Right, and what does the MailScanner --debug --debug-sa
output say it is using? Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Starr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 October 2007 12:29 > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: RE: Custom rules working, but not sa-updates > > > Thanks for your response Phil, > > In an attempt to resolve the issue, I'm now using MailScanner > 4.64.3 and > have started from a fresh config file, so my "Spamassassin > Local State Dir" > line also reads: > > SpamAssassin Local State Dir = # /var/lib/spamassassin > > And, as I mentioned, a lint test shows that SA is successfully reading > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002003/updates_spamassassin_org.cf > and all of the > rules in the /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002003/updates_spamassassin_org/ > folder. > > ----- Here are relavant lines from the lint test ------ > [24215] dbg: config: read file > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.001003/updates_spamassassin_org.cf > [24215] dbg: plugin: fixed relative path: > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.001003/updates_spamassassin_org/10_misc.cf > [24215] dbg: config: using > "/var/lib/spamassassin/3.001003/updates_spamassassin_org/10_mi > sc.cf" for > included file > [24215] dbg: config: read file > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.001003/updates_spamassassin_org/10_mis > c.cf [24215] > dbg: plugin: fixed relative path: > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.001003/updates_spamassassin_org/20_adv > ance_fee.cf > [24215] dbg: config: using > "/var/lib/spamassassin/3.001003/updates_spamassassin_org/20_ad > vance_fee.cf" > for included file > [24215] dbg: config: read file > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.001003/updates_spamassassin_org/20_adv > ance_fee.cf > ... > ----- > > Thanks again, > Rob > > > Randal, Phil wrote: > > > > Rob, that could be a MailScanner config problem. You don't > say which > > version of MailScanner, alas. > > > > In /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf check the > "Spamassassin Local State > > Dir" line. > > > > Mine reads: > > > > SpamAssassin Local State Dir = # /var/lib/spamassassin > > > > Cheers, > > > > Phil > > -- > > Phil Randal > > Network Engineer > > Herefordshire Council > > Hereford, UK > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Rob Starr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: 30 October 2007 11:54 > >> To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > >> Subject: Re: Custom rules working, but not sa-updates > >> > >> > >> I should also mention that SA 3.1.3 was working flawlessly > >> until the update > >> to 3.2.3. I've used the newer config files and been through > >> most of the > >> options, but still no luck. > >> > >> > >> > >> Rob Starr wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I'm using Postfix + MailScanner + MailWatch + > SpamAssassin 3.2.3. > >> > > >> > My problem is that lots of spam is getting through because > >> the rules > >> > don't seem to be getting used, however my set of custom > rules work > >> > just fine (and disabling the custom ones hasn't helped). > I'm using > >> > Mailwatch so I can easily see which rules are being > >> > hit, and which aren't. > >> > > >> > A lint test runs perfectly fine and reads all of the rule > >> files without > >> > error, all modules installed. "spamassassin -t > >> spam-sample.txt", uses > >> > ALL of the rules and works fine, but any real mail going > >> through the > >> > system misses the spamassassin rules. Also odd, is that > >> Razor2 works > >> > and the sa-update rule "RAZOR2_CHECK" always gets hit. > I've tried > >> > disabling > >> > razor2 but no luck there. > >> > > >> > Just about every single email being processed hits one of > >> these two rules > >> > (or any of the custom rules I have): > >> > RAZOR2_CHECK - Listed in Razor2 (http://razor.sf.net/) > >> > RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_51_100 -Razor2 gives confidence level above 50% > >> > > >> > sa-update works fine by placing the latest rules in /var/lib/ > >> > spamassassin/3.002003/. I also have one custom .cf file in > >> /etc/mail/ > >> > spamassassin that always works. > >> > > >> > I've been troubleshooting for quite a while now and can't > >> figure out > >> > why the /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002003/ rules just aren't > >> being used. > >> > Any troubleshooting tips would be greatly appreciated. > Just let me > >> > know what information you need. > >> > > >> > Thanks! > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> http://www.nabble.com/Custom-rules-working%2C-but-not-sa-updat > >> es-tf4711874.html#a13468319 > >> Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Custom-rules-working%2C-but-not-sa-updat > es-tf4711874.html#a13487599 > Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >