sa-update and restarting MailScanner?

[Martin Hepworth]

Logan Shaw wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
> 
> Is it necessary to restart MailScanner after I run sa-update
> (which updates SpamAssassin rules) in order for MailScanner
> to start using the updated rules?
> 
> MailScanner is using the SpamAssassin Perl modules directly,
> so that makes me think so.
> 
> On the other hand, I have
> 
>     Restart Every = 7200
> 
> in MailScanner.conf, so maybe that's sufficient.  I'm not really
> sure what "Restart Every" actually restarts, i.e. whether
> it's just the children that process messages from the queue
> or the parent (master) as well.  (Presumably, the master has a
> fairly small amount of fixed state and wouldn't need a restart
> periodically to keep its restart usage in check.)
> 
> Note that I don't really mind if it takes 0 to 2 hours to pick
> up the new rules.
> 
>    - Logan
Logan

depends how quickly you want the changes to take effect....

if you want immediate changes then you need to restart MS.

-- 
Martin Hepworth
Senior Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

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