How does upgrade_MailScanner_conf work?

[Peter Bonivart]

Michael Freeman wrote:
> Every time we upgrade to a new version of MailScanner we have to 
> reconfigure MailScanner.conf. A very time consuming task. There is a 
> file called upgrade_MailScanner_conf in /usr/sbin/ but I have never used 
> it.
> 
> When do we run this script? After we upgrade to a new version of 
> MailScanner? Normally we remove the entire installation rpm –e 
> mailscanner then re install the new version. Can somebody enlighten us 
> on the steps necessary to be able to use this script successfully.

Just run it with no options and it will tell you how to use it. 
Basically you tell it to merge your old file with the new file and 
output it to a new file of your liking. It saves a lot of time.

If you use the rpm version you don't need to remove the previous 
packages, they will be updated.

-- 
/Peter Bonivart

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