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.TH SPAMASSASSIN-MAINT 8
.SH NAME
spamassassin-maint \- perform spamassassin maintenance tasks
.SH DESCRIPTION
spamassassin-maint performs periodic spamassassin maintainance, including executing
.B sa-update
and
.B sa-compile.
It is typically executed via the
spamassassin-maintenance.timer timer or cron.

spamassassin-maint takes no options

.SH "RETURN VALUE"
The program generates no output and exits with a zero status if
successful.  If unsuccessful, it prints the output of
.B spamassassin --lint
and exits with a nonzero status.
.SH FILES
.br
.nf
.\" set tabstop to longest possible filename, plus a wee bit
.ta \w'/usr/lib/perl/getopts.pl   'u
\fI/etc/spamassassin/\fR	Sitewide spamassassin configuration
\fI/etc/default/spamassassin\fR	environment for this and other spamassassin programs
\fI/var/lib/spamassassin/\fR	Directory containing downloaded updates and compiled spamassassin rules
.SH AUTHOR
spamassassin-maint was written for Debian by Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
.SH HISTORY
Much of the content of spamassassin-maint originated with
spamassassin's daily cron script, originally written by Duncan Findlay
<duncf@debian.org> and subsequently modified by Noah Meyerhans
<noahm@debian.org>.  It was converted to a standalone program to
facilitate its use outside of cron.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.\" Always quote multiple words for .SH
.BR spamassassin (1),
.BR spamd (8),
.BR sa-compile (1),
.BR sa-update (1).