On Tue, 8 Jul 2014 12:48:58 -0700
ML mail wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to run SpamAssassin on my backup MX as well in order to
> avoid spam and backscatter.
> ...
> Now I have all my user configuration including SpamAssassin Bayes and
> AWL stored in PostgreSQL and my backup MX will have a read-only
> replica of that PostgreSQL database. So my plan would be to have SA
> on the backup MX to use the Bayes+AWL data from the PostgreSQL in
> read-only mode meaning that it would not write any new Bayes+AWL info
> but just read it. So my question here is: is it possible to tell SA
> through its config to use Bayes+AWL data in read-only mode?
I can see why you'd want to use a copy, but why does it matter that it's
not written to?
On Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:53:47 +0200
Axb wrote:
> use_bayes 1
> use_bayes_rules 1
> use_learner 0
use_learner ( 0 | 1 ) (default: 1)
Whether to use any machine-learning classifiers with
SpamAssassin, such as the default 'BAYES_*' rules. Setting this to
0 will disable use of any and all human-trained classifiers.
> bayes_auto_learn 0
>
> that will use BAyes in read only mode.
Aside from use_learner, it wouldn't turn-off atime updates.
> Afaik, this will not control AWL - maybe disable that on the backup MX
>
