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Notes for Spamassassin for RHEL or Fedora
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spamassassin-3.3.x RPM package for RHEL 5+ or Fedora 11+ contains some new
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functionality beyond the upstream spamassassin documentation.
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Upstream spamassassin-3.3.0 is no longer distributed with rules. Our package
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contains rules in order to be less of a surprise to system administrators.
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However just as you wouldn't rely on antivirus software without signature
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updates, spamassassin cannot be relied upon without regular rule updates.
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1) For these reasons, our RPM package now runs nightly sa-update by default.
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/etc/cron.d/sa-update
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The default cron runs sa-update once every night. You may edit this cron
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file to change the schedule of sa-update or to disable it entirely. If you
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had modified this file in the past you may need to restore the new file
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from /etc/cron.d/sa-update.rpmnew
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2) /usr/share/spamassassin/sa-update.cron
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This script is executed by cron. It runs sa-update only if a known spam
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daemon is running: spamd, amavisd, or mimedefang. If you do not run any
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of these spam daemons but wish to have nightly sa-update, you may
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override the daemon check in /etc/sysconfig/sa-update
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3) /etc/mail/spamassassin/channel.d
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All sa-update channels are defined in files contained in this directory.
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See the existing config files as examples for writing your own config file.
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4) SOUGHT Anti-Fraud Rule Channel is Enabled by Default
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http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/SoughtRules
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General Warnings
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* DO NOT USE SARE or OpenProtect rules. They are old and outdated, and
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can be dangerous. Many of the useful rules have been integrated into
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upstream spamassassin.
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Note about -d option
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With spamassassin 3.4.0, this package has switched the way spamd is started.
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You should no longer use the '-d' option in /etc/sysconfig/spamassassin. Doing
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so will result in spamd starting and stopping in a loop. The default
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/etc/sysconfig/spamassassin file has been adjusted for this, please merge
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this change into that file if you have made any changes to it.
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