I have copied a mail to spa.mail and now I execute $ cat spam.mail|spamassassin
which outputs along with the message: X-Spam-Flag: YES X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.5 (2006-08-29) on mx4.mydomain.co.za X-Spam-Level: ***** X-Spam-Status: Yes, score=5.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO, RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET,SARE_MLB_Stock1,SARE_MLB_Stock4, SARE_PROLOSTOCK_SYM1,STOCK_NAME_FVGT1 autolearn=no version=3.1.5 my /etc/amavisd.conf contains the lines $sa_tag2_level_deflt = 4.0; # add 'spam detected' headers at that level $sa_kill_level_deflt = 5.0; # triggers spam evasive actions $sa_dsn_cutoff_level = 9; # spam level beyond which a DSN is not sent $sa_quarantine_cutoff_level = 18; # spam level beyond which quarantine is off my /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf contains required_hits 5.0 but the mail still gets through to my mailbox What am I mising here? mike