Startup Item for amavisd on Panther Server?

Hey Everyone--
I've got a client w/ a 10.3 Panther Server. Since there's no SpamAssassin, etc., installed on these, I took it as a way to improve their email experience and a personal challenge and learning process for myself to install it. I finally got it running after some issues w/ some of the CPAN stuff (mainly Net::DNS...ugh!), and it seems to be doing well. I mostly followed the directions here:
http://www.afp548.com/Articles/mail/postfix-sa.html
At the bottom it refers to "rolling your own" startup item for ClamAV and Amavis. Guess I'm ignorant, but I've never done this before. Is there an easy way to do this or can someone point me to an easy-to-follow tutorial? I know I can't use launchd, since it is earlier than 10.4... I don't want to have to manually start up clamav/amavis every time the server is rebooted!
Thanks,
Fred

You do not need a binary. Just the directory with the plist and script.
Create a directory:
/System/Library/StartupItems/amavisdstarter
Create a script called /System/Library/StartupItems/amavisdstarter/amavisdstarter with roughly the following contents (adjust to your needs):
#!/bin/sh
# amavisd startup item
. /etc/rc.common
StartService ()
/usr/bin/amavisd plusyour_parameters_as_you_usethem;
StopService ()
if [ -f /path/to/your/amavisd.pidfile ]; then
kill `cat /path/to/your/amavisd.pidfile` && rm -f /path/to/your/amavisd.pidfile
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && echo done. || echo failed.
else
echo not running.
fi
RestartService ()
StopService
sleep 1
StartService
RunService "$1"
Next create /System/Library/StartupItems/amavisdstarter/StartupParameters.plist:
Description = "amavisd content filter";
Provides = ("amavisd filter");
To manually start|stop amavisd issue:
/System/Library/StartupItems/amavisdstarter/amavisdstarter start|stop
It will start automatically on reboot.
HTH,
Alex
P.S. Not sure why the board mangles this. Instad of http... enclose "-f /path/to/your/amavisd.pidfile " and "$RETVAL -eq 0 " in square brackets
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