Joanne wrote: > No to both of them, Herb. > > Place them into the /etc/mail/spamassassin (or > /etc/spamassassin depending on where the local.cf file is.) > Make a new file and put them into that file. It's cleaner > than getting local.cf all cluttered.
That seems a good variation on the other two methods. > Never place new scores or rules into the > /usr/share/spamassassin directory. They WILL get deleted or > replaced when you update. Really? I didn't know that (obviously) although I have updated several (minor) versions of SpamAssassin and never lost any added files in the share directory. Of course one must no modify the default files, or create one with a name likely to be used in a new version but new files seem to survive upgrades just fine. Are you sure these will get overwritten or deleted? > You are better off to simply > override the /usr/share/spamassassin scores in a new rules > file in the same directory with the local.cf file. (That is > also where you want to install your SARE rules. And you DO > want a bundle of them, likely as not. (The set I use > dramatically improve the falses from a bare fresh install.) It still sounds like good advice (yours that is.) > These are found at several locations listed in the > spamassassin wiki. The basic SARE rules site is > http://www.rulesemporium.com/. http://www.exit0.us is another > good site to visit for rules. > http://www.rulesemporium.com/links.htm has some nice HOW-TO > links that will help. > > {^_^} Joanne >
