Sendmail & SpamAssassin at startup

[Ugo Bellavance]

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Andy Norris wrote:
> Okay... I have installed the latest version of MailScanner and SpamAssassin
> 3.0.1.
>
> My question...
>
> the spamassassin service should not run on its own (no service spamassassin
> start)...
>
> In the MailScanner book, the instruction is to turn sendmail off (don't
> start) at startup...
>
> Should the same thing be done for spamassassin?
>
> I do chkconfig --list spamassassin and I get:
>
> spamassassin  0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:on  5:on  6:off
>
> Which should I turn off for a reboot to put the machine in the state I want
> it to be with regards to MailScanner, SpamAssassin, and SendMail?
>
> Thank you for your help and patience,

If you can afford it, you should always reboot at least once with your
config, because your system will eventually reboot.

While up, you can use the command "service x stop" to stop service x, or
use the scripts in /etc/init.d/

>
> Andy Norris
>
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