Suse 8.1 rpm install

[Shane Kelly]

On Wednesday 15 January 2003 12:12 pm, Julian Field wrote:
> At 11:53 15/01/2003, you wrote:
> >MailScanner 4-11.1 suse rpm
> >Suse Linux 8.1
> >Sendmail 8.12.6
> >perl 5.8.0
> >spamassassin not installed.
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>
> I've already fixed this for the next release :)

Great - many thanks
>
> >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.
>
> Don't
>          chkconfig sendmail off
>          chkconfig MailScanner on
>          chkconfig --list | grep <service-name>
> work as well though?

You are, of course correct - my typing at fault when I used them - i get that 
a lot :-/

>
> >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.
>
> Thanks!

You are welcome.

> >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.
>
> It's a pleasure.
> Have you added a comment to the "guest book" on the web site yet?
Done.

Regards,
	Shane

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