restarting MailScanner

Pete Russell pete at ENITECH.COM.AU
Thu Feb 17 07:59:14 GMT 2005


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relaod will refresh all of those things.

Although i probably do restart/reload half and half

Reload for postfix systems does a postfix reload command as well, so no
need to restart for MTA changes either.



Andy Norris wrote:
> 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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