> indeed the case that I've got to create a separate Sophie > procedure in `/etc/init.d' that is timed to work in concert > with the startup and shutdown of MD and sendmail?
You do indeed need a separate rc file to start/stop the Sophie daemon at boot and shutdown. As for the timing, ideally, make sure Sophie starts before MD, and is shut down afterwards. But if you don't, all that will happen is that a few messages may get deferred with "virus scanner offline". For the start-up, they don't all have to "work in concert" closely, but it works best if the order is: - start Sophie - start MD - start sendmail - (run) - stop sendmail - stop MD - stop Sophie In practice, you can restart Sophie (for new virus definitions) or reload or even restart MD (if you change the filter) without having to worry about the other two programs - the whole thing is fairly robust, and The Right Thing (mail is deferred) happens if one is missing. Anne. -- Ms. Anne Bennett, Senior Sysadmin, ENCS, Concordia University, Montreal H3G 1M8 [email protected] +1 514 848-2424 x2285 _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
