Spamassassin Files ?

[mickalo]

Hello,

noticed these files earlier today while doing some other checking and never noticed them before, which I assume are associated with Spamassassin in some way:

FOLDER: /var/spool/mqueue/.spamassassin

-rw-------  1 mailnull mailnull 5238784 Dec 20 21:40 auto-whitelist
-rw-------  1 mailnull mailnull   83160 Dec 20 21:40 bayes_journal
-rw-------  1 mailnull mailnull 1339392 Dec 20 21:38 bayes_seen
-rw-------  1 mailnull mailnull 5431296 Dec 20 21:38 bayes_toks

how are these used w/spamassassin and are they needed ??

TIA,
Mickalo

 

[AndyReed]

FOLDER: /var/spool/mqueue/.spamassassin

-rw-------  1 mailnull mailnull 5238784 Dec 20 21:40 auto-whitelist
-rw-------  1 mailnull mailnull   83160 Dec 20 21:40 bayes_journal
-rw-------  1 mailnull mailnull 1339392 Dec 20 21:38 bayes_seen
-rw-------  1 mailnull mailnull 5431296 Dec 20 21:38 bayes_toks

how are these used w/spamassassin and are they needed ??

Did you copy .spamassassin directory in /var/spool/mqueue/ by accident/mistake? The .spamassassin directory is not used/needed in /var/spool/mqueue/

 

[mickalo]

Did you copy .spamassassin directory in /var/spool/mqueue/ by accident/mistake? The .spamassassin directory is not used/needed in /var/spool/mqueue/

no never copied any files in this location. I just noticed the other day these files. I did delete them, but they come right back.
while monitoring the exim log files, when spam is detected/flagged, then it writes to this folder, updating the files, for some reason .... not sure why.

if I delete the folder, then errors start showing up in the exim log files.

Mickalo

 

[AndyReed]

if I delete the folder, then errors start showing up in the exim log files.

Check your conf file. There might be a reference to that directory. You should be using /root/.spamassassin/ instead.

 

[chirpy]

Erm, no - that's bogus information.

Those files are used by MailScanner as the central bayesian database. They're there because /var/spool/mqueue/ is the login path for the mailnull account.

Don't delete them, they're meant to be there.

 

[mickalo]

Erm, no - that's bogus information.

Those files are used by MailScanner as the central bayesian database. They're there because /var/spool/mqueue/ is the login path for the mailnull account.

Don't delete them, they're meant to be there.

I don't use MailScanner ... so not sure why they would there ??

Mickalo

 

[chirpy]

Then it's SA's server-wide bayesian database for whichever SA implementation you're using. The path is usually set in a cf file in /etc/mail/spamassassin/

 

[mickalo]

Then it's SA's server-wide bayesian database for whichever SA implementation you're using. The path is usually set in a cf file in /etc/mail/spamassassin/

Ok, got it.

thx's
Mickalo

 

[AndyReed]

Ok, got it.

This is what I was referring to in response #4, two days ago.