Which Bayes files?

[Martin Hepworth]

Richard

in spam.assassin.prefs.conf you can force the bayes directory. I use
that then I know where the heck things are.


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Wechsler wrote:
> Quick query (which really boils down to my reading of the syntax of a
> specific comment in Mailscanner.conf):
>
> I'm running Mailscanner 4.38.10 and SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a Debian-Sarge
>  server, with Exim 4.44 (all from Debian's testing packages).
>
> Both exim and mailscanner run as the user 'Debian-exim'.
>
> I have:
> SpamAssassin User State Dir = /var/lib/MailScanner
>
> in Mailscanner.conf
> This file tells me that:
>
> # The per-user files (bayes, auto-whitelist, user_prefs) are looked
> # for here and in ~/.spamassassin/. Note the files are mutable.
>
> Leaving aside the fact that I dunno what "mutable" means in this
> context, what does '~' mean. OK, it's a home directory, but is it the
> home of the mail recipient or of the 'user' that MailScanner's running as?
>
> Asking that another way (humour me for completeness!), which bayes files
> is SA looking at in my case?
>
> And: Is there any way I can get MS to tell me where it's looking, or how
> much Bayes data (if any) it's finding to work on? I get the odd feeling
> I'm sending the training data to the wrong place at the moment...
>
>
> Ok, so not such a 'quick query' as I thought, but at least I worked out
> the earlier '70 errors in spamassassin --lint -D' issue before annoying
> the list with it ;) (Answer: SA was finding a set of rules from a 2.64
> install and getting very upset).
>
>
> The return on these questions should hopefully be of use - I'm about
> halfway through writing a "Guide to installing Mailscanner on
> Debian-Sarge" which will *thoroughly* cover my recent experiences of
> installing this combination. It should be online later today.
>
> Richard George,
>        MEng (Electronics D.Trip), University of Southampton :)
>
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