Hi When you do the --lint -D etc make sure you're doing this as the user Mailscanner runs as (v important if running non-sendmail as the MTA).
Also try "Mailcanner --debug --debug-sa" -- Martin Hepworth Snr Systems Administrator Solid State Logic Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300 > -----Original Message----- > From: MaraBlue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 August 2007 01:09 > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: RE: v3.2.3 isn't recognizing local.cf custom rules > > > > > Robert - elists-2 wrote: > > > > > >> > >> I have *always* run SA through MailScanner. This configuration is not > >> new, > >> I > >> have run it this way for *years*. The only thing that's new is the > >> version > >> of SA. As soon as I upgraded to v3.2.3, the problems started. > >> > >> If you can't be helpful, I can certainly understand. But I don't need > an > >> argument, nor your attitude. > > > > Marablue, > > > > You haven't helped yourself or tried any suggestions to check your own > > stuff > > out moron... > > > > You are like the only person I have ever seen on this list that really > > needs > > to check this out... > > > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > > > it is probably the most polite clue stick out there... > > > > - rh > > > > > > Read it, probably years before you were born. > > My initial post gave every detail needed, except for the output of --lint > -D, which I provided when Daryl kindly asked. > > You seem to have missed my first post, I'll past it here again: > > --begin copy&paste-- > > I've used custom rules in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf since v3.1.7 > with > never a problem. Since upgrading to v3.2.3, it's as if SpamAssassin isn't > seeing/registering the same rules that have always worked. > > I'm running SpamAssassin on CentOS 4.5, with cPanel and through a > MailScanner package, so spamd is disabled through cPanel. > > Any time I've added a custom rule I make sure it passes lint, then reload > MailScanner. I've never had a problem with SA not "acknowledging" the > rules > in local.cf until v3.2.3. This version isn't seeing rules that have been > there several versions back. > > I've run --lint -D, and SA is reading local.cf (I can post the log if > needed). The only other thing I changed a few days before this started was > switching from using openprotect.com's SARE channels to dostech.net. I > can't > imagine that change would have caused this, though, and the rules pass > lint. > SA is just...chosing to ignore them. > > I'm completely perplexed on what to do, aside from downgrading to a > previously known working (for me) version. Any ideas on what to > check/change > would be appreciated. > > -- end copy&paste -- > > The only other information I could have possibly include would have been > my > version of Perl. I didn't say "v3.2.3 is broken! OMG it's not working!" I > simply and politely asking for suggestions as to what I might have missed, > because SINCE UPGRADING TO SA 3.2.3, not only has spam dramatically > increased, but changing custom rules in local.cf doesn't seem to change > anything on the spam that comes through, when this has worked perfectly > well > in previous versions of SA. > > I've read this list for a long time. I've seen some really, truly STUPID > questions come through...and seen them be answered, civilly, helpfully. > The > only difference is I don't have a masculine username. I truly hate coming > off as a cranky feminist who complains I am being treated unfairly because > of my gender. > > But when it quacks like a duck...it's a duck. > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/v3.2.3-isn%27t- > recognizing-local.cf-custom-rules-tf4289420.html#a12218144 > Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ********************************************************************** Confidentiality : This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee only and may be confidential. If they come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please advise the sender by replying to this e-mail immediately and then delete the original from your computer. Opinion : Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are entirely those of the author and unless specifically stated to the contrary, are not necessarily those of the author's employer. Security Warning : Internet e-mail is not necessarily a secure communications medium and can be subject to data corruption. We advise that you consider this fact when e-mailing us. Viruses : We have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and any attachments are free from known viruses but in keeping with good computing practice, you should ensure that they are virus free. Red Lion 49 Ltd T/A Solid State Logic Registered as a limited company in England and Wales (Company No:5362730) Registered Office: 25 Spring Hill Road, Begbroke, Oxford OX5 1RU, United Kingdom **********************************************************************
