Rob, that could be a MailScanner config problem. You don't say which version of MailScanner, alas.
In /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf check the "Spamassassin Local State Dir" line. Mine reads: SpamAssassin Local State Dir = # /var/lib/spamassassin Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Starr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 October 2007 11:54 > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Re: Custom rules working, but not sa-updates > > > I should also mention that SA 3.1.3 was working flawlessly > until the update > to 3.2.3. I've used the newer config files and been through > most of the > options, but still no luck. > > > > Rob Starr wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm using Postfix + MailScanner + MailWatch + SpamAssassin 3.2.3. > > > > My problem is that lots of spam is getting through because > the rules > > don't seem to be getting used, however my set of custom rules work > > just fine (and disabling the custom ones hasn't helped). I'm using > > Mailwatch so I can easily see which rules are being > > hit, and which aren't. > > > > A lint test runs perfectly fine and reads all of the rule > files without > > error, all modules installed. "spamassassin -t > spam-sample.txt", uses > > ALL of the rules and works fine, but any real mail going > through the > > system misses the spamassassin rules. Also odd, is that > Razor2 works > > and the sa-update rule "RAZOR2_CHECK" always gets hit. I've tried > > disabling > > razor2 but no luck there. > > > > Just about every single email being processed hits one of > these two rules > > (or any of the custom rules I have): > > RAZOR2_CHECK - Listed in Razor2 (http://razor.sf.net/) > > RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_51_100 -Razor2 gives confidence level above 50% > > > > sa-update works fine by placing the latest rules in /var/lib/ > > spamassassin/3.002003/. I also have one custom .cf file in > /etc/mail/ > > spamassassin that always works. > > > > I've been troubleshooting for quite a while now and can't > figure out > > why the /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002003/ rules just aren't > being used. > > Any troubleshooting tips would be greatly appreciated. Just let me > > know what information you need. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Custom-rules-working%2C-but-not-sa-updat > es-tf4711874.html#a13468319 > Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
