<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I agree it would be nice to check the update logs.<div><br></div><div>As for adding sare rules to update_spamassassin, according to <a href="http://www.rulesemporium.com/">http://www.rulesemporium.com/</a> "<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">SARE rules aren't being updated</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">". A better alternative is </span></font>OpenProtect's SpamAssassin sa-update channel at <a href="http://saupdates.openprotect.com">http://saupdates.openprotect.com</a>.<div><br></div><div>I would also suggest using Sought rules, you can find more info at <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/SoughtRules">http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/SoughtRules</a>. Another good idea is joining the spamassassin mailing list. I have picked up a lot of good tips there.</div><div><br></div><div>Mike<br><div><br><div><div>On Oct 7, 2009, at 10:47 AM, <<a href="mailto:donald.dawson@bakerbotts.com">donald.dawson@bakerbotts.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:donald.dawson@bakerbotts.com">donald.dawson@bakerbotts.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><p><font size="2" face="Arial">I have a suggestion to /<i>usr/sbin/update_spamassassin</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- consider commenting out line 32 (rm -f $LOGFILE) to allow viewing of the /tmp/update_spamassassin.MMDD file. It's useful to review the file for errors.</font></p><p><font size="2" face="Arial">For the</font><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font size="2" face="Arial">install.sh</font></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font size="2" face="Arial">script, please consider adding code to let the user know of all rpmnew files. We have a custom</font><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font size="2" face="Arial">/etc/sysconfig/MailScanner</font></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font size="2" face="Arial">file where we list the spam channels we get updates from:</font></p><p><font size="2" face="Arial">29,30c29</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><font size="2" face="Arial">< #SAUPDATEARGS=""</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><font size="2" face="Arial">< SAUPDATEARGS="-D --gpgkeyfile /etc/mail/spamassassin/sare-sa-update-gpgkeys.txt --channelfile /etc/mail/spamassassin/sare-sa-update-channels.txt"</font></p><p><font size="2" face="Arial">There were a lot of changes in /etc/sysconfig/MailScanner - WORKDIR, INQDIR, QUARDIR, RUNAS...</font></p><p><font size="2" face="Arial">Could there be a custom file for the SAUPDATEARGS variable so we didn't have to modify the delivered /etc/sysconfig/MailScanner file?</font></p><p><font size="2" face="Arial">Thanks,</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Donald</font></p><p><font size="2" face="Arial">Donald Dawson</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Security Administrator</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Baker Botts L.L.P.</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><font size="1" face="Arial">One Shell Plaza</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><font size="1" face="Arial">910 Louisiana</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><font size="1" face="Arial">Houston, TX 77002</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><font size="1" face="Arial">W: 713-229-2183</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>MailScanner</b>, and is believed to be clean.</div>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>MailScanner mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info">mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info</a><br><a href="http://lists.mailscanner.info/mailman/listinfo/mailscanner">http://lists.mailscanner.info/mailman/listinfo/mailscanner</a><br><br>Before posting, read<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://wiki.mailscanner.info/posting">http://wiki.mailscanner.info/posting</a><br><br>Support MailScanner development - buy the book off the website!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>