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command is run (used on Linux machines to restart the spamassassin service (spamd)).

sa-update -D

If there is a problem with doing updates, or just some curiousity about what is happening, run sa-update in debug mode and it will show you what it is doing step-by-step.

sa-update -D --updatedir /tmp/updates

To perform updates without attempting to put the files into the system-wide location (either for users or to test, etc,) use the --updatedir option to aim at a different directory for which to put the updates.

Additonal Notes

• From a technical standpoint, updates can also contain plugins. However, the default channel, updates.spamassassin.org, will not publish plugins using this method at this time.
• Currently, for 3.1.1 and 3.2.0, to use any channel for updates requires that updates.spamassassin.org also be used.
  

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• Only files (no directories) contained in a tar.gz archive file named UPDATE_NUMBER.tar.gz
• A sha1sum file named UPDATE_NUMBER.tar.gz.sha1 with the output of

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  sha1sum UPDATE_NUMBER.tar.gz

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• Recommended, but optional, a detached GPG signature for the update named UPDATE_NUMBER.tar.gz.asc via something like

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  gpg -bas UPDATE_NUMBER.tar.gz

  
  

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