Sirana SpamCenter 2.3 Readme

April 5, 2007

Installation

To install SpamCenter 2.3, copy the spamcenter_setup.exe file to the server where you wish to install SpamCenter and run the setup program.

Important Changes From Previous Versions

For a summary of changes, please see the "What's New" topic in SpamCenter help.

Upgrading from Previous Versions

Upgrading From Spamcenter 2.2

Using the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs option, remove your previous SpamCenter installation.  This will retain your database and your configuration settings.

Install the new version.  During setup, ensure that you select the same SQL Server as your previous installation in order to update your database.

Important: After installation you must manually update one configuration file. You will need to open the Sirana.SpamCenter.Agent.exe.config file that is located in the "../Program Files/Sirana Software/SpamCenter Agent" directory. Two nodes must be added at the top of the file. The nodes are 'configSections' and 'pop3Servers'. An example config file can be found here. You also can copy and paste the text below directly under the 'configuration' node, and above the 'connectionStrings' node:

<configSections/>
  <section name="pop3Servers" type="Sirana.SpamCenter.Common.Pop3ServersConfigSection,Sirana.SpamCenter.Common" />
</configSections/>
<pop3Servers/>
  <servers/>
  </servers/>
</pop3Servers/>

Upgrading From Spamcenter 2.1

Using the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs option, remove your previous SpamCenter installation.  This will retain your database.

Install the new version.  During setup, ensure that you select the same SQL Server as your previous installation in order to update your database.

Upgrading From Spamcenter 1.5

If you want to retain your SpamCenter 1.5 data, install DBWizard_setup.exe and run the migration wizard before you install SpamCenter 2.0.

There is no need to install DBWizard_setup, unless you are migrating from Spamcenter 1.5 or 1.51, because the SpamCenter setup engine will create a database for you.

If you do not wish to retain your SpamCenter 1.5 data, delete your SpamCenter database and the SpamCenter SQL user account and run setup. For more details, please see the attached help file.

Using SpamCenter with SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

SpamCenter is fully compatible with SQL Server 2005 Express.  During setup of SQL Express, you must select "Support SQL authentication and Windows authentication", which is not the default option.  SpamCenter uses SQL authentication. If you did not make this selection during your initial SQL Server 2005 Express setup, please uninstall and reinstall the SQL software.