Hi, >> > used instead. You can verify which rules are being used by running this >> > command: >> >> Is this order documented anywhere? > > man spamassassin
http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/FrontPage "Internal Server Error" Not sure what the deal is with that link, but the page you're referring to appears to be this one: http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.2.x/doc/spamassassin.html#configuration_files Not sure how I missed that in the past, but it still doesn't say anything different from what I said. My sa-update rules are in /var/lib/spamassassin, which is not in the search path according to the referenced link, yet "spamassassin --lint -D" clearly shows it is being consulted: [16288] dbg: config: using "/etc/mail/spamassassin" for site rules pre files [16288] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/init.pre [16288] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/v310.pre [16288] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/v312.pre [16288] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/v320.pre [16288] dbg: config: using "/var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005" for sys rules pre files [16288] dbg: config: using "/var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005" for default rules dir None of these .pre files specify any path to any files. The files "languages" and "user_prefs.template" are in /usr/share/spamassassin, along with 10_default_prefs.cf, 72_scores.cf, and about 50 other config files. I did a simple test and it does now look like /usr/share/spamassassin is the first directory consulted, as you said, and as I thought until this incident. Not sure what could have happened, because I know I restarted amavisd. In any case, can I move the languages and user_prefs.template file to /etc/mail/spamassassin and dump the whole /usr/share/spamassassin directory, then? Thanks, Alex
