hi,
that's to be expected until you actually run "sa-compile" to compile the ruleset...
ah. i'd misunderstood (ok, presumed ...) that that was automatically done ... thanks! now, % /usr/local/spamassassin/bin/sa-compile --sudo -D [21503] dbg: logger: adding facilities: all [21503] dbg: logger: logging level is DBG [21503] dbg: generic: SpamAssassin version 3.2.0-pre1-r499012 [21503] dbg: config: score set 0 chosen. [21503] dbg: dns: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? yes [21503] dbg: dns: Net::DNS version: 0.59 sa-compile: cannot write to /var/mail/spamassassin/updates/compiled/3.002000, aborting checking, ls -ald /var/mail/spamassassin/updates/compiled/3.002000 /usr/local/bin/ls: cannot access /var/mail/spamassassin/updates/compiled/3.002000: No such file or directory then, mkdir -p /var/mail/spamassassin/updates/compiled/3.002000 chown -R spam:spam /var/mail/spamassassin/updates/compiled/3.002000 and again, % /usr/local/spamassassin/bin/sa-compile --sudo -D still reports, [21503] dbg: logger: adding facilities: all [21503] dbg: logger: logging level is DBG [21503] dbg: generic: SpamAssassin version 3.2.0-pre1-r499012 [21503] dbg: config: score set 0 chosen. [21503] dbg: dns: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? yes [21503] dbg: dns: Net::DNS version: 0.59 sa-compile: cannot write to /var/mail/spamassassin/updates/compiled/3.002000, aborting ownership/privileges?