Re: Alpha release of Maia Mailguard 1.0.5

Yeah, I found that html purifier was removed from recent Linux distros so I
included the install of a tarball in the installer scripts.

We should probably look at a clean alternative to htmlpurifier, but for now
I just wanted to get maia up and running.

Joe

On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM Janky Jay, III <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sorry it took a while (there was a lot more cleanup than I thought just to
> get it "working".)
>
> It appears that HTMLPurifier is still being used? If this is true, I'm
> unsure how to handle that within the FBSD port as it has been removed from
> the ports tree for quite a while. So, this bit of the install may need to
> remain a manual process. I *MAY* be able to include the needed PEAR stuff,
> but it's generally frowned upon to include unsupported stuff like this in
> the port as it's quite a nasty security risk. :(
>
> This is purely for testing purposes so I'm not too worried about it at the
> moment. To anyone using/testing this, *PLEASE* let me know if you run into
> any problems so I can continue updating and make the port solid. I am
> anticipating some interesting file location changes (at the very least).
>
> Anyhow, enough rambling... Here is the repo for the FBSD port
> (1.0.5-alpha1). It contains both the port directory as well as a patch (use
> "git apply" in /usr/ports) so you can choose which to use (the patch also
> includes adding it to the "security/Makefile" so a little more proper.)
>
> https://github.com/eekay35/maia-mailguard-fbsd
>
> Regards,
> Janky Jay, III
>
> On 9/22/25 11:02AM, Janky Jay, III wrote:
>
> I'll upload the (I believe) working port to a repo today. It still needs
> cleaning up, but I'll get to that later when I have a chance.
>
> I'll provide the repo URL shortly.
>
> Regards,
> Janky Jay, III
>
>
> On September 22, 2025 4:42:28 PM UTC, jjs - mainphrame
> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I've installed FreeBSD 14.2 and I'm finding my way around. It's very nice.
>>
>> I can manually install all the maia components and see how it goes,
>> unless someone here has a script to automate the process.
>>
>> Either way, FreeBSD is a tier one platform for Maia
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM jjs - mainphrame <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It seems that maiad and the rest of the perl code have aged very well,
>>> and it was still running well on the latest Debian here. My only problem
>>> was with the php part, and had to keep an older OS around for the web
>>> interface. But that's sorted now, and I'm hoping the web interface also
>>> runs well on the current FBSD now.
>>>
>>> If need be, I'll set up a FreeBSD instance here to help with testing.
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM Travis Mikalson <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> The idea to put the port in progress in a repo somewhere and link to
>>>> that from the README makes the most sense.
>>>>
>>>> I am one of those FreeBSD users, I actually saved a copy of the port
>>>> before it was deleted and I'm still running the maiad part on recently
>>>> updated modern FreeBSD 14 boxes!
>>>>
>>>> On 9/21/2025 23:45, Janky Jay, III wrote:
>>>> > Hi Joe,
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks for the quick reply.
>>>> >
>>>> > This is only temporary for testing until the code is considered
>>>> > stable/acceptable (by you? By mass-users? By whomever...) so I don't
>>>> > think it would fit into the installer or contrib. Once there is
>>>> > something solid, it will be part of the FBSD ports tree. I don't want
>>>> > anyone getting confused, so perhaps it's best if I just dump the port
>>>> > code into a separate repo that maybe you can link to in the README?
>>>> >
>>>> > I dunno. I'm just trying to be productive because I know there a lot
>>>> of
>>>> > Maia users on FBSD (and Linux alike) out there that have been waiting
>>>> > (drooling?) for an update to this code for years. The sooner I can
>>>> > provide something, the better. I just want to make sure it's as
>>>> > abundantly clear as possible that there is updated code that works.
>>>> >
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> > Janky Jay, III
>>>> >
>>>> > On 9/21/25 08:54PM, jjs - mainphrame wrote:
>>>> >> I like the idea of a unified maia codebase. After all, the php code,
>>>> >> maiad and the perl scripts are for all *nix OSes.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> We have the Linux parts mostly segregated in the "installers" and
>>>> >> "contrib" directories, and there should be a similar way to keep the
>>>> >> *BSD parts distinct from the common core.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Joe
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM Janky Jay, III <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>     Wowza! I was able to pull the last security/maia port for FBSD.
>>>> >>     Given that it's needed some serious attention since it's
>>>> >>     introduction (about 18 years ago), boy-oh-boy is it UGLY! (and
>>>> >>     this is my fault.) I do have a working port for the latest code,
>>>> >>     but it needs serious attention. Give me a day or two to re-write
>>>> >>     this son-of-b***h. I'll likely need some help from the serious
>>>> >>     ports gurus as I'm unsure how to handle some of these changes in
>>>> >>     the inclusions. With any luck, I'll have something worthy.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>     Quick question: Would you rather me provide the temporary FBSD
>>>> >>     port as a pull request/branch for your current work on Github or
>>>> >>     should I make it something completely separate? I'm fine with
>>>> >>     either. I just wanna make it as easy as I can for others until
>>>> >>     there's solid enough code to submit to the FBSD ports tree.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>     Regards,
>>>> >>     Janky Jay, III
>>>> <snip>
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