To view the compile options on an existing installation of dspam use this command:
dspam --version
Compile Options
Note: these are the compile options I typically use. There are many more options to suit other needs
--sysconfdir=/etc/dspam \
--enable-daemon \
--enable-clamav \
--with-storage-driver=mysql_drv \
--with-mysql-libraries=/usr/lib/mysql \
--with-mysql-includes=/usr/include/mysql \
--enable-virtual-users \
--enable-preferences-extension \
--enable-domain-scale \
--enable-debug \
--with-logdir=/var/log/dspam
Down and Dirty Install
wget http://dspam.nuclearelephant.com/sources/dspam-3.X.X.tar.gz
tar -xvzf dspam-3.X.X.tar.gz cd dspam-3.X.X
./configure \ --sysconfdir=/etc/dspam \ --enable-daemon \ --enable-clamav \ --with-storage-driver=mysql_drv \ --with-mysql-libraries=/usr/lib/mysql \ --with-mysql-includes=/usr/include/mysql \ --enable-virtual-users \ --enable-preferences-extension \ --enable-domain-scale \ --enable-debug \ --with-logdir=/var/log/dspam
make && make install
Then set File Permissions and edit /etc/dspam.conf as needed
File Permissions
File permissions can drive you nutz when installing dspam. Here are a few tips.
1. Create a 'dspam' user and 'dspam' group
2. change ownership of all dspam files to be owned by dspam.dspam
chown dspam.dspam dspam_files
3. set the sticky bit (SUID) for the dspam executable (/usr/local/bin/dspam)
chmod 1540 /usr/local/bin/dspam
4. set the correct file permissions of all of the dspam files see DSpam File Permissions