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To update the spamassassin rules regularily on your ISPConfig 3 server, add the following line to the root crontab by running:

crontab -e

then insert the following line:

23 4 */2 * * /usr/bin/sa-update –no-gpg &> /dev/null

and save the file. The path to the sa-update script is /usr/bin/sa-update on Ubuntu and Debian Linux, if you use a different linux distrubution, run the command:

which sa-update

to find the location of the sa-update script and adjust the path in the crontab line above so that it matches the path on your system.

1. giftsnake says:

   February 6, 2010 at 1:24 am

   for debian, the correct command is:

   /usr/bin/sa-update –no-gpg &> /dev/null

   (notice the two ‘-’

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2. Till says:

   February 6, 2010 at 7:34 pm

   Thanks for noticing me. Thats a display problem in worpress, it changes – - (without the whitespace between it) to a special html character which looks like – in the browser. I will have to check the wordpress sources, very annoying

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3. Tom says:

   March 24, 2010 at 4:29 am

   By default, I have a spamassassin entry in the /etc/cron.daily folder. Looking at the script, it appears to run sa-update.

   I have a Debian Lenny server with ISPConfig3 installed. Does this FAQ provide additional functionality beyond what I already have in the cron.daily folder?

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