John, >I'm about to start down the path of learning sa-update and using it with >MIMEDefang. Does anyone have any special tips, warnings, or even >how-to's, for how to use it with MIMEDefang?
Ensure that either you are using a version of SpamAssassin greater than 3.1.4, or you have applied the fix to include the SpamAssassin LOCAL_STATE_DIR in your filter - see http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2006-April/030092.html Then, simply run the update from a cron job, ensuring that MD re-reads its configuration afterwards to bring in any updated rules: mail2 /home/defang> crontab -l 15 0 * * * /home/defang/sa_update mail2 /home/defang> cat ~/sa_update sa-update md-mx-ctrl reread The new rules will be in /var/lib/spamassassin/<version>, or whatever your local state dir point to, e.g. mine contains: mail2 /home/defang> cd /var/lib/spamassassin/ mail2 lib/spamassassin> ls 3.001007/ updates_spamassassin_org updates_spamassassin_org.cf updates_spamassassin_org.pre mail2 lib/spamassassin> ls 3.001007/updates_spamassassin_org 10_misc.cf 20_phrases.cf 25_hashcash.cf 30_text_pt_br.cf 20_advance_fee.cf 20_porn.cf 25_pyzor.cf 50_scores.cf 20_anti_ratware.cf 20_ratware.cf 25_razor2.cf 60_awl.cf 20_body_tests.cf 20_uri_tests.cf 25_replace.cf 60_whitelist.cf 20_compensate.cf 23_bayes.cf 25_spf.cf 60_whitelist_dk.cf 20_dnsbl_tests.cf 25_accessdb.cf 25_textcat.cf 60_whitelist_dkim.cf 20_drugs.cf 25_antivirus.cf 25_uribl.cf 60_whitelist_spf.cf 20_fake_helo_tests.cf 25_body_tests_es.cf 30_text_de.cf 60_whitelist_subject.cf 20_head_tests.cf 25_body_tests_pl.cf 30_text_fr.cf 70_iadb.cf 20_html_tests.cf 25_dcc.cf 30_text_it.cf 80_additional.cf 20_meta_tests.cf 25_dkim.cf 30_text_nl.cf empty.pre 20_net_tests.cf 25_domainkeys.cf 30_text_pl.cf MIRRORED.BY The best sign that this is working appears to be the TVD_* rules, which aren't present in RDJ or the SA base set, but which trigger regularly on my spam-laden traffic. Best Wishes, Paul. -- ------------------------------------------------------- Paul Murphy Head of I.T. Argenta Discovery Tel. 01279 645 554 Fax. 01279 645 646 _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
