On 19 Mar 2004 Don Anthony ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > - what directory do I copy this code to
I put the tar.gz file in a directory called ~/Build but you can use any directory. BTW, ~ means your $HOME directory and you can get there by typing cd Note that after you've successfully installed SA, you can blow away the Build directory using rm -rf ~/Build but make sure that there's nothing that you want to save in that directory! > - does it take all this code to run the application or are there only > certain directories required for installation and then other ones that are > either directories created as a result of running the Perl install module or > a subset of the install ones that I should copy somewhere (I am short on > space) > - what do those little squiggly lines mean and exactly what does this mean: > perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/sausr SYSCONFDIR=~/saetc > make > make install > (I understand from years of DOS/Windows that the line perl must call a > perl.exe somewhere and that it in turn interprets the Makefile.PL file, > however, I don't know if the /sausr is a literal value I should use or is it > an abbreviation for one of the 3 pop3 email accounts on my shell server and > if it is an abbreviation for one, how to I add the total of 3 users to the > code (I monitor any SPAM folders and/or SPAM additional POP3). These 3 lines are literal and should be entered exactly as they appear. I personally prefer to use directories named ~/SAusr2.63 and ~/SAetc2.63. The install script will create these 2 directories and fill them with all the files that you need to run SA. > - does the install code automatically know where and what resources are > available and how to access them (I have struggled with this on 2 line CGI > scripts that I have attempted before). It knows a lot but you might need to specify the path to razor or other plug-ins in your ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file. > Here are the directories I see when I FTP to my account: (where Domain is my > domain name): Forget about ftp for all this. You should be doing all this in an ssh window. > .procmailrc (simple formulas to divide POP3 accounts to mail files) > Domain-www (directory) > index.htm (and several others for my 3 page website) > cgi-bin (empty because I have not yet gained CGI skills) > Domain-mail (directory) > userXmail (have name corresponding to each of 3 POP3 user accounts) > Domain-webmail (directory) > Xxxxxxxxx (various files to control the URL mail access option for > my domain > > (etc.) > > Here is output from TelnetSSH: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Domain]$ perl -v > This is perl, v5.6.1 built for i686-linux > Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall > Personal involvement: Although friendly, always trying to make a joke and > sometimes coming off as sarcastic, my objective with this effort is mainly > to eliminate and or reduce our 200 daily SPAMs. Again, after almost a year > of sending SPAM to named header/hosting ISPs, my wife demanded I "get to > work" and "get a life" after finally reaching 2 hrs a day with this > activity. Being somewhat vindictive as well, and while interested in > automating this process with some SPAM filter, while somewhat disappointed > with the possibly of losing the enjoyment of having been responsible for an > ISP shutting down a spammer website here and there, I have finally folded > and will accept a SPAM filter that may not complain as loud as I like. > Another factor with my decision to go to SA is false positives really kill > customers of my wife's small business and therefore if we get too many, we > are better off opting for the SPAM. Have reviewed & installed a couple of > other tools that were not configurable (i.e. can't set flags lower for > keywords, likely someone else's SPAM but not hers, but necessary for her > highly ethical business practice using same words). If I were you, I would pay for a mail hosting provider who specializes in spam and virus filtering. I have many listed here: <http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/imap/isps/> You can get a very good mail hosting provider for about $40/year or less. But if you want to mess around with SA and procmail, check out these sections of my site: plugging SA into Procmail: <http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/#SA> suggestions for your SA user_prefs file: <http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/spam/#SA> BTW, I liked your original post and it didn't offend me at all! And I agree that the SA docs suck for the most part. Good luck with all this, Nancy -- Nancy McGough Infinite Ink ~ <http://www.ii.com> Deflexion & Reflexion ~ <http://deflexion.com>
