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Author: jm
Date: Tue Aug 29 10:11:53 2006
New Revision: 438118

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=438118&view=rev
Log:
bug 4603: some top-level documentation updates regarding spamd-apache2

Modified:
spamassassin/trunk/INSTALL
spamassassin/trunk/USAGE

Modified: spamassassin/trunk/INSTALL
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/spamassassin/trunk/INSTALL?rev=438118&r1=438117&r2=438118&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- spamassassin/trunk/INSTALL (original)
+++ spamassassin/trunk/INSTALL Tue Aug 29 10:11:53 2006
@@ -354,6 +354,22 @@
charsets and convert them into Unicode, you will need to install
this module.

+
+ - Apache::Test (from CPAN)
+
+ If you plan to run the Apache2 version of spamd in the
+ "spamd-apache2" directory, you will need to install this
+ module.
+
+
+ - Apache 2 and mod_perl
+
+ If you plan to run the Apache2 version of spamd in the "spamd-apache2"
+ directory, you will need to ensure these are installed.
+
+ Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-perl2
+
+
What Next?
----------


Modified: spamassassin/trunk/USAGE
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/spamassassin/trunk/USAGE?rev=438118&r1=438117&r2=438118&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- spamassassin/trunk/USAGE (original)
+++ spamassassin/trunk/USAGE Tue Aug 29 10:11:53 2006
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@

- take a look at the notes on the Wiki website, currently at
<http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/UsingSiteWide>. You will probably
- want to use 'spamd' (see below).
+ want to use 'spamd' (see below). You may want to investigate the
+ new Apache mod_perl module, in the 'spamd-apache2' directory, too.

- *PLEASE* let your users know you've installed it, and how to turn it
off! This is our #1 tech support query, and the users are usually
@@ -181,6 +182,15 @@
large volumes of mail through SpamAssassin without having to
fork/exec a perl interpreter for each message. Take a look in the
'spamd' and 'spamc' directories for more details.
+
+
+ - The distribution also includes 'spamd-apache2', a mod_perl module
+ allowing the Apache HTTP server to be used as a platform for a
+ daemonized SpamAssassin, in an upwardly-compatible fashion from
+ 'spamd'. If you don't require some of the spamd features it does not
+ implement (such as switching UIDs to read per-user configuration from
+ user home directories), this may be much faster than spamd. Take a
+ look at the 'spamd-apache2' directory for details.


- spamc can now be built as a shared library for use with milters or