restarting MailScanner

Andy Norris andy at TIRESWING.NET
Thu Feb 17 05:40:06 GMT 2005


Sorry to be daft, but keep restarting when I have been restarting, or only
when I touch the MailScanner.conf file? Just wondering if it caches all the
spamassassin rules and whitelist info or not.

Thanks,

Andy

At 02:44 pm 2005-02-16, Mike Kercher wrote:
>Andy Norris wrote:
> > Simple question...
> >
> > When should I restart MailScanner?
> >
> > 1) After adding rules files
> > 2) After editing rules files
> >
> > I've been restarting every time I adjust scores, edit or add a rule,
> > or edit or add a whitelist entry.
> >
> > Just want to make sure I'm not overdoing it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andy
>
>reloading MailScanner will cause it to reread its config files.  Restarting
>should be done when changes are made to the MTA config.
>
>Mike
>
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