Re: spamassassin. CAREFUL ON UPGRADE
* dman (dsh8290@rit.edu) wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 08:13:48AM -0800, Cam Ellison wrote:
> | * Brian Clark (brianj@fusionwerks.com) wrote:
> | > * Cam Ellison (camellison@dccnet.com) [Feb 15. 2002 18:59]:
> | >
> | <snip>
> | > > > I'm not using spamd, I'm firing off spamassassin with Procmail. But,
> | > > > I'm setting required_hits in /etc/spamassassin.prefs
> | >
> | > > I've got it set to 7 there, too. I'm not sure what's going on. I'd
> | > > hate to have to remove it, because it is catching a lot of stuff.
> | >
> | > What version are you using? I'm running 2.01.
> |
> | So am I.
>
> Wrong file, then. Put your config in /etc/spamassassin/local.cf for
> version 2.01. (/etc/spamassassin.prefs was a template for creating
> user configs in version 1.5)
>
dman, you are unfailingly helpful. That's the one file that was untouched.
<snip>
> Using 'spamassassin' or the "spamc/spamd" combo works the same (aside
> from system load). In either case, for user configs, run the filter
> as the user. This is a bit difficult with exim, so I have it run a
> user mail and use site-wide config only (and, since I'm the only user
> at this site, it works just as well). spamc has a supposedly
> deprecated option "-u" to specify the user whose config should be
> used.
>
I have not explored that. Since spamassassin is a perl script, it takes longer to run. I only get a couple of hundred messages a day, but it adds up.
> Try putting your threshold level in /etc/spamassassin/local.cf,
> restart spamd, and see if piping a message through spamc gives the
> expected result.
>
I have done that, and will keep you posted.
Thank you
Cam
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