Hi, even using spamd with -c flag (spamd -d -c -v -u vpopmail --pidfile=/home/vpopmail/etc/spamd.pif) sometimes it can't create the user_prefs file.
The permissions are vpopmail.vchkpw for all domains. Sometimes it creates user_prefs file without problem, and sometimes it gives this message: ===================== Oct 25 13:33:03 ana spamd[32118]: connection from ana [127.0.0.1] at port 37753 Oct 25 13:33:03 ana spamd[32118]: Creating default_prefs [/home/vpopmail/domains/test.com/foo/.spamassassin/user_prefs] Oct 25 13:33:03 ana spamd[32118]: Cannot write to /home/vpopmail/domains/test.com/foo/.spamassassin/user_prefs: No such file or directory Oct 25 13:33:03 ana spamd[32118]: Couldn't create readable default_prefs for [/home/vpopmail/domains/test.com/foo/.spamassassin/user_prefs] Oct 25 13:33:03 ana spamd[32118]: processing message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for [EMAIL PROTECTED]:89. Oct 25 13:33:03 ana spamd[32118]: clean message (0.5/5.0) for [EMAIL PROTECTED]:89 in 0.1 seconds, 113160 bytes. Oct 25 13:33:03 ana spamd[32118]: result: . 0 - HTML_90_100,HTML_MESSAGE,MIME_HTML_MOSTLY,RCVD_BY_IP scantime=0.1,size=113160,mid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,autolearn=no ===================== thanks Flavio