Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:38:34 -0400 From: Michael Williams <gberz3@gmail.com> To: "Kevin K." <freebsd-stable@magma.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Properly managing SpamAssassin. . . Message-ID: <EB66D2FE-9AF6-489E-AFAF-5ADA8A393B18@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <001b01c7c951$14217760$3c646620$@ca> References: <20070718120014.4F48916A418@hub.freebsd.org> <AFC412B5-2BA3-4ABA-A9F9-F30F4F83BF23@gmail.com> <001b01c7c951$14217760$3c646620$@ca>
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Kevin, Thanks. I have no problem with that at all. Can you recommend any quality, modular (redundant I know) jailing techniques (e.g. directory structures, user levels, permissions, etc)? Regards, Michael On Jul 18, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Kevin K. wrote: > Managing plesk usually means that you really have to hand over your > server > (or the jail that plesk creates) to plesk itself. > > I've hacked and mangled plesk installations in order to merge other > technologies and custom solutions that I personally preferred -- > and in the > end I concluded that it caused more headaches than it was worth. > > As of plesk 8.1 I believe it creates its installation in a jailed > environment, so perhaps adding another jail to handle all the > services you > don't want to purchase through plesk (i.e. spamassassin, clamav, or > whatever > elese there is) may be the best way. > > That's my 0.2, perhaps someone else has a better solution though. > Again, > changing or hacking a plesk installation is not a good idea, > considering > their "windows update" style of submitting upgrades and patches. > > > Hope it helps. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Michael > Williams > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 11:05 AM > To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Properly managing SpamAssassin. . . > > Hi All, > > I'm looking for a way to properly manage SpamAssassin after Plesk has > wreaked havoc on the server. In the short term, we need to keep > Plesk around for those that need the "ease of use". However, it > wants to keep resetting values, etc; meaning that since the Plesk > license doesn't support "SpamAssassin" it won't allow us to use it > and wants it to remain that way. If push comes to shove, I *will* > blast Plesk. That said, I need to figure out the proper way to > enable SpamAssassin and have Qscan work properly, circumventing the > Plesk activites and licensing limitations. Does anyone have any > quality insight into the most up-to-date means for accomplishing this? > > Regards, > Michael > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > __________ NOD32 2404 (20070717) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >
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