Re: SpamAssassin score rules?

Hi Brian,

You did the right thing by putting your rule override in /etc/spamassassin/local.cf—that’s what it’s there for, to provide local overrides.

You can then run the load-sa-rules.pl script to update the score for that rule in Maia’s database, but that has no effect on SpamAssassin’s handling of things, it just gives Maia something to display.

To make SpamAssassin see your new rule score override, you just need to reload (or restart) maiad (which incorporates SpamAssassin).  Until you reload (or restart) maiad, it won’t see your changes to local.cf.

Rob


> On Jan 18, 2022, at 1:14 PM, Lawrence Mulder <lmulder-iL7gtBVyNKCGUxFv0Br65wC/[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Brian,
> 
> I think the mysql tables get populated from the file system files using the load-sa-rules.pl script.  So, if you can find that script, you can look into to see what paths will be searched for spamassassin rule files and overrides.  So, if you are editing your user_prefs file, and it is located in a path that load-sa-rules.pl reads, you should be able to just run that script to have it update your rule overrides.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Larry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bh <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 2:54 PM
> To: Lawrence Mulder <lmulder-iL7gtBVyNKCGUxFv0Br65wC/[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Maia-users] SpamAssassin score rules?
> 
> Hi Larry,
> 
> On my system I have:
> /var/amavisd/.spamassassin
> and
> /var/amavisd/maia/.spamassassin
> 
> Neither of those directories contain a “user_prefs” file; just some Bayes stuff.
> 
> Ooh!  But in searching my file system I discovered that there are tables in my mysql database full of maia settings, including SpamAssassin rules.  So I changed a row that was in there for RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI.  Now to wait and see if it makes a difference.
> 
> On that note, clearly I’ve done something to make Maia look to mysql for its configuration.  I suppose it’s up to me to create a web front-end for any settings not accessible from Maia’s own front-end?
> 
> Thanks for the tips!
> -Brian
> 
>> On Jan 18, 2022, at 3:22 PM, Lawrence Mulder <lmulder-iL7gtBVyNKCGUxFv0Br65wC/[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Brian,
>> 
>> On most of my systems that I have installed, maia uses the directory /var/amavis or /var/amavisd and in that directory there is a .spamassassin folder with a user_prefs file that maia uses.  So, I think there definitely is a different file than the default spamassassin ones, but it all depends on how the system was configured.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> -Larry
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Maia-users <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 2:11 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [Maia-users] SpamAssassin score rules?
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Question: Does maia feed SpamAssassin its rules from some other place
>> that would override settings in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf?
>> 
>> The story:
>> 
>> I've recently learned that DNSWL intentionally returns false-positives
>> as an abuse-mitigating technique.  While I find a more permanent
>> solution (setting up my own caching resolver for SpamAssassin's personal
>> use), I've tried adding this to /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf:
>> 
>> score RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI  -0.01
>> 
>> based on advice in an article on linode
>> (https://www.linode.com/community/questions/21413/rcvd_in_dnswl_hi-false-positives)
>> 
>> 
>> Problem is, it's not having any effect.  RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI is still
>> getting scored -5, causing a lot of SPAM to get through when DNSWL gets
>> tired of my default public resolvers nagging them.
>> 
>> There are no user-level SpamAssassin configurations
>> (~/.spamassassin/user_prefs) that would override the
>> /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf settings, as far as I can find.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> -Brian
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