Differences between spamassassin rules in MailScanner.conf

[paddy]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 02:13:04PM -0800, Matt Krause wrote:
> I am trying to figure out the difference between the following
> settings in the MailScanner.conf file?
>
> # The site rules are searched for here.
> # Normal location on most systems is /etc/mail/spamassassin.
> SpamAssassin Site Rules Dir = /etc/mail/spamassassin
>
> # The site-local rules are searched for here, and in prefix/etc/spamassassin,
> # prefix/etc/mail/spamassassin, /usr/local/etc/spamassassin, /etc/spamassassin,
> # /etc/mail/spamassassin, and maybe others.
> # If this is set then it adds to the list of places that are searched;
> # otherwise it has no effect.
> #SpamAssassin Local Rules Dir = /opt/MailScanner/etc/mail/spamassassin
> SpamAssassin Local Rules Dir =
>
> # The default rules are searched for here, and in prefix/share/spamassassin,
> # /usr/local/share/spamassassin, /usr/share/spamassassin, and maybe others.
> # If this is set then it adds to the list of places that are searched;
> # otherwise it has no effect.
> #SpamAssassin Default Rules Dir = /opt/MailScanner/share/spamassassin
> SpamAssassin Default Rules Dir =

first off,

  man spamassassin

see the section CONFIGURATION FILES

But I think you may have a point here,

  # egrep -i "spamassassin[a-z]*rules" `dpkg -L mailscanner`
  /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/ConfigDefs.pl:SpamAssassinSiteRulesDir
  /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/ConfigDefs.pl:SpamAssassinLocalRulesDir
  /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/ConfigDefs.pl:SpamAssassinDefaultRulesDir
  /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/ConfigDefs.pl:MCPSpamAssassinLocalRulesDir   /etc/MailScanner/mcp
  /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/ConfigDefs.pl:MCPSpamAssassinDefaultRulesDir /etc/MailScanner/mcp
  /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/SA.pm:    $val = MailScanner::Config::Value('spamassassinlocalrulesdir');
  /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/SA.pm:    $val = MailScanner::Config::Value('spamassassindefaultrulesdir');
  /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/MCP.pm:    $val = MailScanner::Config::Value('mcpspamassassinlocalrulesdir');
  /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/MCP.pm:    $val = MailScanner::Config::Value('mcpspamassassindefaultrulesdir');

I can't see where the SpamAssassinSiteRulesDir variable is ever used,
although it may be employed in a way that is eluding my grep.

Julian?

Regards,
Paddy
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