updates_spamassassin_org.cf ??

[Jeff A. Earickson]

Martin,

I was trying to figure out the sa-update thing with MS version 4.52.2.
Your note below made no sense to me until I started looking at the
MailScanner.conf for 4.53.7.  I my case (Solaris 10) the state dir
is /var/opt instead of /var/lib.

Jeff Earickson
Colby College

On Wed, 3 May 2006, Martin Hepworth wrote:

> Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 18:40:55 +0100
> From: Martin Hepworth <martinh at solid-state-logic.com>
> Reply-To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> To: 'MailScanner discussion' <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> Subject: RE: updates_spamassassin_org.cf ??
> 
> Jeff
>
> No - the sa-updates creates a new dir with new and existing rules for your
> version...changing the MailScanner line..
>
> SpamAssassin Local State Dir = /var/lib
>
> will make MS see the updated rulesets. HOWEVER it would seem that you have
> to have run sa-update BEFORE you make this change otherwise MS doesn't see
> the 'original' rules in /usr/local/share/spamassassin and your spam
> detection will down the pan.
>
>
>
> --
> 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 Jeff A. Earickson
>> Sent: 03 May 2006 18:11
>> To: mailscanner mailing list
>> Subject: updates_spamassassin_org.cf ??
>>
>> Gang,
>>
>> Branching out from the "Spamassassin not working..." thread
>> regarding sa-update, I have done some experimenting and I'll
>> report what I found with MailScanner.
>>
>> I ran sa-update and got new cf files put into
>> /var/opt/spamassassin/3.001001/updates_spamassassin_org, with
>> a file /var/opt/spamassassin/3.001001/updates_spamassassin_org.cf.
>>
>> Then I ran MS in debug mode and looked for evident that the
>> files in /var/opt where used.  Nothing.  Then I made a symlink:
>>
>> cd /etc/mail/spamassassin
>> ln -s /var/opt/spamassassin/3.001001/updates_spamassassin_org.cf
>> updates_spamassassin_org.cf
>>
>> and ran MS in debug mode again.  Voila!  The updates got used, eg:
>>
>> dbg: plugin: fixed relative path:
>> /etc/mail/spamassassin/updates_spamassassin_org/10_misc.cf
>> dbg: config: using
>> "/etc/mail/spamassassin/updates_spamassassin_org/10_misc.cf" for included
>> file
>>
>> and so on for all of the other cf files in /var/opt.
>>
>> Errr, is this the way that info from sa-update should be used?
>>
>> Jeff Earickson
>> Colby College
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