installing libmilter

[Stephen Swaney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Anders Andersson, IT
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:04 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: OT: installing libmilter
> 
> Hi all pro's  :)
> 
> Could somone shed some light how to do the libmilter installation on
> CentOS.
> I managed to figure out I need the source to build the libmilter
> included in the package
> http://mirror.nsc.liu.se/CentOS/4.2/os/SRPMS/sendmail-8.13.1-2.src.rpm
> before I can do the rest but Im not sure how to actually do the
> libmilter/sendmail rebuild thingy.
> 
> If this is something someone like me should not do pls informa and Ill
> drop it until I actually know what Im doing
> 
> Never even tried to rebuild sendmail since I only use out of the box
> with some changes in sendmail.mc so go easy on a hardcore newbie  :)
> 
> /Anders

You shouldn't need to build libmilter. Just install the sendmail-devel rpm.
Then read /usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.libmilter for the gory details. 

Most milters are fairly easy to install. Some general instructions:

1. Download and unpack the milter source code
2. Configure build and install the milter
3. Install the init script so the milter can start on reboot (some milters
do this automatically).
4. Start and test the milter (look at the mail logs for error)
5. Configure the init script to run at boot
6. Modify your sendmail.mc file to configure sendmail to user the milter.  
   Typically it's just adding a line similar to:

	INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`milter-greylist',
`S=local:/var/milter-greylist/milter-greylist.sock')
7. Use m4 to rebuild your sendmail.cf file from your modified sendmail.mc
file
8. Restart sendmail (don't forget to check the mail log for errors)

Hope this helps,

Steve

Stephen Swaney
Fort Systems Ltd.
stephen.swaney at fsl.com
www.fsl.com

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