FW: Missing /rules files from MailScanner installation fromports

[James L. Day]

I use ClamAV and it's updated by "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/clamav-freshclam.sh".

Since I have MailWatch installed, I have these in my "/etc/crontab" file:

*/5     *       *       *       *       root    /usr/local/sbin/mailq.php
0       0       *       *       *       root   
/usr/local/sbin/quarantine_maint.php --clean
0       0       *       *       *       root   
/usr/local/sbin/quarantine_report.php
0       0       *       *       *       root    /usr/local/sbin/db_clean.php

I've never had "clean.quarantine" and "update_virus_scanners" in root's
crontab.  They were definitely not put there for me during a MailScanner
install.  I ran McAfee's command line scanner for quite some time before
switching to ClamAV.  If I remember correctly, I had to manually add a
line to root's crontab to update the McAfee definitions.  Before
MailWatch, I cleaned "/var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine" manually.  I
didn't know it was supposed to be done auto-magically..  ;-)

BTW - I've installed MailScanner/SpamAssassin/ClamAV on at least 6
servers over the past 3 years and have updated or reinstalled them many
times.  The FreeBSD MailScanner port needs fixing..

Lynn

Michael S. wrote:
> That's strange; because on 3 servers thus far mailscanner.sh and mta.sh were
> not copied to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ where they are suppose to end up after
> the port installation. I had to copy them from /ports/files/mailscanner.in
> and mta.in to /usr/local/etc/rc.d manually.
>
> Also, what has everyone done with files such as clean.quarantine and
> update_virus_scanners? Since one is supposed to run hourly and the other
> daily did you copy them somewhere and symlink them back to
> /usr/local/libexec/MailScanner where all the cron jobs are or did you simply
> create a root cronjob? Seems like this step is missing as well. Unless you
> are well aware of what the setup should look like you wouldn't even know
> about it.
>
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