Upgrading amavis, spamassassin, clamav using tgz
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# What you need: amavis-sa-clamav-suse91-i586.tgz
# Where is file: /var/warehouse/MercE/mods/amavis_clam_spam/ on apps
# Assumption : 1. You have an account `junkmail'
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- Stop amavis and sendmail-rx using following commands,
# /etc/init.d/amavis stop
# /etc/init.d/sendmail-rx stopVerify that amavis and sendmail-rx is not listening using telnet.
- Take backup of /etc/amavisd.conf if any using RCS
- uninstall amavis, spamassassin, clamav, perl-spamassassin packages
using following command,# rpm -e _package_name_
You can get exact package name using `rpm -qa | grep -i _package_name_'
example: If I want to see version of amavis installed,
# rpm -qa | grep -i amavis
Then we can erase amavis using `rpm -e'
- untar amavis-sa-clamav-suse91-i586.tgz using following command,
# tar -C / -xzvpf amavis-sa-clamav-suse91-i586.tgz
- Edit /etc/amavisd.conf change all fields that contains
starcomsoftware to respective entries. Also check with
old /etc/amavisd.conf if any. Let's assume we are
performing these steps for azbpartners.com following
will be chagnes to /etc/amavisd.conf,$mydomain = 'azbpartners.com';
$myhostname = 'mail.azbpartners.com'
$final_spam_destiny = D_DISCARD;
$spam_quarantine_to = 'junkmail@azbpartners.com'; - Start amavis and sendmail-rx using following command
# /etc/init.d/amavis start
# /etc/init.d/sendmail-rx startVerify that amavis, sendmail-rx and sendmail are accepting connection
using telnet. - Test working of mail system by sending mail
- from local account to other domain eg. gautam@azbpartners.com to gauta@gmail.com
- from local account to other local account gautam@azbpartners.com to narayan@azbpartners.com
- from other domain to local account eg. gautam@gmail.com to gautam@azbpartners.com
This test's should be performed by local administrator.
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