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man spamassassin wrote:By default, configuration data is loaded from the first existing directory in: /usr/share/spamassassin; /usr/share/spamassassin; /usr/local/share/spamassassin; /usr/share/spamassassin .

Site-specific configuration data is used to override any values which had already been set. This is loaded from the first existing directory in: /etc/mail/spamassassin; /usr/etc/mail/spamassassin; /usr/etc/spamassassin; /usr/local/etc/spamassassin; /usr/pkg/etc/spamassassin; /usr/etc/spamassassin; /etc/mail/spamassassin; /etc/spamassassin .

Spamassassin will read *.cf in these directories, in alphanumeric order within each directory (similar to SysV-style startup scripts). In other words, it will read 10_misc.cf before 50_scores.cf and 20_body_tests.cf before 20_head_test.cf. Options in later files will override earlier files.