[Mimedefang] Spamassassin not using SURBL

[Kris Deugau]

alan premselaar wrote:
> I just recently installed a system with MD 2.45 and SA 3.0000 and
> while doing some testing to see if the network tests were running, I
> determined that the -C option to spamassassin does not work as
> expected.
> 
> the man pages are a little hazey about the description,

Hmm.  Seems clear enough to me:
-C path, --configpath=path, --config-file=path
    Use the specified path for locating the distributed configuration
files. Ignore the default directories (usually /usr/share/spamassassin
or similar).

> but when i ran (as defang user)
>
> spamassassin -D -C /etc/mail/sa-mimedefang.cf
> 
> it didn't pick up *ANY* of the default rules located in
> /usr/share/spamassassin.  instead it reported the working rule
> DIRECTORY was /etc/mail/sa-mimedefang.cf

Er, that's exactly what it's supposed to do.  It looks like it hasn't
changed between 2.6x and 3.0, either.

-C is the "default rules" directory...  ie, the directory in which the
rules distributed with SA are supposed to be.

If you're looking to specify where your local "custom" or "site" rules
are, use --siteconfigpath.

-kgd
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