{Spam?} Re: Changin MX machine to it's own,
recommendations please...
Rob Morin
rob at thehostmasters.com
Tue Apr 25 18:48:02 IST 2006
Thanks for clearing that up Julian, i feel more comfortable now....
And keep up the good work.... once i get all this working, i assure you
i shall be getting "The BOOK"
Thanks once again...
:)
Rob Morin
Dido InterNet Inc.
Montreal, Canada
Http://www.dido.ca
514-990-4444
Julian Field wrote:
> 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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