[Mimedefang] MIMEDefang calling Spam Assassin, not using user _prefs?

David F. Skoll dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Sun Nov 3 13:40:01 EST 2002


On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Nickolas Ray Ellson wrote:

> I just installed the MIMEDefang Milter onto my RedHat 8.0 box to
> give me some flexibility with mail. I had been using Spam Assassin
> prior with individual user_pref files in their home directories. For
> some reason now those are not getting read. only the
> /etc/mail/spamassassin/sa_mimedefang.cf file gets read.

Right.  MIMEDefang runs as a milter, so there is no "user" context.  If
you need user_pref files, don't run SpamAssassin from MIMEDefang.  Run
it from procmail instead.

Or purchase a commercial solution like CanIt. :-)  (www.canit.ca)

--
David.




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