SpamAssassin Config files {Scanned by HJMS}

[Jim Dickenson]

Thanks for that tip. That gets rid of part of the problem.

There are still many options in the MS.conf file and I do not know if they
override the spam.assassin.prefs.conf file or if the sa config file
overrides the items in the MS.conf file.

Also does anyone know about the user specific preferences?
--
Jim Dickenson
mailto:dickenson at cfmc.com

Computers for Marketing Corporation
http://www.cfmc.com/



> From: "Furnish, Trever G" <TGFurnish at HERFF-JONES.COM>
> Reply-To: MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:06:44 -0500
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: SpamAssassin Config files {Scanned by HJMS}
>
> When spamassassin is used by mailscanner, the spam.assassin.prefs.conf file
> in the MailScanner configuration directory is what matters.  When you, for
> example, spamassassin -D --lint on the command line different files get
> used.  I would suggest (assuming a typical sendmail install and MailScanner
> config under /etc/MailScanner) that you do the following:
>
> mv /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf \
>  /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf-dist
> ln -s /etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf \
>  /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
>
> That way when you run sa from the command-line, the mailscanner prefs file
> will still get used.
>
> -t.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Dickenson [mailto:dickenson at CFMC.COM]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 10:57 AM
>> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>> Subject: SpamAssassin Config files {Scanned by HJMS}
>>
>>
>> I am totally confused as to where the various config files for SA are
>> located when using MS.
>>
>> In /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf there are various
>> options that seem to
>> set some SA options. Additionally there are these lines that
>> point to config
>> files as well.
>>
>> SpamAssassin Prefs File = %etc-dir%/spam.assassin.prefs.conf
>>
>> SpamAssassin User State Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/spamassassin
>>
>>
>>
>> When I was running SA via procmail there were various files in
>> /etc/mail/spamassassin, for system-wide options, and then in
>> /var/lib/spamassassin there were directories in the form of
>> <username>.prefs
>> that had user_prefs as well as other stuff that were specific
>> to a given
>> user.
>>
>> I have searched the mail list archive but got more confused.
>>
>> Can someone please explain, or point me to an explanation,
>> about how SA gets
>> configured when run via MS?
>>
>>
>> TIA,
>> --
>> Jim Dickenson
>> mailto:dickenson at cfmc.com
>>
>> Computers for Marketing Corporation
>> http://www.cfmc.com/
>>