I am trying to get SA to recognize a different mailspool. I thought I
would do that using the MAIL environment variable.

So my .qmail file looks like:

> |MAIL=/home/reese/Maildir; export; /usr/bin/spamassassin -D -P -l /home/reese/SA.log

But still, no luck.

On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 15:35, Rick Macdougall wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I could be wrong but I think you need a delivery program like maildrop or
> safecat to complete the delivery.
> 
> Something like
> 
> | /usr/bin/spamc -f | safecat ./Maildir/tmp ./Maildir/new
> 
> Are you using vpopmail or vmailmgr?  If so I have scripts for both of those.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rick
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Byrne Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 6:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [SAtalk] newbie question
> 
> 
> I should clarify. I DON'T want it delivered to /var/spool... sorry - a
> typo on my part.
> 
> There are no clear instructions on what files I need to edit to get it
> to work as a filter.
> 
> Let me elaborate... my .qmail file once contained only the following:
> 
> > ./Maildir/
> 
> Indicating that mail for me was to be delivered to the specified
> directory.
> 
> If I edit my .qmail file (synonymous with .forward really) to contain
> only:
> 
> > |spamassassin -P
> 
> Then spamassassin picks up the mail, but then delivers to mail to
> /var/spool/mail/foo and not to my ./Maildir/.
> 
> Ok, so if I change my .qmail file to be:
> 
> > |spamassassin -P
> > ./Maildir/
> 
> I would expect for spamassassin to filter the mail, and then deliver it
> to ./Maildir/, but no. spamassassin still tries to deliver the mail to
> /var/spool/mail/foo.
> 
> What am I doing wrong? I don't want SA doing any delivery, but I can't
> seem to tell it not to (even with the -P flag!).
> 
> On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 14:54, dman wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 02:22:22PM -0800, Byrne Reese wrote:
> > | Hopefully, someone can tell me to go read a specific FAQ or something,
> > | but I have nothing that will help me get qmail to work with spam
> > | assassin.
> > |
> > | I need spamassassin to deliver mail to $HOME/Maildir (in a Maildir
> > | format, not mbox), and deliver it to /var/spool/mail/USER.
> > |
> > | What am I missing?
> >
> > Use SA as a filter only and let qmail do the delivery.  (I assume
> > qmail because you mention ~/Maildir)  I don't use qmail so I can't
> > give you any config tips there.
> >
> > -D
> >
> > --
> >
> > The way of a fool seems right to him,
> > but a wise man listens to advice.
> >         Proverbs 12:15
> >
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