On 3/31/2010 9:10 PM, Phill Edwards wrote:
>> But I don't understand how to use sa-update. I've run it and I can see
>> all the new rule files in /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005. However, I
>> think my rules run off the files in /usr/share/spamassassin/. The wiki
>> at http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/RuleUpdates#Using_sa-update
>> says NOT to use the "--updatedir" parameter to put updates in
>> /usr/share/spamassassin. So how exactly do you get the new rule files
>> into /usr/share/spamassassin so they start working? Do you just copy
>> them across manually, or is there a way of getting sa-update to do it
>> automatically?
>>
> OK - I've found an answer to my own question at
> https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6269#c41 - "The
> rules in /usr/share/spamassassin are not consulted if a directory
> /var/lib/spamassassin/3.x exists. The sa-update only updates the
> latter".
>
> One other question I have which is more about this mailing list - is
> the list actually still active? It seems to have extremely low traffic
> for a product like spamassassin. And I've also found it can be quite
> difficult to get replies to questions. It makes me wonder whether I'm
> actually posting to the right place! Is this the official spamassassin
> mailing list?
>
>
The list is definitely active. Now, is it 100 messages a minute? No..
but your original post did get two replies providing the answer, both
slightly over 2 hours after your question.
