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Update to latest Spamassassin filter rules in ISPConfig 2

Till — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:32:26 +0000

The ISPConfig 2 controlpanel installs its own copy of Spamassassin in the folder /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/tools/spamassassin . To update the Spamassassin filter rules in ISPConfig 2, run this command as root user:

/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/tools/spamassassin/usr/bin/sa-update

To test if Spamassassin works with the new ruleset, run this command:

/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/tools/spamassassin/usr/bin/spamassassin –lint

If it does not return an error message, then Spamassassin is working correctly.

Keep the spamassassin filter rules up to date in ISPConfig 3

Till — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:06:28 +0000

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.

How to fix the spamassassin bug with the FH_DATE_PAST_20XX rule

Till — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:49:08 +0000

Since january 1 2010, spamassassin is falsely marking non spam emails as spam due to an error in the regular expression of the FH_DATE_PAST_20XX rule.

Description of the bug:

https://secure.grepular.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/01/spamassassin-2010-bug/

To fix this, run the following command on the shell as root user:

sa-update

If you use the software ISPConfig 2 on your server, run this command:

/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/tools/spamassassin/usr/bin/sa-update