--- spampd.orig	Thu Dec  8 09:54:07 2005
+++ spampd	Thu Dec  8 09:54:07 2005
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@
 my $assassin = Mail::SpamAssassin->new({
 		'dont_copy_prefs' => 1,
 		'debug' => $debug,
+		'user_dir' => (getpwnam($user))[7],
 		'local_tests_only' => $options{'local-only'} || 0 });
 
 $options{'auto-whitelist'} and eval {