MailScanner 4.50.15 not picking up new rules from sa-update

[Martin Hepworth]

Adri

Hmm what version of MS is this???? "mailscanner -v"

Freshports shows the latest is 4.50.1 which should have these settings.

You may have to upgrade your ports tree..

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Martin Hepworth 
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Solid State Logic
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Adri Koppes
> Sent: 06 April 2006 10:52
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: RE: MailScanner 4.50.15 not picking up new rules from sa-update
> 
> Martin,
> 
> The Advanced SpamAssassin Section does not have an option for the
> SpamAssassin LOCAL_STATE_DIR option.
> Also in SA.pm, there is no place where this option is read or passed on
> to SpamAssassin.
> I think the LOCAL_STATE_DIR option is new for SA 3.1.1, to work with
> sa-update.
> 
> I am restarting MailScanner after making config changes, before checking
> if they function properly.
> I think Julian probably has to add the option to SA.pm and the Advanced
> SpamAssassin Section in MailScanner.conf.
> 
> Adri.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> > [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf
> > Of Martin Hepworth
> > Sent: donderdag 6 april 2006 10:35
> > To: 'MailScanner discussion'
> > Subject: RE: MailScanner 4.50.15 not picking up new rules
> > from sa-update
> >
> > Adri
> >
> > Have a look in MailScanner.conf and the Advanced SpamAssassin
> > Settings section. You can put extra things into the SA rules
> > path there,
> >
> > Also I presume you're restarting MS after the update and not
> > just waiting for the children to die?
> >
> > --
> > Martin Hepworth
> > Snr Systems Administrator
> > Solid State Logic
> > Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> > [mailto:mailscanner-
> > > bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Adri Koppes
> > > Sent: 06 April 2006 09:03
> > > To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> > > Subject: MailScanner 4.50.15 not picking up new rules from sa-update
> > >
> > > I am running the MailScanner port on FreeBSD 5.4 with
> > sendmail as my
> > > MTA and SpamAssassin 3.1.1.
> > > I recently ran the 'sa-update' program included in SpamAssassin to
> > > pick up newly added and changed rules.
> > > The sa-update program correctly downloads the updated rules to the
> > > default location of
> > > '/var/lib/spamassassin/3.001001/updates_spamassassin_org' and when
> > > running spamassassin -D --lint, I can see the new rules being used.
> > > However the new rules are NOT being used by SpamAssassin
> > when called
> > > from inside MailScanner.
> > > I believe this is due to an omission in SA.pm when creating a new
> > > instance of Mail::SpamAssassin.
> > > The LOCAL_STATE_DIR config option, which is normally
> > '/var/lib' is not
> > > included in the $settings.
> > >
> > > Adri.
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