How to add wildcards to Linux Malware Detect ignore_paths

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Published on 2014-08-24T09:43:33Z Indexed on 2014/08/24 10:21 UTC
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I am using Linux Malware Detect to scan and report on malware, but on a daily basis I receive alerts for malware in users emails (mainly spam folder). I do not want alerts for this, the spam folders are cleaned often, and the users may clean it also.

I tried adding wildcards into /usr/local/maldetect/ignore_paths as follows but they are not ignored:

/home/*/homes/*/Maildir
/home/?/homes/?/Maildir

Does anyone know how to exclude folders using wildcards, as it would not be practical to add the full path of every users mail directory.

Thanks

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