Hello, Would you guys also recommend putting the command "/usr/bin/sa-update" in the crontab as well?
If so, should i be using any particular parameters? And how often should it be run to be worthwhile? Thanks again, Richard. Richard Hobbs wrote: > Hello, > > Thank you - this is now done! :-) > > I shall see how it goes... > > Richard. > > > Anthony Peacock wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Richard Hobbs wrote: >>> Hello, >> <SNIP> >> >>>>> Is this all correct? >>>> Yes. Set up expiration in a cron job, once per day is usually fine. >>> OK, will do - i assume "sa-learn --force-expire" is the command to run >>> via cron, right? >> Yup! This is my crontab line: >> >> 00 22 * * * /usr/local/bin/sa-learn --force-expire >> >>> Also, how do i disable automatic expiration? >> Set: >> >> bayes_auto_expire 0 >> >> In your local.cf file. >> >>> Thanks again, >>> Richard. >>> >>> >>>>> Would a suitable alternative be to delete "bayes_seen" and >>>>> "bayes_toks", >>>>> then restart spamd? I know i would be deleting everything that had been >>>>> learned over the last period of time, but starting afresh may not be a >>>>> bad thing, seeing as the rules in the database are probably 6 months to >>>>> a year old now (we've not been using spamd for a year or so, because i >>>>> broke it and had no time to fix it!). >>>>> >>>>> Please let me know your thoughts, and also let me know whether deleting >>>>> both of those files is a good way to go. >>>> No. >>>> >>>> >> > -- Richard Hobbs (Systems Administrator) Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. - Speech Technology Group Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.toshiba-europe.com/research/ Tel: +44 1223 376964 Mobile: +44 7811 803377