SpamAssassin Prefs File problem

[Shahid Hussain]

> Shahid Hussain wrote:
>   > yes, it is pointed to the correct dir.
> >
> > in spam.assassin.prefs.conf I have:
> > required_hits           2.0
> > subject_tag             [Possible Spam?]
> > report_safe             1
> > and so on...
> >
> > For some reason when I recieve spam mail, at the header say:
> > X-ZoneWave.NET-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin
(score=3.566,
> >  required 6, FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS 0.87, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00,
> >  SUB_HELLO 2.70)
> >
> > required 6?
> > it should be 2
> >
> >
> > In MailScanner.conf I have:
> > Use SpamAssassin = yes
> > Max SpamAssassin Size = 30000
> > #Required SpamAssassin Score = 6
> > High SpamAssassin Score = 10
> > SpamAssassin Auto Whitelist = no
> > SpamAssassin Prefs File = %etc-dir%/spam.assassin.prefs.conf
>
> You're not supposed to use spam.assassin.prefs.conf for options that
> MailScanner.conf covers. If you want the score to be 2, then set it to
> that in MailScanner.conf. Same goes for the tagging, that's handled by
> MS too.
>
> --
> /Peter Bonivart
>
> --Unix lovers do it in the Sun
>
> Sun Fire V210, Solaris 9, Sendmail 8.12.10, MailScanner 4.29.7,
> SpamAssassin 2.63 + DCC 1.2.45, ClamAV 0.70 + GMP 4.1.2, Vispan 1.4
>

Thanks for reply,

If I understand you correctly..
you saying I should use MailScanner.conf and replace #Required SpamAssassin
Score = 6 to 2?
So what the point of "SpamAssassin Prefs File" for? - what is it used for...
is it only used that MailScanner does not cover?

Shahid

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