Webmasterhilfe FAQ

STEP 1.
 INSTALLING 3RD PARTY PRODUCTS FROM THE SUSE DISTRIBUTION

Below is the list of SuSE packages to be installed if you chose recommended
configuration.

 apache
 apache-mod_php4
 apache-mod_python
 mysql
 mysql-shared
 mysql-client
 mod_php4-core
 perl                               
 perl-DBI
 perl-Msql-Mysql-modules
 vsftpd                             
 postfix                            
 qpopper                          
 bind                              
 bind-utils                              
 webalizer                         
 procmail                         
 gcc                                
  libc6-dev                          
 make           
 perl-spamassassin (SuSE 9)
 spamassassin (SuSE 9)

The SpamAssassin software gives an ability to filter SPAM in your customers Mailboxes when receiving mail there.

Skip the step if you do not need SpamAssassin support in Confixx.
You can also skip the step for SuSE9 box, if you alredy installed
SpamAssassin package from SuSE distribution.

The latest software version can be found on http://spamassassin.org
The latest (at the moment of publishing) zipped version can downloaded via
the following URL:
http://au2.spamassassin.org/released/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.61.tar.gz

Unpack the ditribution
#~: tar -xzf Mail-SpamAssassin-2.60.tar.gz
#~: cd Mail-SpamAssassin-2.60

Build it
#~: perl Makefile.PL
#~: make
#~: make install

You need to extract the files
/etc/init.d/spamassassin
/etc/procmailrc
/etc/default/spamassassin
from the files.tgz archive and place them at the locations specified (packed from / - directory).

Then edit  /etc/postfix/main.cf file to set the following option:
mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail

then launch
#~: update-rc.d spamassassin defaults

Make sure that file  /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf exists
and create it if no:
#~: touch  /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf

Now SpamAssassin is configured.