David Goldsmith wrote: > > So I have 3 directories with SA-included rulesets > > /etc/mail/spamassin - 3.1.0 rules from Dec 2005 > /usr/share/spamassassin - 3.1.3 rules dated Jun 5 2006 > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.001003/... - update 407357 to 3.1.3 rules
Perfectly normal. > When I run 'spamassassin -LD --lint', I see it try to load the > following types of files from the following locations: > > config: using "/etc/mail/spamassassin" for site rules pre files > config: using "/var/lib/spamassassin/3.001003" for sys rules pre files > config: using "/var/lib/spamassassin/3.001003" for default rules dir > config: using "/etc/mail/spamassassin" for site rules dir > > In /etc/mail/spamassassin, any rules we have added or score > adjustments have been made in either local.cf or in *.cf files we > have created. That's where they should be. > Questions: > > 1) Are the SA-included ##_<string>.cf files needed in all 3 locations > or can the 'older' files in /etc/mail/spamassassin and > /usr/share/spamassassin be removed? Leave them alone. SA will use the proper files. > 2) Do the rulesets in the multiple files get merged or does only the > first/last copy of the same name get used? The rulesets get merged. If any rule definitions or scores are duplicated, the last version wins. Basically what happens is this: 1) If /var/lib/spamassassin/3.001003 exists, default rules are loaded from there. 2) Otherwise the default rules are loaded from /usr/share/spamassassin 3) User-created rules are loaded from /etc/mail/spamassassin > To test the behavior wrt Q2, I created a dave.cf file in both > /etc/mail/spamassassin and /var/lib/spamassassin/... I created a > rule that matched on my email address. The rules were named > DGOLDSMITH1 (/etc/mail/spamassassin) and DGOLDSMITH2 > (var/lib/spamassassin/...) so they would be unique. > > After restarting SA, and running some messages through, only to > DGOLDSMITH1 rule is getting matched. You should see matches on both if they have unique names. You did give both of them a non-zero score, right? -- Bowie
