Local State Dir - /var/lib/spamassassin - SARE rules no hits

[Daniel Flensburg]

Can someone please help me with a strange problem. I noticed that my
recently downloaded SARE-rules have no hits. I believe non of the rules
in the /var/lib/spamassassin work.

When running the command: 

spamassassin -D --lint

I get the result (looks just right):

[4446] dbg: config: using "/etc/spamassassin" for site rules pre files
[4446] dbg: config: read file /etc/spamassassin/init.pre
[4446] dbg: config: read file /etc/spamassassin/v310.pre
[4446] dbg: config: read file /etc/spamassassin/v312.pre
[4446] dbg: config: using "/var/lib/spamassassin/3.001004" for sys rules
pre files
[4446] dbg: config: read file
/var/lib/spamassassin/3.001004/saupdates_openprotect_com.pre
[4446] dbg: config: read file
/var/lib/spamassassin/3.001004/updates_spamassassin_org.pre
[4446] dbg: config: using "/var/lib/spamassassin/3.001004" for default
rules dir
-------------------

But when I run the command:

/opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner --debug --debug-sa

I get a different result (a bad one):

[4329] dbg: config: using "/etc/mail/spamassassin" for site rules pre
files
[4329] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/init.pre
[4329] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/v310.pre
[4329] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/v312.pre
[4329] dbg: config: using "/usr/share/spamassassin" for sys rules pre
files
[4329] dbg: config: using "/usr/share/spamassassin" for default rules
dir

The setting in my /opt/MailScanner/etc/MailScanner.conf is:

# The site-local rules are searched for here, and in
prefix/etc/spamassassin,
# prefix/etc/mail/spamassassin, /usr/local/etc/spamassassin,
/etc/spamassassin,
# /etc/mail/spamassassin, and maybe others.
# Be careful of setting this: it may mean the spam.assassin.prefs.conf
file
# is missed out, you will need to insert a soft-link with "ln -s" to
link
# the file into mailscanner.cf in the new directory.
# If this is set then it replaces the list of places that are searched;
# otherwise it has no effect.
#SpamAssassin Local Rules Dir = /opt/MailScanner/etc/mail/spamassassin
SpamAssassin Local Rules Dir =

# The rules created by the "sa-update" tool are searched for here.
# This directory contains the 3.001001/updates_spamassassin_org
# directory structure beneath it.
# Only un-comment this setting once you have proved that the sa-update
# cron job has run successfully and has created a directory structure
under
# the spamassassin directory within this one and has put some *.cf files
in
# there. Otherwise it will ignore all your current rules!
# The default location may be /var/opt on Solaris systems.
SpamAssassin Local State Dir = # /var/lib/spamassassin

# The default rules are searched for here, and in
prefix/share/spamassassin,
# /usr/local/share/spamassassin, /usr/share/spamassassin, and maybe
others.
# If this is set then it adds to the list of places that are searched;
# otherwise it has no effect.
#SpamAssassin Default Rules Dir = /opt/MailScanner/share/spamassassin
SpamAssassin Default Rules Dir =
------------
I tried to remove the # in the line below but the result is the same:
SpamAssassin Local State Dir = # /var/lib/spamassassin

What have I missed?

I have a rather old version of SA 3.1.4 - but I do not want to upgrade
until I have a backup MS server running, unless an upgrade is the fix
for this strange behavior.


/Daniel