Update Spamassassin

Update Spamassassin



1) Using CPAN
cpan Mail::SpamAssassin

2) verify installation
spamassassin -V

3) Obtain Rules (see footnote)

Download:
        Mail-SpamAssassin-rules-xxx.tgz
        Mail-SpamAssassin-rules-xxx.tgz.asc
        Mail-SpamAssassin-rules-xxx.tgz.md5
        Mail-SpamAssassin-rules-xxx.tgz.sha1
Example:
wget Mail-SpamAssassin-rules-3.4.0.r1565117.tgz
wget Mail-SpamAssassin-rules-3.4.0.r1565117.tgz.asc
wget Mail-SpamAssassin-rules-3.4.0.r1565117.tgz.md5
wget Mail-SpamAssassin-rules-3.4.0.r1565117.tgz.sha1

Mirror List:
http://www.apache.org/mirrors/
Known To Work @ 03/05/14
http://www.eu.apache.org/dist/spamassassin/source/

4) Run Update/Install of Rules.
In Download folder:
curl -O http://spamassassin.apache.org/updates/GPG.KEY
sa-update --import GPG.KEY
sa-update --install Mail-SpamAssassin-rules-xxx.tgz

Example sa-update --install Mail-SpamAssassin-rules-3.4.0.r1565117.tgz

5) Check install
Look in /var/lib/spamassassin for new folder.

FOOTNOTE
sa-update does not seem to work, causes DNS errors/issues, the above bypasses this.