From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 1 14:53:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE4A16A4F0 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:53:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19B6B43D9F for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:53:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 01 Aug 2006 10:53:21 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.7.5a-GA) with ESMTP id LZA83235; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:53:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 65-78-24-149.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([65.78.24.149]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 01 Aug 2006 10:53:06 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.07,202,1151899200"; d="scan'208"; a="247583464:sNHT626334504" From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17615.27090.772043.518047@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:48:50 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20060801144327.GF63872@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20060731173633.V15966@justnosweat.net> <44CED510.4070000@ywave.com> <17615.14574.739939.247118@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20060801144327.GF63872@dan.emsphone.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta27) "fiddleheads" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A090207.44CF6A72.001F,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=207.172.4.11, so=2006-05-09 23:27:51, dmn=5.2.4/2006-05-04 Subject: Re: spamfilter X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:53:55 -0000 Dan Nelson writes: > > 2) installing spamass-milter requires rebuilding sendmail. (I have > > no idea about other MTAs.) This usually sounds more frightening than > > it is, but can still lead to complications. > > You shouldn't have had to rebuild sendmail; some OSes don't ship > a libmilter with their sendmail, but FreeBSD does. Bad phrasing on my part. Let's try again: 2) installing spamass-milter requires rebuilding the sendmail config file. (I have no idea about other MTAs.) To less experienced users This sounds more frightening than it is (given the nature of the raw file and the existance of the configuration front end), but can still lead to complications. "Sorry about that, Chief." :-) Robert Huff