Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:09:15 -0600 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jacks@sage-american.com> To: "Michael Whitley" <mwhitley@czinetworks.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd 4.8 and the spamassassin 2.6x port Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20040123130915.01e31c58@10.0.0.15> In-Reply-To: <000c01c3e1db$d1bd2ff0$0f8a23a6@open.wcomnet.com>
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At 12:07 PM 1.23.2004 -0600, Michael Whitley wrote: >I have read through the archives and seen that newer versions of Spamassassin have fits with freebsd because of an outdated perl version. I noticed that there is a SpamAssassin 2.6 port out for freeBSD 4.9 but was wondering if anyone has had success with installing it on a 4.8 system? > >Michael >_______________________________________________ Yes, I'm running FBSD-4.8p14 & I've recently updated SA-2.6x all the way to the current SA-2.63. Indeed, I had a 2-day fight with a break in a perl function that I finally found that dealt with one of the learning DBs (Bayes). Specifically, the locks on the DB became flaky. That suddenly occurred in 2.61_1. Thinking more updates would cure it, no dice. The log jam was causing a 30x jump (less than 1 sec to 30+) in the time to process a message, and breaking the scans letting spam in. After cleaning out the DB, all settled down again and messages are processed in less than a sec again -- only an occasional spam slips in -- but Bayes DB needs to rebuild to be useful again too. I've been told by one of the developers that SA-3.0 will require perl5.6.1. BTW, this is the very first time I've experience any sort of (noticeable) problem with SA and I've been using the program since SA-2.43. A great filtering tool in spite of the recent problem which wasn't fatal. Hope this helps. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator Sage American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com
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