[PLUG] spamassassin not working for all users

frank hunt linux at frankhunt.com
Tue Aug 19 17:16:51 UTC 2008


Paul Heinlein wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008, frank hunt wrote:
> 
>> Not sure where to look.  Primary user's junk mail is captured and
>> redirected to the garbage collector user.  Just noticed that a message
>> got through to another user.  The subject contained  the requisite
>> *****SPAM***** notification.  Ideas?
> 
> Your mail log is a good place to start. You should be able to see the 
> expected sequence of events for the primary user then compare it what 
> occurred for the other user.
> 
> You might also check to see if there are different user preferences 
> specified in each user's $HOME/.spamassassin/user_prefs file.
> 

It appears that it is NOT a user issue, that was coincidental.  My 
local.cf file set required_score at 2.9 but spamchk set it at 3.0. 
Apparently, spamchk overrides local.cf.  Does that make sense?


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frank hunt
befuddled linux admin
erstwhile photographer
hillsboro oregon



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