From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 30 06:43:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F236D16A4CE for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 06:43:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (unknown [69.27.131.0]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F8E243D4C for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 06:43:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kadmin@archangel.daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])i2UEf1hU049016; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:41:01 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kadmin@archangel.daleco.biz) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (archangel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 48493-04; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:41:00 -0600 (CST) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i2UEev2p049008; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:40:58 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kadmin@archangel.daleco.biz) Received: (from kadmin@localhost) by archangel.daleco.biz (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i2UEevQZ049007; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:40:57 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kadmin) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:40:56 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey To: Bart Silverstrim Message-ID: <20040330144056.GA48956@archangel.daleco.biz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at archangel.daleco.biz cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: SpamAssassin X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:43:39 -0000 On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 12:31:25PM -0500, Bart Silverstrim wrote: > Question...Is anyone else running amavisd-new with spamassassin from > ports? > Just started about a week ago, with dual-Sendmail setup + SA and ClamAV. > If so, where/how should I be updating or altering the spamassassin > rules? > > I'd like to try updating some of the rules from the spamassassin site, > but didn't know where the ports version was putting the rulesets... > a) what directory should I put them into? > b) is there a config file I'd have to alter to get spamassassin to use > them? > c) can I just plonk new SA files into that directory and they would be > used automatically? > d) should I just wait until the ports version of SA is updated to get > new rules, or does ports have the newer rules integrated into it? > e) do I need to alter anything in amavisd-new to get the new rules to > work? > > Thanks! > -Bart > Most everything of the rules/config nature is plonked into /usr/local/etc/spamassassin/. I'm not so sure about adding to those files, but if you're brave, you might go ahead. The comments in the files might be helpful. And, there's this, from /usr/local/share/spamassassin/user_prefs.template: # SpamAssassin user preferences file. See 'perldoc Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf' # for details of what can be tweaked. HTH, Kevin Kinsey