New Stable Release, Clamd and Postfix?

[Glenn Steen]

On 30/04/07, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
> Matt Hayes spake the following on 4/30/2007 7:09 AM:
> > Paul Hutchings wrote:
> >> My MailScanner box runs quite nicely running the previous stable version
> >> 4.58.9.
> >>
> >> I'm suffering from the slow clamscan performance issue, and noticed the
> >> new stable release supports clamd (which I'm running).
> >>
> >> Having looked at the manual it appears it should simply be a case of run
> >> the installer script, then use upgrade_MailScanner_conf to update
> >> MailScanner.conf with the new settings.
> >>
> >> Not having ever upgraded MailScanner before, I'd sooner ask the question
> >> than get caught out - is this all there is to it (barring something
> >> totally unforeseen happening)?
> >>
> >> Also as I run Postfix I have my MailScanner set to run as user "postfix"
> >> as per the docs.  Will this cause me a problem (or can someone point me
> >> where to go to RTFM?)
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Paul
> >>
> >
> > Paul,
> >
> > That is basically all there is to it.  However, if you are like me,
> > anything custom that you've added like %rules-dir% files will more than
> > likely have to be re-entered in.  If you use Mailwatch, some things with
> > quarantine configuration to allow for released messages to bypass spam
> > checks may have to be reconfigured.
> >
> > The great thing about the upgrade of mailscanner.. it leaves your old
> > installation in place :)
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> >
> The last statement isn't totally true. The rpm version will replace the
> running files. I have a backup script I run that copies the running system
> into a new directory and then I can upgrade or go back.
>

And this is actually well documented (sort of:) in the MAQ and wiki
... Go have a look, it's rather prominetly visible;-)

Cheers
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