Ubuntu
spamass-milter package

How to quote spaces in reject message?

Asked by Bjoern Voigt

The configuration file for spamass-milter is /etc/default/spamass-milter.

I want to change the reject message with "-R RejectText: using this Reject Text."

But most reject messages contain spaces. I tried different formats like

1. OPTIONS="-R 'Mail looks like SPAM'"
2. OPTIONS="-R \"Mail looks like SPAM\""
3. OPTIONS="-R Mail\ looks\ like\ SPAM"

but none of them correctly applies the options for spamass-milter. "ps" shows the problem, see "ps" output

1. /usr/sbin/spamass-milter -P /var/run/spamass/spamass.pid -f -p /var/run/spamass/spamass.sock -u spamass-milter -R 'Mail looks like SPAM'
2. /usr/sbin/spamass-milter -P /var/run/spamass/spamass.pid -f -p /var/run/spamass/spamass.sock -u spamass-milter -R "Mail looks like SPAM"
3. /usr/sbin/spamass-milter -P /var/run/spamass/spamass.pid -f -p /var/run/spamass/spamass.sock -u spamass-milter -R Mail\ looks\ like\ SPAM

If I start spamass-milter manually correctly with

/usr/sbin/spamass-milter -P /var/run/spamass/spamass.pid -f -p /var/run/spamass/spamass.sock -u spamass-milter -R "Mail looks like SPAM"

this correct "ps" outlook is different from 1-3:

/usr/sbin/spamass-milter -P /var/run/spamass/spamass.pid -f -p /var/run/spamass/spamass.sock -u spamass-milter -R Mail looks like SPAM

Probably it's impossible to quote correctly and a patch is needed for /etc/init.d/spamass-milter

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Ubuntu uses systemd, not init. This may be the issue. I also see that /etc/spamassassin/local.conf is used to configure the service. Are you setting the option there?
https://crates.io/crates/spamassassin-milter

That also gives the systemd module file name to use

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