Suse 8.1 rpm install

[Shane Kelly]

MailScanner 4-11.1 suse rpm
Suse Linux 8.1 
Sendmail 8.12.6
perl 5.8.0
spamassassin not installed.

Notes: Suse was installed from scratch using manual install, minimum config 
with sendmail added after succesful install, as was gcc, binutils,make, patch 
etc.

Instructions from 
http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/install/linux.shtml
were followed.

Mailscanner.conf and reports were edited to suit this site.

Results:
 Syntax error in MailScanner script file (line 67) - two semi-colons missing - 
(add them yourself)
Use chkconfig -s sendmail off to turn off sendmail
Use chkconfig -s MailScanner on to turn on MailScanner
Use chkconfig -l <service-name> to see if <service-name> is on or off.

Hey Presto, one working email exchanger with av scanning.

Optional: comment out all references to SENDMAIL_CLIENT_ARGS in MailScanner 
script, along with any references to $msppid (and the rc-status calls 
immediately after them). This - http://www.sendmail.org/secure-install.html 
will tell why (or why not) you should do this - basically if you do not have 
users 'homed' on this server, then you can do this and it won't break 
anything, (I think!) otherwise leave it standard.


Overall, as a long time user of MailScanner, (4-11.1 replaced 3-12.?) I think 
Julian deserves a medal for his untiring efforts, his good humour 
(MailScanner contains some of the politest error messages I have ever seen!), 
his attention to detail and his responsiveness to user requests.

I have always advocated MailScanner against commercial programs, and with the 
4 series and its configurability, I will continue to advocate its use on any 
occasion that I can.

Thank you, Julian.


Regards,
	Shane Kelly.	
		
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Network Infrastructure Manager
Ayr College
+44 (01292) 265184
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