diff -ur /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/Mail/SpamAssassin/Dns.pm.orig 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/Mail/SpamAssassin/Dns.pm
--- /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/Mail/SpamAssassin/Dns.pm.orig	Sun Jan 18 00:56:08 2004
+++ /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/Mail/SpamAssassin/Dns.pm	Wed Apr  7 18:59:34 2004
@@ -1097,6 +1097,9 @@
   my $newhome;
   if ($self->{main}->{home_dir_for_helpers}) {
     $newhome = $self->{main}->{home_dir_for_helpers};
+    $newhome =~ s/%d/"GLOBAL" || ''/ges;
+    $newhome =~ s/%l/"USER" || ''/ges;
+    $newhome =~ s/%u/"USER\@GLOBAL" || ''/ges;
   } else {
     # use spamd -u user's home dir
     $newhome = (Mail::SpamAssassin::Util::portable_getpwuid ($>))[7];