couple quick questions on Mailscanner...

[Peter Bonivart]

Jason Williams wrote:
> Apr 27 09:12:33 mailmg MailScanner[170]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
> version 4.29.7 starting...
> Apr 27 09:12:33 mailmg MailScanner[170]: Could not read Custom Functions
> directory
>
> Second line is where im confused...have not seen that before. Im guessing,
> new change in 4.27-7?

The custom functions can be in their own directory now. Look for this
line in MailScanner.conf and make sure that directory exists.

Custom Functions Dir = /opt/MailScanner/lib/MailScanner/CustomFunctions

> Second question. This server has two 1ghz CPU's in it.
> Is it safe to set the Max Children = 10   in Mailscanner.conf? Being as
> this box has 2 cpus, I thought this would be alright...

You should be OK with that since you have plenty of memory.

> Lastly, quick question on spamassassin:
>
> I cannot seem to recall on where to put custom .cf files for spamassassin
> to read? For instance, I have a few rules I downloaded from the
> spamassassin emporium site, that I would like to use, but I can't seem to
> recall on where to put them.

I have mine (BigEvil, Drugs) in /etc/mail/spamassassin/. They get picked
up with no config changes. I have also created my own cf-file where I
put custom rules and changes to SA that is not in
spam.assassin.prefs.conf, makes it easier with upgrades.

--
/Peter Bonivart

--Unix lovers do it in the Sun

Sun Fire V210, Solaris 9, Sendmail 8.12.10, MailScanner 4.29.7,
SpamAssassin 2.63 + DCC 1.2.39, ClamAV 0.70 + GMP 4.1.2, Vispan 1.3

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