install.txt

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## $Id: install.txt,v 1.2 2004/05/18 01:55:31 maratheamit Exp $
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(first - if you merely want to *use* the spamgourmet service, stop reading
this and just go sign up at http://www.spamgourmet.com, or at some other
site who's administrator didn't stop reading like you're about to do, and
installed the sofware.  The software's only for if you want to *provide*
the service).


INSTALLATION NOTES
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- Pre-requisites
	Linux
	sendmail
	apache
	mysql
	perl

- MySQL
	mysql_install_db
	/etc/init.d/mysqld start
	mysqladmin -uroot -p<pass>

	the following commands should be entered at the mysql prompt
		create database <sguser>
		grant all privileges on <sguser>.* to <sguser>
			identified by '<sgpass>' with grant option

	mysql -u<sguser> -p<sgpass> <db.sql
	mysql -u<sguser> -p<sgpass> <dialogs.sql

- Apache

- Sendmail
	soft link from spameater to /etc/smrsh
	specify the soft link name in .forward

- Spamgourmet
	cd conf
	cp spamgourmet.config.default spamgourmet.config
	# make appropriate changes to spamgourmet.config
	cp .forward.default ~/.forward
	# make appropriate changes to ~/.forward
	# edit index.pl and spameater.pl and set the configfile parameter to
	# the full path the spamgourmet.config