Mike Pepe wrote: > >> We need some background on your setup: >> >> How do you call SA to get your mail scanned at delivery time? >> Do you use spamd to scan your mail? >> If so, did you restart spamd after adding your rule? >> Where is your CATHY_CAPARULA rule declared (ie: what file)? > > Hi Matt, > > The system is FC3, running SA 3.1.1 > > I use procmail piping the messages through spamd. > > I'm not sure if I restarted spamd after I made that custom rule, but > that rule lives in /etc/mail/spamassassin > > If I don't restart spamd, and I modify rules, would that cause what I am > seeing?
Yes.. spamd only reads the files in /etc/mail/spamassassin when it loads. > Would running spamassassin directly evaluate the message > differently than going through spamd? Yes. The spamassassin script parses all the config files from scratch when it starts. Also, unlike spamd, it will honor rules in user_prefs by default. Spamd requires the allow_user_rules setting to do that.
