{Spam?} Re: Changin MX machine to it's own,
recommendations please...
Rob Morin
rob at thehostmasters.com
Tue Apr 25 19:31:35 IST 2006
Actually also one more question.... bayse, should i use it? if so i
know there is some cleaning that has to be done.... any
pointers/suggestions?
Thanks...
Rob Morin
Dido InterNet Inc.
Montreal, Canada
Http://www.dido.ca
514-990-4444
Rob Morin wrote:
>
> 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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