spam action rulesets 2nd - sendmail 8.13 problems

[S.Kelly]

Hi,
On Friday 09 July 2004 17:35, Eric Jacobs wrote:
> >         If this is your problem there are two ways (that I
> > know) of to fix it.
> >         1. Preferred method - recompile sendmail with the
> > above switch and
> > re-install.
> >         2. Short term fix - change the locking method used by
> > MailScanner in the
> > MailScanner.conf file (from FLOCK to POSIX from memory) and restart
> > mailscanner.

>
> So I've applied "Short term fix" and will re-compile later. My question is
> why
> Is the recompilation the preferred method?
>
> Eric Jacobs
> Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc

        Sorry, i should have said 'My preferred fix ...'.
        The sendmail people raise a question about Flock in Linux, but it appears
from my reading, that the problem is with flocks and NFS,   - so if you are
using nfs for any part of your mail service that sendmail interacts with, I
would advise caution. I don't use NFS, hence the preferred method for me is
re-compilation.

Hope this helps.

Reghards,
        Shane Kelly
        Network Manager
        Ayr College

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