> > Have you looked at the X-Spam-Status of any of the messages? Look what > rules are matching, this will be your best hint to the problem.
yes. but there isn't anything indicating that the spam db are used or tests are being done against them. should there be any? i read in the documentation that use_bayes is set to 1 (true) by default so i don't have to add anything in the user-conf except the db location:
bayes_path /path/to/spamdb
does ending forward slash matter?
Actually, you MUST NOT end in a slash.. and it should end in the word "bayes", and there must be no directory named bayes there.
bayes_path is actually a path AND half a filename.
Specifically, in the above example, spamdb MUST NOT be a subdirectory present in /path/to/
SA will then create /path/to/spamdb_toks /path/to/spamdb_seen, etc.
My guess is you've been fooled by the option name and have entered a path. Just post-pend "bayes" onto the end.
bayes_path /path/to/spamdb/bayes
and you'll get normal behavior.
