Bug 5851

Summary:	update manpages to warn that the -C command line option is not normally needed.
Product:	Spamassassin	Reporter:	Matt Kettler <mkettler_sa>
Component:	Documentation	Assignee:	SpamAssassin Developer Mailing List <dev>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P5
Version:	SVN Trunk (Latest Devel Version)
Target Milestone:	Undefined
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description Matt Kettler 2008-03-13 01:44:25 UTC

Over the years I've seen a lot of misuse of the -C option by well meaning new users who think they need to specify everything (most commonly they use -C /etc/mail/spamassassin). Of course, this causes the default rules dir to be over-ridden by the site dir, eliminating the default ruleset completely.

I even recently found this mistake in some wiki articles and a simple google for "-C /etc/mail/spamassassin" will show how common this mistake is.

We really should clarify the manpages to point out this isn't really necessary, and should only be used by advanced users.