On Thursday 25 January 2007 10:10 am, Matt Kettler wrote: > Dimitri Yioulos wrote: > > On Thursday 25 January 2007 6:33 am, Michael Connors wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I am new to spamassassin so sorry if my question is a bit stupid. > >> I have mail spamassassin 3.1.0 running with mailscanner. > >> It updates it self via RulesDuJour on a regular basis and I get an email > >> which informs me of the update. > >> This morning I noticed that there was a error in the process, I received > >> a second email which contained the following plus a traceback that > >> mentioned missing operators. > >> > >> **WARNING***: spamassassin --lint failed. > >> Rolling configuration files back, not restarting SpamAssassin. > >> Rollback command is: mv -f /etc/spamassassin/antidrug.cf > >> /etc/spamassassin/RulesDuJour/antidrug.cf.2; mv -f > >> /etc/spamassassin/RulesDuJour/antidrug.cf.20070125-0029 > >> /etc/spamassassin/antidrug.cf; > >> > >> > >> I couldnt rollback because the file antidrug.cf.20070125-0029 did not > >> exist so I decided to run spamassassin --lint at the command line myself > >> expecting the same error but instead it ran ok, I sent the spamassassin > >> test email to myself and it was caught so everything seems to be working > >> as expected, however I would really like to know why the above error was > >> thrown. > >> Regards, > >> Michael > > > > The creator of antidrug posted a thorugh explanation of the where and > > when regarding this rule (see > > marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=spamassassin-users&m=116965442518029&w=2). > > Without trying to sound holier-than-thou (lord knows, I'm the last one > > that should cop that attitude), you should search the archives first. > > That said, a precis of Matt Kettler's post: > > > > 1. The location of antidrug.cf has moved, and; > > 2. It's included in SA 3+ and, in fact, can be counter-productive if > > used in combination with same. > > > > HTH. > > > > Dimitri > > Thank you Dimitri. > > I'd also add: > > 3) I've posted the error-generating file as a last-resort to draw > people's attention to the fact they need to change their RDJ before > someone else, possibly malicious, has control of my old account. A > malicious person could post a replacement file that whitelists spam.
Matt, Thanks for completing the info. Hence my "holier-than-thou" disclaimer. Dimitri -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
