[SOLVED] Can I manually update SpamAssassin rules!

[mambara]

Hi

I am managing a Zimbra 4.5 FOSS edition.

I have to update SpamAssassin. but sa-update is giving some errors.

So is it ok to update manually by downloading all *.cf files from a channel and copy it to /opt/zimbra/conf/spamassassin ?

Please help

Thanks in advance

[uxbod]

Welcome to the forums

Yes that is no problem at all ... just ensure the file permissions and ownership are correct.

[mambara]

Thanks!

Could you please provide me some links to manually download the updates for SpamAssassin.

[uxbod]

I just have a simple script which I run from cron.

/usr/local/bin/sarulesupdate.sh

#/usr/bin/bash

/usr/bin/sa-update --gpgkey 6C6191E3 --channel sought.rules.yerp.org --updatedir /opt/zimbra/conf/spamassassin --gpghomedir /opt/zimbra/conf/spamassassin
/usr/bin/sa-update --channelfile /usr/local/etc/sare-sa-update-channels.txt --gpgkey 856AA88A --updatedir /opt/zimbra/conf/spamassassin --gpghomedir /opt/zimbra/conf/spamassassin
cd /opt/zimbra/conf/spamassassin
exit 0

/usr/local/etc/sare-sa-update-channels.txt

updates.spamassassin.org
72_sare_redirect_post3.0.0.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_evilnum0.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_bayes_poison_nxm.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_html0.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_html_eng.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_header0.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_header_eng.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_specific.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_adult.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
72_sare_bml_post25x.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
99_sare_fraud_post25x.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_spoof.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_random.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_oem.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_genlsubj0.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_genlsubj_eng.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_unsub.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_uri0.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_obfu0.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_stocks.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net

and the root crontab entry

0	0-23/6  	*       *       *       su - zimbra -c /usr/local/bin/sarulesupdate.sh

[tinwistle]

Hi I realize I am a little off topic here but I found this thread looking for something related and have re-used your idea to create a scheduled task in windows to update my SpamAssassin cf files.

I don't have a Zimbra server so mine is a little different but the question is really just a general one.

When I used your channells text file I was able to update my SpamAssassin files however it puts the updated files in to sub folders under the root folder I chose (rules).

My question is does SpamAssassin read subfolders on its own or do I manually have to move all of the cf files up one level? I did notice it created new cf files with the same names as the subfolders in the rules folder (the one I chose to update).

Thanks

[uxbod]

The new cf's point with includes to the sub-directories.

[su_A_ve]

Hi I realize I am a little off topic here but I found this thread looking for something related and have re-used your idea to create a scheduled task in windows to update my SpamAssassin cf files.

I don't have a Zimbra server so mine is a little different but the question is really just a general one.

When I used your channells text file I was able to update my SpamAssassin files however it puts the updated files in to sub folders under the root folder I chose (rules).

My question is does SpamAssassin read subfolders on its own or do I manually have to move all of the cf files up one level? I did notice it created new cf files with the same names as the subfolders in the rules folder (the one I chose to update).

Thanks

Going thru this right now - I believe that it actually merges the two and/or uses the newest ones. However, if a rule was removed, it will use the original one.

For example, the 2YK(1-9) rule was updated and now it doesn't trigger, but the DNS_FROM_OPENWHOIS rule (which was removed by the sa-update) still triggers as it exists on the older file.