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spamassassin package

non-root user not default

Asked by Tim Kuijsten

I was surprised that after following https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/serverguide/mail-filtering.html this leaves me with the spamassassin daemon running as root.

This is not of the same standard compared with the secure defaults that Postfix and Dovecot use. I think this undermines the whole setup and comes a bit unexpected. Are there any plans to create and use a "spamd" user for running spamd?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I suggest you report a bug

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