Which Bayes files?

[Steen, Glenn]

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> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Martin Hepworth
> Sent: den 3 mars 2005 17:22
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Which Bayes files?
> 
> 
> Richard
> 
> in spam.assassin.prefs.conf you can force the bayes directory. I use
> that then I know where the heck things are.
Very true, I do the same... Since I'm a MailWatch-user, where this is
a prerequisite.
If you can determine which files are the "primaries" (ie. what MS is
using), it would be easy to move them wherever you'd like... Just see
to it that the Run As MS user can get at them fro rw.
Look below for further comments.

> 
> 
> --
> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
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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?
SA is run by MS, so in this case it should be the Debian-exim user.

> >
> > Asking that another way (humour me for completeness!), 
> which bayes files
> > is SA looking at in my case?
~Debian-exim/.spamassassin/....

> >
> > 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...
Not MS, but SA. "su - Debian-exim" and run
spamassassin -D -p /etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf --lint 2>&1
| grep bayes
(If you use MailWatch, there's a convenient link to click in the
"Other" section... One of the reasons you need be specific about
bayes_* placement in MW (the other being sa-learn)).

Most of this is deducible from the list archives, and the available
docs;)

Cheers
-- Glenn

> >
> >
> > 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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