Difference between sa FreeBSD and Debian GNU/Linux local.cf

[Peter Guhl <pg...@siconline.ch>]

Hello all

In my FreeBSD-installation the directives in the file
/usr/local/share/spamassassin/user_prefs seem to be processed while
under Debian /usr/share/spamassassin/user_prefs got ignored (worked
after renaming the file to "local.cf"). Now... I guess the latter is the
way it's supposed to be while the first configuration just worked by
coincidence. Right?

Regards
    Peter

Re: Difference between sa FreeBSD and Debian GNU/Linux local.cf

[jdow <jd...@earthlink.net>]

From: "Peter Guhl" <pg...@siconline.ch>

> Hello all
> 
> In my FreeBSD-installation the directives in the file
> /usr/local/share/spamassassin/user_prefs seem to be processed while
> under Debian /usr/share/spamassassin/user_prefs got ignored (worked
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^--*
> after renaming the file to "local.cf"). Now... I guess the latter is the
> way it's supposed to be while the first configuration just worked by
> coincidence. Right?

* In that directory only .cf files should be read. That suggests the
FreeBSD installation was behaving badly. The "user_prefs" file belongs
in each users ~/.spamassassin directory along with the bayes files.

By the way, local.cf belongs in /etc/mail/spamassassin or the equivalent
configuration directory on your FreeBSD install. That's the directory
for system unique configurations. The local.cf file is the basic options
for your system.

{^_^}