On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 12:15:32 +0800 Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > I set up a new mail server (postfix) a month or two ago, and all is > working well. > > My solution for learning spam and ham was to give users two mailboxes, > learn/ham and learn/spam, where they move messages to learn. Every > three hours a cronjob runs to iterate through virtual users, learn the > messages, and then move them elsewhere. Pretty standard. > > I run spamd with this in the OPTIONS: > > --virtual-config-dir=/var/lib/spamassassin/%d/%u/spamassassin >
You don't mention using the -x (--nouser-config) option. Paradoxically it's essential with --virtual-config-dir, and it's not set implicitly. You should also have -u spamd, if you don't already. > I used to use sa-learn in the learning cronjob, but after reading some > threads here I changed to using spamc, also with the -u option. Training via spamc is useful if the unix user doing the training doesn't own the databases, or if spamc and spamd are running on separate machines. I just run sa-learn as spamd's unprivileged user, with HOME set to the appropriate virtual home directory. I don't see the point in involving spamd - it's just one more thing that can go wrong.
