What causes this hit?

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Mar 26 12:11:33 GMT 2004


At 12:06 26/03/2004, you wrote:
>Hi Julian, now realise why - because i only did the rpm update of the
>mailscanner rpm for the last couple of releases - when doing this, does
>the MailScanner.conf still get extracted somewhere?

Yes, just run "upgrade_MailScanner_conf" after installing/upgrading.

>because i dont recall seeing the etx that i normally see doing a full
>upgrade? Or maybe best to just run theinstall.sh from now on?

Yes, best to just run my script. This will install any extra Perl modules
that are needed and weren't in your old version.


>thanks a lot
>Pete
>
>
>>>
>>> >
>>
>>
>>Your MailScanner.conf is older than your running version of MailScanner.
>>There is a switch
>>
>># Do you want to allow <Script> tags in email messages? This is a bad idea
>># as these are used to exploit vulnerabilities in email applications and
>># web browsers.
>># Value: yes     => Allow these tags to be in the message
>>#        no      => Ban messages containing these tags
>>#        disarm  => Allow these tags, but stop these tags from working
>>#                   Note: Disarming can be defeated, it is not 100% safe!
>># This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
>>Allow Script Tags = no
>

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