Testing new rules with lint

[bruno . delladucata]

If i create new rules in cf files i must restart spamd
to test these new rules with spamassassin --lint

Is there annother way to check each rule before restarting spamd?
What happens if i restart spamd and a message is in the queue or filtering
process (SA)?

Im using Postfix 2.1 with pers-user config on Mysql