Dear Charles Marcus

what kind of discussion are you doing ?. Did you never use linux ?
Well it's free and open source such as assp ; so all the billions 
software taking advantage of free linux ,
cannot sell their software because it run on Linux which is free and 
open source ?!?!?!?...
blah..



> Graziano wrote:
>   
>> Dear Charles Marcus
>>     
>>> Ummm... if your script changes the way ASSP works (enables it to
>>> handle per domain and per user settings for many of the functions)
>>> - then I am at a loss as to how it 'has NOTHING to do with the assp
>>> project'...
>>>       
>
>   
>> There is nothing to change on assp. ASSP already(!) permits to use
>> all filters per domain (yes per domain) with spamlover. It's enough a
>> script which list user domain name, and an enable/disable button. 
>> Enable remove the domain from the spamlover flat file filter (for 
>> example file:helo_spamlover), disable add the @domain to a spamlover
>> flat file. Then per domain, I added a log button near each domain, 
>> which simply execute a tail maillog (for that domain). My scripts
>> are only a way to manage the spamlover flat files for each filter! 
>> So they are really independent from assp, I didn't touch a single
>> line of assp . The most difficult thing was instead to create a
>> script to extract all email from a cpanel server and put them on
>> local file. I was able to create it and it executes about 1000/email
>> each 0.5 sec. It's so fast that I can execute it every 30 minutes,
>> so the local email list is always updated. I decided to not share
>> these scripts also because these will work only on a server managed
>> by Cpanel. (also if the idea could be used with any other linux or
>> windows hosting control panel)
>>     
>
> And here is the problem...
>
> Your script would be USELESS without ASSP. It does not MATTER that your 
> script doesn't actually modify any of the core ASSP code. Without ASSP, 
> what exactly would it do? NOTHING. Yet you take ASSP, and use it, FOR 
> FREE, with FREE SUPPORT, direct from the developer(s) who have been 
> putting their sweat into it for many long hours, days, weeks and months 
> (and even YEARS) - then write what sounds like some really great 'extra' 
> for it, and then have the audacity to come to the support list, ask for 
> help with a problem you are having, and in your response, mention your 
> neat script that does something really cool that might be a basis for 
> adding some excellent functionality to the core ASSP code, but when 
> someone becomes interested in what you have done, you respond that you 
> don't want to share it with others, and instead are thinking of CHARGING 
> for it!
>
> I have no problem with closed source software - but what you are doing 
> is just plain ugly, and completely disrespects Fritz's and everyone 
> else's hard work they have put into ASSP.
>
> Just my .02 clad coins worth...
>
>   


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