My advice is to always, always backup your config files before making any changes - that goes for all software. I keep off-site backups of all of my config files, just in case the box dies or there's a fire, flood, earthquake, locust swarm, etc. I don't want to have to re-configure all the software I've tweaked...
As for whether or not SA will overwrite your changes, this is only a guess, but I think it'll leave your local files alone (/etc/mail/spamassassin/*). If you've made changes to /usr/share/spamassassin/*, you'll surely want to make backups of your changes (and put them in local.cf instead!). | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve | Yuroff | Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 1:16 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: RE: [SAtalk] Newbie help-RH7.2+Postfix | | | >The easiest way to install SA would be to run: | > | >perl -MCPAN -e 'install Mail::SpamAssassin' | > | >and answer yes to any questions about following dependencies. Once that's | >done, type: | > | >man Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf | > | >and you'll get most of what you need to know to configure SA. | > | >HTH, | >St- | > | | Do these instructions hold true for upgrades also? I'm running | SA 2.11 on my Cobalt Qube, but I'm thinking it could only benefit | to upgrade to 2.42 when released. Does the installer have the | "intelligence" to not overwrite my config file tweaks, or should | I be doubly-sure they're backed up? Anything to be espicially | mindful of while attempting to upgrade? | I've got a good thing here with SA 2.11, I fear breaking it while | striving to make it better. | | Thanks, | Steve. | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------- | This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek | Welcome to geek heaven. | http://thinkgeek.com/sf | _______________________________________________ | Spamassassin-talk mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk | | ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
