Matt, Which directory is preferred in choosing a location for custom cf files, /etc/mail/spamassassin or /usr/share/spamassassin? I would like to understand the answer from both a technical and personal point-of-view.
Thanks, Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Kettler > At 03:30 PM 10/9/03 -0700, Robert Leonard III wrote: > >Here is a newbie question.. how would I implement those > >rules? Can I put them in my /etc/mail/spamassassin directory, or put > >them someplace else? Do I have to reference them in some way, or by > >them being in the right place are they automatically applied? > > Yep, putting add-on rules in /etc/mail/spamassassin is a > great place.. SA will automatically read every config file in that > directory, not just local.cf. If you use spamd, restart it, just as > you would if you edited local.cf. > > Of course, as a precaution you might want to test these rules > against a small test sample of some of your mail before you go > site-wide with it. > > In that case you can put them temporarily into a user_prefs > file for some dummy account, and use the spamassassin commandline to > test the messages (spamd/spamc won't honor user rules in user_prefs, > but plain-jane spamassassin will) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
