Mailscanner on Freebsd

Lance Haig lhaig at HAIGMAIL.COM
Mon Jan 2 18:58:40 GMT 2006


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Will do sir :-)

I will try as soon as I can find a spare machine. ( need to test it 
before I go live)

Ta

Lance

Julian Field wrote:
> Need to install Mail::SPF::Query
>
> Install the following:
> make install name=clamav
> make install name=p5-Mail-ClamAV
> make install name=p5-DBI
> make install name=p5-Net-Ident
>
> You need to make all the queue directories by hand and rename all the 
> silly .sample files freebsd seems to use, which just makes life harder 
> for you.
>
> Start by getting the modules installed.
> /usr/local/libexec/MailScanner/MailScanner -v
> shoulud produce everything installed except Mail::ClamAV, Net::LDAP 
> and SAVI, they aren't needed.
> Then hunt /usr/local for every ".sample" file and rename them so they 
> don't end in that.
> mkdir -p /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming
> mkdir /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine
>
> That should be enough to get you started.
>
> If you could document what you do and add it to the wiki at 
> wiki.mailscanner.info that would be *REALLY* helpful for other people.
>
>
> Lance Haig wrote:
>
>> Hi Julian,
>>
>> I have just looked on their website and it says 6 is a production 
>> release.
>>
>> Does that mean it is unstable?
>>
>> Where can I find the documentation for installing MS on Freebsd.
>>
>> I have seen the document on 
>> http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/*mailscanner*/FreeBSD.html
>>
>> Are there other documents ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Lance
>>
>> Julian Field wrote:
>>
>>> Use the "port".
>>> cd /usr/ports
>>> make install name=mailscanner
>>>
>>> Once you've done all that, I've got a little list of things you have 
>>> to do extra, as I've just done this myself.
>>> I hope you're not using this in production, freebsd 6 isn't finished 
>>> yet!
>>>
>>> Lance Haig wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am looking at installing MS on a freebsd 6 system.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone done this before?
>>>> How does it compare with Suse or Redhat with regards to management.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Lance
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