On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 03:04 -0700, chauhananshul wrote: > I'm new to linux world can some one please help in understanding .cf &.pm > files. > I've used .cf files from http://www.rulesemporium.com i used to copy in > /usr/share/spamassassin/ & it works but at some sites both .pm & .cf fiels > are available can some one please guide me wht to do with .pm files how to > install them or make them work for me. > .pm files contain the Perl code that implements a plugin. You should be able to drop that in /etc/mail/spamassassin (or wherever your distro puts the SA local files) alongside the configuration file (.cf) that references it. The config file will contain a 'loadplugin' line to tell SA about the plugin, maybe some configuration lines for the plugin and (probably) the SA rules that use the plugin.
Martin