On Tuesday 31 January 2006 20:54, Chris wrote: > On Tuesday 31 January 2006 7:32 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: > > If I want to transfer the Spam Assassin settings from one machine or one > > user to another, is it sufficient to copy the ~/.spamassassin directory? > > TIA > > Paul > > I believe that will only copy the bayes databases. The rules and local.cf > and other configuration files are in /etc/mail/spamassassin, that should be > copied also. You'll also have to make sure all the necessary perl modules > are installed, depending on how you have SA setup, ie..running spf queries. > > Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
This really depends on which version. If you are running 3.10 of SA, there are several files in the /etc/mail/spamassassin that need to be copied including init.pre, v310.pre along with the local.cf and any additional rules. Also, bayes can be setup two ways, either individually, with per user settings, or globally with a global database. If you have created a global database, you will need to locate and copy the global database over in order to transfer bayes info to the new installation. Most people use individual bayes stats, but some are using global versions. Also, if you use something like RulesDuJour, you will also need to copy and transfer that to the new machine as well. Finally, remember to alter your procmail recipe on the new machine to pipe mail through SpamAssassin. If you are using a .procmailrc file, or a .forward file, you may need to locate those and copy them to the new machine. But you might want to move over your /etc/procmailrc file as well. ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
