$BOGOFILTER_DIR has no effect, rc example: bogofilter_dir not recognized

Christian Ebert bcc at phloxic.productions
Sat Apr 19 10:25:30 CEST 2025


* Christian Ebert on Friday, April 18, 2025 at 19:44:01 +0100:
> I ran into issues when changing the BOGOFILTER_DIR location:
> 
> 1. $BOGOFILTER_DIR
> 
> works for testing when explicitly set, e.g. the following does not 
> create the default $HOME/.bogofilter, but the desired location:
> 
> $ export BOGOFILTER_DIR=/Users/myself/some/location
> $ bogofilter -QQ | grep bogofilter-dir
> bogofilter-dir     = /Users/myself/some/location
> 
> However, when set e.g. in bashrc, and with new login shell:
> $ echo $BOGOFILTER_DIR
> /Users/myself/some/location
> $ bogofilter -QQ | grep bogofilter-dir
> bogofilter-dir     = /Users/myself/.bogofilter

Addendum: when set in systemwide /etc/bashrc

export BOGOFILTER_DIR="$HOME/some/location"

bogofilter -QQ reports the intended location, but running 
bogofilter still creates $HOME/.bogofilter

Same with additionally setting BOGOFILTER_DIR for maildropfilter.


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