On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 16:00 +0530, Sabiha Fathima wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Am trying to install spamassassin on unbuntu without a smtp running on
> it.
> Is it mandatory to have a smtp server to run spam assassin.
>
No. I run two copies of SA - one on my main mail server for normal
production mail scanning and a second copy on this laptop for rule
testing.
> I want to install these modules and call specific subroutine to check
> my message for spammy content and give me the results . the calls will
> be made from web form.
>
In the test system:
- spamd is installed as normal but is only started when I need to
use it.
- I use spamc in a normal user to feed test messages to spamd. I keep my
test message collection in this user.
- I keep the master copies of locally developed .cf files in same user
where they're easy to edit. They are under version control as well.
I use scripts to:
(a) load the .cf files into the test spamd before running lint
checks and tests
(b) to install copies of the .cf files on the production mail
server. This uses scp to install the files and ssh to
remotely restart spamd
I hope this suggests ideas that will work for you.
Martin
