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Fix SpamAssassin Error on Mavericks Server 3

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Every once in awhile Apple’s shitty Server 3 throws errors that prevent SpamAssassin from processing new spam. The error shows up when I run spam trainer. The error it throws looks like:

ERROR: Bayes dump returned an error, please re-run with -D for more information
bayes: cannot open bayes databases /Library/Server/Mail/Data/scanner/amavis/.spamassassin/bayes_* R/O: tie failed: Permission denied

Fix it by issuing these commands from Terminal:

sudo chown -R amavisd:amavisd /Library/Server/Mail/Data/scanner/amavis/.spamassassin/
sudo chmod u+rw /Library/Server/Mail/Data/scanner/amavis/.spamassassin/bayes_seen
sudo chmod u+rw /Library/Server/Mail/Data/scanner/amavis/.spamassassin/bayes_toks

Set up Mavericks Server 3 for email and train bayes spam filter

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OS X Mavericks 10.9 Server 3 ships with SpamAssassin, but there are almost no controls available to admins (shame on you, Apple). Of course, a well-trained Bayes spam filter will cut down on annoying spam messages.

Thanks to the good folks at topicdesk.com, it’s super easy to set up the server for training the onboard SpamAssassin bayesian spam filter.

Here’s how:
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