CentOS - Feb 2009 - mailscanner installation - centos 5.2 - rpmforge + vanderkooij rpms

Guys,  i have just installed  ( after reading
the docs on the mailscanner site and centos lists ) Mailscanner, and was
wondering....

a.) How do i test my installation? is there some sample spam/ virus messages
that can be used to test.

b.) MailScanner -V shows;

b.1)

LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************

how do i update this database?

b.2) there are some modules missing; how do i iinstall them or do i ignore them


    
Module versions are:
1.00    AnyDBM_File
1.16    Archive::Zip
0.17    bignum
1.04    Carp
1.42    Compress::Zlib
1.119   Convert::BinHex
missing Convert::TNEF         <--- missing ?

2.121_08        Data::Dumper
2.27    Date::Parse
1.00    DirHandle
1.05    Fcntl

    
Optional module versions are:

1.30    Archive::Tar
0.17    bignum
missing Business::ISBN            <---- missing ?

missing Business::ISBN::Data
missing Data::Dump
1.814   DB_File
1.14    DBD::SQLite
1.52    DBI
1.14    Digest
1.01    Digest::HMAC
2.36    Digest::MD5
2.11    Digest::SHA1
missing Encode::Detect
missing Error
missing ExtUtils::CBuilder
missing ExtUtils::ParseXS


regards,
mgomez.

you got answers on the mailscanner list.

Kai

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I think ClamAV updates itself via cron.

The modules you are missing can be installed from CPAN maybe yum or check Dag
Wieers site.

---- Linux Advocate <linuxhousedn at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Guys,  i have just installed  ( after reading
> the docs on the mailscanner site and centos lists ) Mailscanner, and was
wondering....
> 
> a.) How do i test my installation? is there some sample spam/ virus
messages that can be used to test.
> 
> b.) MailScanner -V shows;
> 
> b.1)
> 
> LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
> LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
> LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
> LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
> 
> how do i update this database?
> 
> b.2) there are some modules missing; how do i iinstall them or do i ignore
them
> 
> 
>     
> Module versions are:
> 1.00    AnyDBM_File
> 1.16    Archive::Zip
> 0.17    bignum
> 1.04    Carp
> 1.42    Compress::Zlib
> 1.119   Convert::BinHex
> missing Convert::TNEF         <--- missing ?
> 
> 2.121_08        Data::Dumper
> 2.27    Date::Parse
> 1.00    DirHandle
> 1.05    Fcntl
> 
>     
> Optional module versions are:
> 
> 1.30    Archive::Tar
> 0.17    bignum
> missing Business::ISBN            <---- missing ?
> 
> missing Business::ISBN::Data
> missing Data::Dump
> 1.814   DB_File
> 1.14    DBD::SQLite
> 1.52    DBI
> 1.14    Digest
> 1.01    Digest::HMAC
> 2.36    Digest::MD5
> 2.11    Digest::SHA1
> missing Encode::Detect
> missing Error
> missing ExtUtils::CBuilder
> missing ExtUtils::ParseXS
> 
> 
> regards,
> mgomez.
> 
> 
>       
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thanx.



----- Original Message ----
> From: "tdukes at sc.rr.com" <tdukes at sc.rr.com>
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> Cc: Linux Advocate <linuxhousedn at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 11:38:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] mailscanner installation - centos 5.2 - rpmforge +
vanderkooij rpms
> 
> I think ClamAV updates itself via cron.
> 
> The modules you are missing can be installed from CPAN maybe yum or check
Dag
> Wieers site.
> 
> ---- Linux Advocate wrote: 
> > 
> > Guys,  i have just installed  ( after reading
> > the docs on the mailscanner site and centos lists ) Mailscanner, and
was
> wondering....
> > 
> > a.) How do i test my installation? is there some sample spam/ virus
messages
> that can be used to test.
> > 
> > b.) MailScanner -V shows;
> > 
> > b.1)
> > 
> > LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
> > LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
> > LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
> > LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
> > 
> > how do i update this database?
> > 
> > b.2) there are some modules missing; how do i iinstall them or do i
ignore
> them
> > 
> > 
> >