Jim Howard wrote: > All: > > Please forgive me and point me there if this has been addressed already... > > I'm using SA 2.11, and would love to update the rulebase on a regular > basis, but I don't want to reinstall and config SA again and again. > > Wouldn't it be possible to run an automated script to go get the "latest" > rules from sourceforge and copy them to my /etc/mail/spamassassin > directory nightly or some such? Is there a reason I have to update > everything, not just the rules? > > I use Nessus quite a bit in my job, and I love the simple command line way > it can be updated from the web. I was hoping SA had the same > functionality, and maybe it does, but I haven't figured out how yet. > > Since the spammers are constantly changing their tactics, it seems that > using the latest and greatest rules all the time would be the best way to > keep them at bay. > > Any help appreciated!
Unfortunately the answer is no. But it's something that I *absolutely* need in the next couple of months, so expect it to be worked on within that timeframe. The reason the answer is no is because most of the work right now is happening in the eval'd rules. When you update the eval'd rules you also need to update EvalTests.pm (and possibly other files too like DNS.pm). What I think we should try and offer is some scheme whereby the eval rules are in config files. We've discussed this before but nobody has ever gotten around to it yet. Plus there are also some pretty scary security issues to consider for some people. Matt. _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
