Safe to upgrade SpamAssassin?

[Chris W. Parker]

Raymond Dijkxhoorn <mailto:raymond at PROLOCATION.NET> wrote:

> > I'm pretty new to MailScanner (I really like it so far) so I'm
> > surveying the list about whether or not I can upgrade SpamAssassin.
> > Currently I'm using SA 2.31, MS 4.20-3, on RH 8. I'd like to
> > upgrade SA to the latest version (2.55). 
> > 
> > Aside from downloading the rpm and installing is there anything
> > else I should do? And is there anything I should look out for?
> 
> You have to install spamassassin via CPAN.
> Install Mail::SpamAssassin
> 
> Dont use the RPM's to avoid trouble.

Ok, I think I can do that. One last bit of clarification though, does it cause a problem that the initial install of SA was done via RPM?


Thanks,
Chris.