/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf vs KB article 1678

[HostaHost]

Your article http://kb.parallels.com/en/1678 says:

You can add your own template to /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf. As example use the one from /usr/share/spamassassin/10_misc.cf

Yet opening that file on a plesk 11.* server says:

#ATTENTION!
#
#DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE BECAUSE IT WAS GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY,
#SO ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST THE NEXT TIME THE FILE IS GENERATED.

So which is it? Safe to modify or DO NOT MODIFY?

 

[IgorG]

Looks like it is outdated KB article. The /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf stores server-wide filter settings. Template of message can be found in /usr/share/spamassassin/10_default_prefs.cf file.

 

[Nikolay.]

At least on Plesk 11.5 it's safe to modify the file as long as you don't touch settings managed by Plesk, which will be overwritten. AFAIK, these settings include: required_score, rewrite_header, whitelist_from, blacklist_from, unwhitelist_from, unblacklist_from.

So the KB is correct in that sense. However it's a good idea to place customizations in a separate file.

 

[HostaHost]

Okay so which file do you modify if you actually want persistent settings?