alanis


Sam Clippinger wrote:
> Definitely a bug in 4.0.1.  Definitely due to a boneheaded mistake.
>
> In 4.0.1, I added some code to specially handle the case of converting a 
> graylist file named "_none" from the 3.x graylist directory structure to 
> the 4.0 directory structure.  It works like this:
>     Check for the existence of 
> graylistdir/recipientdomain/recipientusername/_none
>     If found, rename it to 
> graylistdir/recipientdomain/recipientusername/___none
>     Create a new directory named 
> graylistdir/recipientdomain/recipientusername/_none
>     Move and rename ___none to 
> graylistdir/recipientdomain/recipientusername/_none/_none
> The bug is in the first step.  It never checks to see if "_none" is a 
> file or a directory.  Renaming and moving works on both types of 
> entries, so you will eventually end up with a very deep directory 
> structure (the maximum depth is determined by the filesystem).
>
> Unfortunately, adding "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" to your sender blacklist won't 
> work; that entry will only block that literal address, not blank 
> senders.  spamdyke only substitutes "_none" for a blank sender address 
> while the graylist filter is running.  spamdyke doesn't currently 
> provide a way to blacklist empty senders.
>
> I've fixed this bug in the code and I'm running the test scripts now.  
> As soon as they finish successfully (they typically take about 90 
> minutes to run), I'll release version 4.0.2.
>
> -- Sam Clippinger
>
>   

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