Hello Herb, Thursday, July 14, 2005, 12:12:26 AM, you wrote:
>> Never place new scores or rules into the >> /usr/share/spamassassin directory. They WILL get deleted or >> replaced when you update. HM> Really? I didn't know that (obviously) although I have updated HM> several (minor) versions of SpamAssassin and never lost any HM> added files in the share directory. HM> Of course one must no modify the default files, or create one HM> with a name likely to be used in a new version but new files HM> seem to survive upgrades just fine. HM> Are you sure these will get overwritten or deleted? Yes, eventually, depending on how you update/install. Some package updates will delete the directory and start over. I believe a "make clean" will do so as well. You may continue to be lucky for several minor releases, but you should count on /usr/share/spamassassin eventually being wiped and replaced. Bob Menschel
