ANNOUNCE: Version 4.14 released

[Stephen Swaney]

Find out if any SpamAssassin tools are installed:

    rpm -qa | grep ssassin

Then remove any previously installed SpamAssassin rpms:

    rpm -e spamassassin-2.5X
    rpm -e spamassassin-tools-2.5X
    rpm -e perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-2.5X

Then I'd suggest installing SpamAssassin using the CPAN method (You do
Have the perl CPAN Module installed?). Installing from the rpm has
caused some problems, at least when running SpamAssassin on Redhat 8.0

Installing SpamAssassin
-----------------------

The easiest way to do this is using CPAN.pm, like so:

        perl -MCPAN -e shell                    [as root]
        o conf prerequisites_policy ask
        install Mail::SpamAssassin
        quit

Hope this helps,

If You can't use the cpan module, then the rpms must be installe in a
certian order, namely:

    first:      rpm -ivh perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-2.5X
    second:     rpm -ivh spamassassin-tools-2.5X
    Finally:    rpm -ivh spamassassin-2.5X


Steve
Steve Swaney
Steve at Swaney.com
Phone: 202 352-3262
Fax:     202 352-3262

On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 12:24, Brian May wrote:
> Did you try an uninstall, then an install?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Tan" <danieltan at shopnsave.com.sg>
> To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 1:47 AM
> Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Version 4.14 released
>
>
> sorry for posting OOT to mailscanner...
>
> how do u do a proper install with spam assassin ? i am trying to install the
> latest rpm
>
> the command u asked me to type in still says 2.50
> i tried rpm -i --nodeps spamassassin-2.53-1.8.0.i386.rpm
> and this too - rpm -i --nodeps perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-2.53-1.8.0.i386.rpm
>
> i tried rpm with -U and --force options but still cant get it upgraded
>
> but after i type in your command..it still says 2.50 and even
> spamassassin -V says it is 2.50
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julian Field" <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
> To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 9:27 PMusing
> Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Version 4.14 released
>
>
> At 10:51 08/04/2003, you wrote:
> >the reason why i am ugrading is due to the fact that spamassassin 2.50 has
> >problems with mailscanner...
> >it seems like doing spamassassin --version is still at 2.50...although i
> >have already upgraded....now still to find out why it did not upgrade
>
> But what did
> perl -MMail::SpamAssassin -le 'print $Mail::SpamAssassin::VERSION;'
> say?
> That's checking the version of SpamAssassin you really have installed where
> perl is looking for it, not just some version you happen to have unpacked
> in another directory.
>
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Raymond Dijkxhoorn" <raymond at PROLOCATION.NET>
> >To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 3:49 PM
> >Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Version 4.14 released
> >
> >
> >Hello Daniel,
> >
> > > how do you check the correct version of mailscanner and spam assassin?
> > > just recently i upgraded spam assassin to the latest version to avoid
> >mails
> > > to be stuck due to mailscanner unable to send it out
> > > but i still got the problem yesterday.that's why i need to check whether
> >it
> >
> >For Spam Assasin:
> >
> >[root at master .spamassassin]# spamassassin --version
> >SpamAssassin version 2.53
> >
> >For Mailscanner, it prints the version number also in your maillog when
> >starting up, so have a look there.
> >
> > > hope it helps as the staff are gunning for my head coz their mails
> aren't
> > > sent "on time"
> >
> >Can you be a bit more specific ?
> >
> >Bye,
> >Raymond.
>
> --
> Julian Field
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