It disables network tests. I believe you can edit /etc/default/spamassassin
and add it to the list of OPTIONS, e.g.:
OPTIONS="--local --create-prefs --max-children 5 --helper-home-dir"
then restart spamd
/etc/init.d/spamassassin restart
In order to help diagnose the problem you may also want to run spamd in the
foreground (non daemonized). Stop the daemonized spamd. Start spamd and keep
the terminal session open. Open a different terminal session to work on Exim
and reenable sending to SA.
# /etc/init.d/spamassassin stop
# spamd
watch for obvious errors, [Ctrl]+c when finished - then
# /etc/init.d/spamassassin start
to return to daemonized mode.
If you get errors that prevent spamd from returning some sort of result:
[5191] info: spamd: identified spam (8.9/5.0) for amavis:103 in 7.9 seconds,
5452 bytes.
Then you probably will have to once again disable sending mail to spamd and
restart EXIM until you get the issue resolved.
Note that since the --local option disables net tests, SA may pass a lot
more spam. Remember that this is only enabled to help diagnose the issue.
Gary V
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