All, I have a production installation of ISPConfig 2.2.2 on Ubuntu 6.06LTS, simply for the ease of adding email users and spam filtering. It's been running a long time quit well. Spam is becoming more and more of a problem and I'm thinking that updating ISPConfig (which as I understand will also update spamassassin...) is what I need to do. I do not want to upgrade Ubuntu, unless there's no way out. I have read of instances where the updated clam av will not compile on Ubuntu 6.06 because of an older version of gcc or something. I really can not destroy this server! Can someone summarize what's required to upgrade to the latest ISPConfig, spamassassin, etc (ie, hold my hand through this)? Also, tips on spam reduction are welcome. Cordially, Jason Wallace
Can you download SpamAssasson 3.2.5, go to the directory where you've downloaded it, and run Code: SPAMASSASSIN=Mail-SpamAssassin-3.2.5 APPLICATION_NAME=ispconfig tar xvfz ${SPAMASSASSIN}.tar.gz cd ${SPAMASSASSIN} perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/adm${APPLICATION_NAME}/${APPLICATION_NAME}/tools/spamassassin/usr SYSCONFDIR=/home/adm${APPLICATION_NAME}/${APPLICATION_NAME}/tools/spamassassin/etc make ? (Don't run make install!) IF you see no error, the upgrade should work without problems.
Here's what I got WHen I ran the "perl Makefile.PL...." line some "Note:"s were issued. For instance: optional module missing: Mail::SPF optional module missing: Mail::SPF::Query optional module missing: IP::Country optional module missing: Razor2 optional module missing: Net::Ident optional module missing: IO::Socket::INET6 optional module missing: IO::Socket::SSL optional module missing: Mail:omainKeys optional module missing: Mail:KIM optional module missing: Encode:etect warning: some functionality may not be available, please read the above report before continuing! Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for Mail::SpamAssassin Makefile written by ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.17 make completed without any errors, as far as my understanding of its output allows. 1. Next, Do I need to upgrade ISPConfig, or just do the make install now? 2. Is there any benefit for me to upgrade ISPConfig since all I use it for is a quick way to add email addresses? Added: Do I need to do anything to sa-update since spamassassin is installed in an atypical directory or is running sa-update with no parameters enough?
Thank You! So far so good. I took the time to add the perl modules that spamassassin was grumbling about, re "make"ed it in a fresh folder and then did the make install. After a reboot, all seems well. Thanks falko for caring and helping me through this. Jason
