Mailscanner on Freebsd

[Julian Field]

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BB wrote:

> After the mailscanner install it gives a brief message to make the 
> install complete.
>
> Something like -
>
> make config
>
> Don't recall exactly but you will see it.  It copes all the sample 
> filename extensions to the usable ones.

Ah! Missed that. Ended up doing it by hand which was pretty time-consuming.

>
> On 1/2/06, * Julian Field* <MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk 
> <mailto:MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk>> 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 <http://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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