I had placed mine in /etc/mail/spamassassin, as per a bunch of posts on various web pages and list archives. I didn't finda true cookbook (how to), though..
After placing mine in /etc/mail/spamassassin with appropriate names, I looked around supidly and felt that there had to be something else to get it to work. I was unaware of the "md-mx-ctrl reread" functionality. So, I was restarted mimedefang all together. I didn't see anything get hit by the new rules, hence my posting.
Since I did the installation of the new rules, I have been running mimedefang + spamassassin as well as using my local .procmailrc file to filter through spamc. I know, this is redundant, but I wanted to see if one scored differently than the other.
After about a day I had a good solid set of spam messages (about 60) that weren't bounced but flagged (properly) as spam. I saw that, over time, some of the messages were showing the new rules in the spamassassin report. I guess some just weren't tickling those rules. :)
Thanks for the quick responses!
-Rich
"David F. Skoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Actually, the SpamAssassin docs state that you *shouldn't* drop
local rules in /usr/share/spamassassin, since they will be removed when upgrading SpamAssassin (yes, I learned the hard way .
Not if you number them 70_* or higher, I believe.
Regards,
David.
Well, my /usr/share/spamassassin/ was wiped out, so it's safer to
keep local rules in /etc/mail/spamassassin/. I grab a number of
SpamAssassin rule files which are named according to their function
and not with numbers, for example:
http://www.merchantsoverseas.com/wwwroot/gorilla/sa_rules.htm
http://www.timj.co.uk/linux/bogus-virus-warnings.cf
The files from these sites should definitely go into
/etc/mail/spamassassin/.
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