Kaspersky Lab kaspersky anti-spam 2.0 Manual
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Kaspersky Anti-Spam 2.0 Enterprise Edition / ISP Edition
6.1. Selecting the source of the
content filtering database
update
update
The content filtering database update settings are stored in the updater script
configuration file – /usr/local/ap-mailfilter/conf/src/updater.ini (see para
configuration file – /usr/local/ap-mailfilter/conf/src/updater.ini (see para
A.5,
page 125 for more details). You can change the database update source by
editing the settings.
editing the settings.
By default, the updates are downloaded via the Internet from the Kaspersky Lab
website (
website (
ftp://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/sfupdaters
). This update mode is
conditioned by the download value of the METHOD parameter. You should edit
the value of the URL parameter to change the update address. For example:
the value of the URL parameter to change the update address. For example:
METHOD=download
URL=ftp://user:password@localhost/dir/subdir
If you need to update the content filtering database on several computers it is
more convenient to obtain the database once, save it to a folder, and then
update the database from this folder, rather than updating it repeatedly via the
Internet. To select this source of updating you should set the METHOD
parameter to copy and specify the full path to the folder as a value of the
UPDATE_PATH
more convenient to obtain the database once, save it to a folder, and then
update the database from this folder, rather than updating it repeatedly via the
Internet. To select this source of updating you should set the METHOD
parameter to copy and specify the full path to the folder as a value of the
UPDATE_PATH
parameter. For example:
METHOD=copy
UPDATE_PATH=/usr/local/share/updates/sfupdates
6.2. Launching the updating process
There are two ways to update the content filtering database; automatic
scheduled launch or manual launch from the command line.
scheduled launch or manual launch from the command line.
We strongly recommend that you schedule automated update as it
allows using the newest data provided by Ashmanov & Partners
linguistic laboratory during the filtering process and ensures the highest
efficiency of spam filtering.
allows using the newest data provided by Ashmanov & Partners
linguistic laboratory during the filtering process and ensures the highest
efficiency of spam filtering.