On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 06:12 -0700, MrGibbage wrote: > Just a little off topic here, but relevant. When I test SA, I log into a > bash shell. I set my environment variables in .bash_profile (loading > changes with the 'source' command). > I use spamc/spamd and the answer is simple. I use a script that runs spamc to submit test messages to my live spamd. The only disadvantage I can see is that this will probably distort any spam statistics you generate from /var/log/maillog.
Now I have a second copy of spamd on this laptop, configured identically to the live copy, and run it only when I need to test some new or updated personal rules. The only additions were scripts to: - copy local.cf and any associated files to /etc/mail/spamassassin and start/stop/reload spamd on the laptop - install the revised local.cf on my mail host and restart its copy of spamd. > Sometimes when testing, I get different results than I do when processing > real mail. > Same here, but that is unimportant to me, since the differences only affect standard rules: the sole purpose of this test setup is to confirm that new and modified private rules work as expected and don't generate FPs. As always ymmv. Martin
