Changin MX machine to it's own, recommendations please...

Tue Apr 25 15:20:19 IST 2006

My recommended route that the "other" distribution takes is to  
install it into /opt/MailScanner-<version number>/
So you get the new version set up (there is a  
"upgrade_MailScanner_conf" and also a "upgrade_languages_conf" tools  
that do all the hard work for you), you can just switch over by  
moving a softlink /opt/MailScanner from the old version to the new  
version.

So say you have
/opt/MailScanner-4.52.2/
and
ln -s MailScanner-4.52.2 /opt/MailScanner

then you install the new version into /opt/MailScanner-4.54.1/
and then
rm -f /opt/MailScanner
ln -s MailScanner-4.54.1 /opt/MailScanner

Then just stop and start MailScanner and it will start up the new  
one. Keep your old ones installed until you decide to do any  
housekeeping, there's no harm in leaving the old versions installed.

To install it, unpack the tar.gz file and cd into it and ./install.sh.

On 25 Apr 2006, at 15:08, Rob Morin wrote:

> So for updates to this package , i simply re-install over or is  
> there another way? say the next update/ version comes out of MS  
> 4.54 say, so i download the same install package?
>
> Martin Hepworth wrote:
>> Rob
>>
>> Look for the solaris/BSD/other unix one..
>>
>> Latest stable is at..
>>
>> http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/files/4/tar/MailScanner- 
>> install-4
>> .52.2-1.tar.gz
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Martin Hepworth Snr Systems Administrator
>> Solid State Logic
>> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info  
>>> [mailto:mailscanner-
>>> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Rob Morin
>>> Sent: 25 April 2006 14:55
>>> To: MailScanner discussion
>>> Subject: Re: Changin MX machine to it's own, recommendations  
>>> please...
>>>
>>> Ok so i have the new virgin machine up and running, now i want to
>>> install Mailscanner.... but on the downloads section i only find  
>>> debian
>>> packages and other packages for other OSs, but no tarball or  
>>> source? Am
>>> i missing something???
>>>
>>> I see the tarball to install SA & Clam(i figure i would do that by
>>> apt-get) but i wanted to make sure i can keep up with changes of MS
>>> itself... if i do Debian package, i will have to wait a month or  
>>> so or
>>> longer between updates, right? Not apt-get but downloading the  
>>> actual
>>> package...
>>>
>>> What happend to the source install?
>>> What should i do?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Have a great day!
>>>
>>> Rob Morin
>>> Dido InterNet Inc.
>>> Montreal, Canada
>>> Http://www.dido.ca
>>> 514-990-4444
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Martin Hepworth wrote:
>>>
>>>> Rob
>>>>
>>>> As for the apt or source - depends on how often you want to
>>>>
>>> update....the
>>>
>>>> apt's can be a little behind a the monthly source updates..if  
>>>> you're
>>>>
>>> happy
>>>
>>>> with apt for everything - esp moving to unstable then it's prob  
>>>> to stick
>>>> with that.
>>>>
>>>> For the machine itself - make sure you've got at least 1GB per  
>>>> CPU (that
>>>> includes HT as two CPUs etc).
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Martin Hepworth
>>>> Snr Systems Administrator
>>>> Solid State Logic
>>>> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info  
>>>>> [mailto:mailscanner-
>>>>> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Rob Morin
>>>>> Sent: 18 April 2006 20:51
>>>>> To: MailScanner discussion
>>>>> Subject: Changin MX machine to it's own, recommendations please...
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello....
>>>>>
>>>>> I will be creating an MX(mailscanner Machine) all on its own   
>>>>> to crunch
>>>>> away all those bad little emails... as the current MS is taking  
>>>>> too
>>>>>
>>> much
>>>
>>>>> resources on my other machine....
>>>>>
>>>>> So the question is, aside form OS which will be Debian and the
>>>>> hardware....
>>>>>
>>>>> What setup should i do with respect to install MS and associated
>>>>>
>>> apps...
>>>
>>>>> Apt-get or  source/compile/install...
>>>>>
>>>>> any other important things is should check out or know?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks too all..
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob Morin
>>>>> Dido InterNet Inc.
>>>>> Montreal, Canada
>>>>> Http://www.dido.ca
>>>>> 514-990-4444
>>>>>
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