[Mimedefang] sanity Check: MD -> SpamAssassing checks ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs

Steffen Kaiser skmimedefang at smail.inf.fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de
Wed Aug 1 01:55:37 EDT 2012


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On Tue, 31 Jul 2012, Ben Kamen wrote:

> Quick yes/no...

well, maybe ;-)

> when using SA though MD, does SA still check the user_prefs (for 
> white/blacklisting) in the
> destination user's homedir/.spamassassin/ directory?

If _you_ (aka your filter) pass ~dest_user/.spamassassin/user_prefs as 
userprefs_filename to SpamAssassin, yes.
If not, no.

Per default MIMEDefang uses a global config file, one for all:

  if (!defined($config)) {
             if (-r '/etc/mail/sa-mimedefang.cf') {
                 $config = '/etc/mail/sa-mimedefang.cf';
             } elsif (-r '/etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-mimedefang.cf') {
                 $config = '/etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-mimedefang.cf';
             } elsif (-r '/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf') {
                 $config = '/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf';
             } else {
                 $config = '/etc/mail/spamassassin.cf';
             }
         }

> I whitelisted *@domain.com and just got an email still marked as spam by SA.

Kind regards,

- -- 
Steffen Kaiser
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