Bayes not running

Martin Hepworth martinh at SOLID-STATE-LOGIC.COM
Mon Sep 13 16:07:48 IST 2004


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Alex Laslavic wrote:
> I just rebuilt our mailscanner server on a new machine, and in the process
> upgraded to the newest versions.  Everything is running fine, but I have
> noticed that Bayes is not running.  Spamassassin --lint successfully ties
> to the bayes databases, but when MailScanner is running bayes is not being
> used.  I cannot find any error messages in the logs, to give me a clue
> here.
>
> Suggestions on where I need to look to see why bayes is not running?
>
> Alex Laslavic
> Havertys Tech Services

Alex

make sure you have enough spam and ham in the DB (minimum 200 each!) -
www.fsl.com have a good starter DB if not.

Also make sure the MailScanner user (AS defined at the top of
MailScanner.conf) has write accesss to the files

--
Martin Hepworth
Senior Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic Ltd
tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


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