I use SpamAssassin on Windows with no Perl/CYGWIN environment (via MDaemon) which means I can't use RDJ, so I found and customised a reasonably advanced batch file which automatically checks for newer versions of the SA rules I want, and downloads them if there are new versions available for download - complete with logging and optional email reports. Works very well for me - I'd be happy to make it available if anyone was interested...
Cheers, Jeremy "jdow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Heh, I built my own bash script for updating. It is rude, crude, and > effective. If somebody develops an irrational ideological repulsion to > RDJ I can share it. I'd recommend RDJ. I'm just a hard core reactionary > who developed her script about the time RDJ was developed. I stopped > when it was "enough for me". RDJ kept developing. > > {^_-} > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bret Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thanks to a recent post with a sample of how to download rules in Perl, > I managed to create a nice perl-based updating tool for SARE rules. Why? > Because for a lot of Windows admins, setting up a CYGWIN environment for > RulesDuJour was daunting. > > I had a previous example of a Windows-based tool, but it required a lot > of setup work. We needed a simple, easy-to-use tool for this. So, here > it is. > > This tool requires creating a working directory for downloading the > rules, setting some configuration information at the top of the script, > and scheduling the batch file. There's a readme file included with some > minimal information about the process. > > Actually, since some of our list members prefer I don't attach this > stuff, you can get it from my mail tools page at > http://webmail.wcg.org/~support or directly > http://webmail.wcg.org/~support/RulesUpdater.zip. > I'd consider this pre-release as I've only done minimal testing to make > sure it works as I expect it to. But I probably won't do any more work > on it unless someone else suggests it needs fixing or enhancement. So, > feel free to try it out... > > And as usual, YMMV. > > Bret > > >
