SA bayes not working / autolearn inactive?

[Martin Hepworth]

Green, Rodney wrote:
> 
> 
> Daniel Maher wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I set up a new MailScanner server today, basically as a clone of an 
>> already existing one in the pool. I have SpamAssassin’s “autolearn” 
>> feature enabled on the existing mail servers; however, even though I 
>> have the same environment and configuration file on the new incoming 
>> server, autolearn does not appear to be activated. It’s either that, 
>> or bayes just isn’t activating properly, and autolearn is deactivating 
>> on it’s own.. I’m just not sure.
>>
>> Relevant config snippet:
>>
>> ###
>>
>> use_bayes 1
>>
>> bayes_path /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/bayes/bayes
>>
>> bayes_auto_learn 1
>>
>> bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam -5.0
>>
>> bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam 12
>>
>> ###
>>
>> On the servers which appear to have functioning Bayes databases, the 
>> “autolearn=*” string appears in the Score line as one would expect. On 
>> the new server, the autolearn string simply does not appear, and the 
>> “bayes_*” files do not grow in size. Oddly enough, running a lint 
>> check on the new server shows no obvious problems:
>>
>> [18747] dbg: bayes: tie-ing to DB file R/O 
>> /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/bayes/bayes_toks [18747] dbg: bayes: 
>> tie-ing to DB file R/O /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/bayes/bayes_seen
>>
>> [18747] dbg: bayes: found bayes db version 3
>>
>> [18747] dbg: bayes: DB journal sync: last sync: 0
>>
>> [18747] dbg: bayes: not available for scanning, only 0 spam(s) in 
>> bayes DB < 200
>>
>> [18747] dbg: bayes: untie-ing
>>
>> [18747] dbg: bayes: untie-ing db_toks [18747] dbg: bayes: untie-ing 
>> db_seen
>>
> Does autolearn function when the minimum for spam/ham is not meet?
> 
In a word no..

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Martin Hepworth
Senior Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
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