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Hi,
I am trying to edit SA rules but I am little confused. I found their two location in my server.
1st. location: [Home]/var/lib/spamassassin
2nd. loc.: [Home]/usr/share/spamassassin

How can I find which of them use SA, or maybe SA use them both?

best regards,
Piotr

Both of those locations are used by SA. The default rules included with SA are in /usr/share/spamassassin/, and the added rules (i.e. from SARE) are in /var/lib/spamassassin/[version]/. If you want to edit a rule, however, you should NOT edit the original rule file, but you should put any changes to scores etc. in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf or in your own .cf file in /etc/mail/spamassassin/. Otherwise your changes will be overwritten.

Thanks Alot Sarah,
I wasnt sure what about update. Ill create separate file with rules instead.
Best,
Piotr

Regarding:

"but you should put any changes to scores etc. in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf"

Is this (7 year old) advice still good?

It seems that the rules we've established in local.cf at the above location, are no longer taking effect.

Thanks.

Rules in local.cf should work, unless they are overridden somewhere else, like in another .cf file in /etc/mail/spamassassin/. Try moving your rules to your own .cf file in /etc/mail/spamassassin/ and see if that works. We usually recommend using a separate file (like /etc/mail/spamassassin/configserver.cf, which we create) to ensure it is not overridden by mailscanner or spamassassin updates.