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SPAMASSASSIN-MAINT(8) System Manager's Manual SPAMASSASSIN-MAINT(8)

NAME

spamassassin-maint - perform spamassassin maintenance tasks

DESCRIPTION

spamassassin-maint performs periodic spamassassin maintainance, including executing sa-update and sa-compile. It is typically executed via the spamassassin-maintenance.timer timer or cron.

spamassassin-maint takes no options

RETURN VALUE

The program generates no output and exits with a zero status if successful. If unsuccessful, it prints the output of spamassassin --lint and exits with a nonzero status.

FILES

/etc/spamassassin/	Sitewide spamassassin configuration
/etc/default/spamassassin	environment for this and other spamassassin programs
/var/lib/spamassassin/	Directory containing downloaded updates and compiled spamassassin rules

AUTHOR

spamassassin-maint was written for Debian by Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>

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.

SEE ALSO

spamassassin(1), spamd(8), sa-compile(1), sa-update(1).