Most wanted FAQ's

Thu Mar 11 20:20:53 GMT 2004

Hi Denis, 

        I've given consideration to all your comments and I appreciate your input.  However, the MAQ must remain relatively short, so I cannot put everything.  The best way to work is to create a FAQ entry, then I'll put a link to it in the MAQ, if appropriate.  See below for my comments.

>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : Denis Beauchemin [mailto:Denis.Beauchemin at USHERBROOKE.CA]
>Envoyé : 11 mars, 2004 14:17
>À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Objet : Re: Most wanted FAQ's
>
>
>Ugo,
>
>In the upgrade section I would add:
>- Make a backup copy of your current MailScanner (Linux):
>  cp -a /etc/MailScanner /etc/MailScanner.$(date +%Y%m%d)
>  cp -a /usr/lib/MailScanner /usr/lib/MailScanner.$(date +%Y%m%d)
>  cp -a /usr/sbin/MailScanner /usr/sbin/MailScanner.$(date +%Y%m%d)
>- Check for errors in your maillog after restarting 
>MailScanner (Linux):
>  tail -f /var/log/maillog | grep MailScanner     or
>  tail -100 /var/log/maillog | grep MailScanner

Added to my tasklist

>
>About customizing SA:
>- I modified a little bit the routine I posted to
>http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/serve/cache/86.html:
>  1- modify /etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf
>  2- copy /etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf into
>~/.spamassassin/user_prefs
>  3- test it with spamassassin --lint
>  4- reload MS if no error

I'll just put a link to your faq entry.

>- Also you should mention the rules files available at
>http://wiki.spamassassin.org/w/CustomRulesets.  They really 
>enhance SA's
>score

I put http://www.exit0.us/index.php/RulesDuJour in the "optimize my setup" part.  Isn't it the same thing?

>- You should also mention why someone should use SA and what
>spam/high-scoring score is recommended

Added to tasklist.

>
>About the optimization:
>- no sync in syslog (change /etc/syslog.conf):
>  #mail.*     /var/log/maillog
>  mail.*      -/var/log/maillog
>then restart syslog: service syslog restart

Added to tasklist.

>- make sure pyzor knows its servers: create /etc/cron.daily/pyzor with:
>  #!/bin/bash
>  pyzor discover
>

I think a faq entry would be necessary for this and razor's update feature.  Not sure if it is really worth putting into a MAQ.

>You should also mention the UTF-8 bug on Linux (mostly RedHat/Fedora)
>and the /etc/sysconfig/i18n file.

Very OS-specific, it is in the faq and if you do a google search you'll get the answer (That's what I did when I set up my first MailScanner server)

>
>Also make sure to mention that having more than one version of Perl on
>the system will mostly get people into trouble.

Hmmm, not sure how to phrase that, though.  I'll see.

>
>Good job!
>
>Denis
>
>Le mer 10/03/2004 à 20:08, Ugo Bellavance a écrit :
>> Hi,
>> 
>>         Here is my first attempt at creating a list of the 
>most asked questions about MailScanner on the list.  As 
>suggested, it could be displayed on the website, and even more 
>importantly, it could be sent to a new user upon subscription, 
>and I'll try to do a weekly e-mail containing these rules and 
>some "highlights of the week". 
>> 
>>         The goal is to make it easy and obvious for new 
>people to have quick answers about MailScanner.  That way, 
>Julian and many other people will have more time to discuss 
>more serious problems, write code, or just have a good time.
>> 
>>  I'd need your help, though.
>> 
>>         What I ask you:
>> 
>> 1- Go to http://www.routier.org/ms.htm and look a the 
>content.  I know it is ugly.  I know the numbering is weird.  
>We'll fix that in time.  I know it is also long, but we'll put 
>an index at the beginning with just the questions.  We'll also 
>try to remove what's not necessary.
>> 
>> 2- Send me your comments to the e-mail address in the 
>footer, or you can go through the list as well, so we can have 
>others react to your opinions.  Especially, I need comments 
>about the order and what could be removed to save space.  You 
>can also suggest what can be kept on the web site, and what 
>can be removed for the weekly/subscription e-mail.
>> 
>> 3- When you are in a discussion that would be a candidate 
>for a "highlight of the week", and you see that I don't 
>participate in it, please send to me a brief explanation of 
>the result of the discussion.  Please don't be shocked if I 
>don't choose your story.  I'll probably be limited in space, 
>since the "most wanted FAQs" will be included in this weekly message.
>> 
>> Why 3 locations?
>> 
>>         By having it on the web site, it will be easier for 
>us to just tell: see the "most wanted faqs" on the web site, 
>than having to go into the faq system, get the url and past 
>it.  People will see them when downloading as well.
>> 
>>         By having an e-mail sent at subscription, we give 
>out some rules and give newcomers means to get quick answers 
>to the most asked questions.  (maybe that is better... MAQ?  
>Most Asked Questions?  Tell me if you have a better name...).
>> 
>>         By having a weekly e-mail, it reminds people of a 
>few rules and the MAQ, and let them know what important stuff 
>they missed.
>> 
>>         Thank you all for your cooperation,
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