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I have just open sourced the source code to Baruwa 2.0 on Github. Baruwa 2.0 is a ground up rewrite of Baruwa which adds lots of new features. Notable features include: Full text indexing and search Audit log Full queue management Message status tracking Scanner node status MailScanner SQL configuration management Domain aliasing Built in External authentication for AD/LDAP,... Read the rest of this post

I have just pushed to the Baruwa apt repo, updated MailScanner packages. This update fixes the issue with excess number of children causing the system to run out of memory and crash. It also includes various backported fixes from the git repo. http://apt.baruwa.org You should be able to upgrade using: apt-get upgrade mailscanner Feedback and support Please... Read the rest of this post

I have just pushed to the Baruwa repo, updated MailScanner packages. The rpm's for EL-5 and EL-6 have been updated to 4.84.5-2 which is the latest upstream release and include fixes backported from the git repo. http://repo.baruwa.org You should be able to upgrade using: yum upgrade mailscanner Feedback and support Please provide feedback via the usual channels,... Read the rest of this post

I have just pushed to the Baruwa apt repo - http://apt.baruwa.org Baruwa packages for Ubuntu Precise Pangolin, as well as the following dependency packages mailscanner 4.84.3 Note Ubuntu Precise Pangolin does not ship mailscanner packages so users of Ubuntu Precise Pangolin who do not use baruwa can also use this repo to access the mailscanner deb package.... Read the rest of this post

I have received several queries on how to use the puppet toaster to automate the Baruwa installation on Centos 5.x This post should guide you on how to do it. Baruwa Repo EPEL Repo Install the above repos: rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh http://repo.baruwa.org/el5/i386/baruwa-release-5-0.noarch.rpm If you have other repo's like the RPMForge repo... Read the rest of this post

I have today open sourced and released a Baruwa puppet tooster on github. The tooster can be used to run a fully automated puppet based installation and configuration of Baruwa on Centos 5. All you do it set a few configuration variables, and run one command go get a cup of tea, and return to you shiny new system.... Read the rest of this post

Baruwa 2.0 the ground up rebuild of Baruwa is partially usable now, to give you a taste of what is to come i have provided some screenshots. http://www.baruwa.org/about/screenshots.html ... Read the rest of this post

This article describes the discontinued community edition, for the enterprise edition features refer to enterprise edition features The Baruwa Google analytics indicates lots of searches for Baruwa vs Mailwatch, and given the FUD that keeps making the rounds of how Baruwa does not have lots of options that Mailwatch has. i have decided to put the facts out there... Read the rest of this post

Baruwa 1.1.1 packages are now available at http://repo.baruwa.org, please test these packages in a test environment before upgrading your production environments. As always, use the list to report any issues or provide feedback http://repo.baruwa.org http://lists.baruwa.org/ ... Read the rest of this post

Baruwa 1.1.1 packages are now available at http://apt.baruwa.org, please test these packages in a test environment before upgrading your production environments. As always, use the list to report any issues or provide feedback http://apt.baruwa.org/ http://lists.baruwa.org/ ... Read the rest of this post