On startup, with spamd OPTIONS="--debug --daemonize --create-prefs --auto-whitelist --username=nobo dy --nouser-config --allowed-ips=192.168.1.10,127.0.0.1" Sep 25 13:34:44 mogwai spamd[15500]: debug: 15500 Trying to get lock on /var/spool/spamassassin/auto-whitelist pass 0 Sep 25 13:34:44 mogwai spamd[15500]: debug: Tie-ing to DB file R/W in /var/spool/spamassassin/auto-whitelist Sep 25 13:34:47 mogwai spamd[15500]: debug: open of AWL file failed: Cannot open auto_whitelist_path /var/spool/spamassassin/auto-whitelist: No such file or directory But: drwxr-xr-x 5 nobody nobody 4096 Sep 25 13:42 /var/spool/spamassassin/ -rw-rw-rw- 1 nobody nobody 0 Sep 25 13:26 /var/spool/spamassassin/auto-whitelist And there *is* a file being created, but not what I asked for: -rw------- 1 nobody root 28672 Sep 25 08:42 auto-whitelist.db Cheers, -zeek ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk