User Guide

CHAPTER 6. UPDATING THE
CONTENT FILTERING
DATABASE
The content filtering database, used for analyzing messages for spam, is
updated by the updater script (sfupdates).
The update can be performed from the following sources (for more details see
para 6.1, page 90):
• from the Internet.
• from a network folder.
Content filtering database update can be launched in one of the following ways
(see para 6.2, page 90):
• from the command line.
• using the cron standard utility (scheduled program launch).
The following tasks are performed during updating:
1. Content filtering database archive is downloaded from the specified
location (Internet, network folder) to the following folder:
/usr/local/ap-
mailfilter/cfdata/received_updates.
2. If cumulative (complete) database update has been downloaded, the old
data will be deleted from the content filtering database storage folder
/usr/local/ap-mailfilter/cfdata/updates, the downloaded update will then be
unpacked and copied to this folder. If a partial update has been received,
it will be unpacked and copied to the content filtering database data
storage folder.
3. The downloaded data will be compiled and the application will be
restarted to be able to use the updates.