<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" dir="ltr" text="#000000"> run it as: nohup python scripts/sb_server.py & Claude Jones wrote: <blockquote cite="mid4257D51B.3000900@levitjames.com" type="cite">I'm running Spambayes to filter spam. It's installed as a pop3 proxy and is invoked by the following, run from root in a terminal window: cd /usr/local/bin/ python scripts/sb_server.py That results in the following: SpamBayes POP3 Proxy Version 1.0.4 (March 2005) and engine SpamBayes Engine Version 0.3 (January 2004). Loading database... Listener on port 110 is proxying pop.patriot.net:110 User interface url is <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://localhost:8880/">http://localhost:8880/</a> The script is activated and, until I close the terminal, remains so. But, it means that I have an open terminal with root running during my entire session. Closing the terminal kills the python script and my email. I tried putting the above commands in rc.local but that aborted my boot. I got the the "Loading database... Listener on port 110 is proxying pop.patriot.net:110 User interface url is <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://localhost:8880/">http://localhost:8880/</a>" message, and nothing more, the screen just hung. Can one of you tell me if there is another way to do this? Is there a way to invoke this script as a 'background process' - I'm not even sure if that's the correct terminology in the world of Linux? </blockquote> </body> </html>