[Bug 165184] Re: amavisd-new + spamassassin: cronjob spams root user

[Matthias Andree]

So, I see three options to fix this, which one to use isn't my call to
decide:

1. patch spamassassin package, to make sure sa-learn doesn't complain if
use_bayes is set to 0

2. patch amavisd-new package, to not run sa-learn if use_bayes is set to
0. There should be a way to query SpamAssassin's configuration from a
script - if there is, just use it.

3. add /etc/default/* parameter to disable spamassassin's Bayes
filtering, which would require subsequent changes to amavisd-new (don't
run sa-learn - but beware of remaining cleanups when this option is set
to 0 after some use) and spamassassin (to translate the /etc/default/*
to use_bayes 0).

I personally prefer #2 as the cleanest solution: amavisd-new owns the
offending cronjob, so amavisd-new is the package that also has to deal
with undesired side effects.

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amavisd-new + spamassassin: cronjob spams root user
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