Re: How to update filters

[Peter Marshall <pe...@caris.com>]

I used CPAN to install it the first time.

Matt Kettler wrote:

>Peter Marshall wrote:
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>>This is probably in a doc .. but since oyu suggesed it .. maybe you
>>coupld possible point me to the doc :)
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>>How do I upgrade spamassain .. and can I do it on my production
>>mailserver during the day ...  (of course I will probably have to shut
>>off the service .. but .. it is not working that great since the start
>>of the week anyway).
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>How you upgrade depends on how you installed in the first place. CPAN? Source?
>rpm? Other package?
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>If you installed from source, you just install the new version from source on
>top of it. SA will automatically delete /usr/share/spamassassin/*.cf and
>re-install new ones. It will leave your custom site-config in
>/etc/mail/spamassassin alone.
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>As for doing it mid-day and live, no.. I would not do that. I would also
>extensively review the UPGRADE file that comes with SA before doing so. Some
>configuration options have changed between 3.0.2 and 3.1.x.
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>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.1/UPGRADE
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