Find a test message somewhere. Then use it with "spamc <test_message". That will tell you whether you are running or not. (If that is what you mean by running. SpamAssassin is "happy" if you see no errors with "spamassassin --lint". But that does not assure spamd, the daemon mode of spamassassin, is running. The way to start it varies highly with the distribution you are running.
The following line can be added to local.cf to make it more obvious: rewrite_header Subject *****SPAM***** _SCORE(00)_ ** {^_^} ----- Original Message ----- From: "liyas_m m" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ok i already delete those line and started spamd > but i dont think it is working > > On 7/1/05, jdow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > config: SpamAssassin failed to parse line, skipping: report_header 1 > > config: SpamAssassin failed to parse line, skipping: detailed_phrase_score 1 > > config: SpamAssassin failed to parse line, skipping: spam_level_stars 1 > > warning: score set for non-existent rule MICROSOFT_EXECUTABLE > > > > So what these lines are telling you is that: > > 1) report_header is not a valid 3.0.4 configuration item. > > 2) detailed_phrase_score is not a valid 3.0.4 configuration item. > > 3) spam_level_stars is not a valid 3.0.4 cnfiguration item. > > 4) That somewhere in your rules you set a score for MICROSOFT_EXECUTABLE > > without defining such a rule. > > > > I presume you updated from something very old and did not fix your > > local.cf? > > > > {^_^}