Getting sa-update running automatically

[madmucho]

When there is no problem no output is made, if you have &> /dev/null in your crontab line you will never get response from updates, if there will be problem, you will not get message becasuse response is pointed to null..

if you look in script writen above this topic there is exit value of sa_update function
if [ $exitcode = 0 ]; then....

elif [ $exitcode = 1 ]; then...

[Hagforce]

Ok, thank you.

Does SA need restart after update?
Any way of checking manually that update was successful?

[bluethunder82]

Hi Hagforce,
I may be wrong but spamassassin does not need to be restarted each time a definition is updated. This is not the case if you use it as a daemon.

Not sure if I understand your manual checking but if you want to see what the latest definitions are in your version of spamassassin visit:

/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/tools/spamassassin/usr/var/spamassassin/

Also, in my original code I tried to get the version of the definitions displayed but never got it to work. That being said the information sent via email regarding the versioning was removed. Currently once a week I get an email telling me if new definitions were downloaded. Otherwise nothing else is done. However, from the operation of my ispconfig server this is sufficient.

[Hagforce]

Ok thank you.

I see that the files have updated, so the script works, thank you.
But the files in "/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/tools/spamassassin/usr/share/spamassassin" have not updated, is these files not in use?

[madmucho]

as you can see on this page > sa_update
this file update spamassasin rules, rules which make unwanted mail spam
spamassasin self need to be recompiled or repackaged in your system when new release is out.

[mathewhayden]

Hello..
Thank you very much for sharing this information us. It will be really very helpful for everybody including me. It is really useful. I will also try these instructions on my server. If I get any type of problem,I will surely discuss it with you. You have done a great job and keep doing good work.