Jason Frisvold wrote: > On 11/29/06, Steven Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > after sa-update runs, restart spamassassin and it will use the new > > rules in /var/lib/spamassassin. > > > > I have this as a cron job: > > > > 30 3 * * * sa-update && spamassassin --lint && > > /etc/init.d/spamassassin restart > > Oh? I thought you needed to specify within the local.cf file to use > those updated rules? Am I mistaken? Will it automatically use the > "correct" rules from /var/lib/spamassassin? (correct meaning that if > I update to the next version, will it use the latest rules and not get > confused with possible rules left lying around?)
SA knows about the directories used by sa-update and will automatically use the correct rules. To be more specific, it checks /var/lib/spamassassin first. If it finds rules there, it uses them. Otherwise, it goes to /usr/share/spamassassin. -- Bowie
