Updating rules with old version of spamassassin

[patrickbaer <p....@tvwerk.de>]

Good day,

I am running a pretty old Debian box with spamassassin 3.0 here. It seems to
have some problems with rulesdujour and hence I am wondering if I shouldn't
upgrade to the current version.

Pro: Current version has up to date docs and features

Cons: The machine is very important (proxy) and blowing it up for just an
hour means running the gauntlet when I leave the office tonight :)

So my questions are (I couldn't find answers elsewhere, sorry):

- Does rulesdujour still work to keep my rulesets current?
- Is there another way to keep my rulesets up to date?
- If I have to upgrade, what's the easiest way?


Thanks for your help in advance

Patrick
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Re: Updating rules with old version of spamassassin

[mouss <mo...@netoyen.net>]

patrickbaer wrote:
> Hi Martin,
> 
> thank you for the info. 
> 
> So what I can see, Spamassassin is merely a perl module used by amavisd,
> right? If I install the new version, it will just replace the old module and
> add some little gadgets like sa-update? 

you should upgrade both spamassassin and amavisd-new. at least, make 
sure the versions are compatible.

> 
> Or could I use the sa-update script from a new version with my old
> spamassassin installation?

better upgrade SA.

RE: Updating rules with old version of spamassassin

[patrickbaer <p....@tvwerk.de>]

Hi Martin,

thank you for the info. 

So what I can see, Spamassassin is merely a perl module used by amavisd,
right? If I install the new version, it will just replace the old module and
add some little gadgets like sa-update? 

Or could I use the sa-update script from a new version with my old
spamassassin installation?

P.

Martin.Hepworth wrote:
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Yes RDJ will still work, but only for the ones you've enabled. There's
> been very liitle update on the standard RDJ ruleset for months now. So
> don't expect to see much updating.
> 
> Sa-update is the way to go for more modern versiosn,  this will also keep
> the core rules updated too.
> 
> 

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RE: Updating rules with old version of spamassassin

["Martin.Hepworth" <ma...@solidstatelogic.com>]

Patrick

Yes RDJ will still work, but only for the ones you've enabled. There's been very liitle update on the standard RDJ ruleset for months now. So don't expect to see much updating.

Sa-update is the way to go for more modern versiosn,  this will also keep the core rules updated too.

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Solid State Logic
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: patrickbaer [mailto:p.baer@tvwerk.de]
> Sent: 26 August 2008 12:55
> To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> Subject: Updating rules with old version of spamassassin
>
>
> Good day,
>
> I am running a pretty old Debian box with spamassassin 3.0
> here. It seems to have some problems with rulesdujour and
> hence I am wondering if I shouldn't upgrade to the current version.
>
> Pro: Current version has up to date docs and features
>
> Cons: The machine is very important (proxy) and blowing it up
> for just an hour means running the gauntlet when I leave the
> office tonight :)
>
> So my questions are (I couldn't find answers elsewhere, sorry):
>
> - Does rulesdujour still work to keep my rulesets current?
> - Is there another way to keep my rulesets up to date?
> - If I have to upgrade, what's the easiest way?
>
>
> Thanks for your help in advance
>
> Patrick
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> http://www.nabble.com/Updating-rules-with-old-version-of-spama
> ssassin-tp19160511p19160511.html
> Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
>




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