[Mimedefang] Newbie questions about variables in mimedefang filter and spam assassin configuration

[David F. Skoll]

On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 22:36:40 -0500
James Olsen <jamesml at planetolsen.com> wrote:

> I was wondering where I could find more information about global
> variables and such that are available from within a mimedefang filter.

man mimedefang-filter

> I also had another question. I was previously using spamass-milter
> before mimedefang, and it was using my spam assassin configuration for
> adjusting the subject of messages, etc. However, mimedefang doesn't
> let spam assassin do it's configured thing to the messages anymore. Is
> there a way to get all of the spam assassin functionality working
> again from mimedefang?

You can do anything except have SpamAssassin actually alter the message.
If you want to alter the message (eg, change Subject header), you have to
do that yourself in your MIMEDefang filter.

> Does spam assassin use my original configuration
> (which was installed into /usr/local/share/spamassassin and consists
> of in part: 10_misc.cf, 20_body_tests.cf, 20_head_tests.cf,
> 20_uri_tests.cf, 40_spam_phrases.cf, 50_scores.cf, 60_whitelist.cf,
> languages, triplets.txt, user_prefs.template)? Or is the only thing
> that matters now the newly installed
> /etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-mimedefang.cf?

It uses sa-mimedefang.cf and the 10_misc, 20_body, etc... files.

Regards,

David.