diff --git a/mail-filter/spamassassin/files/spamassassin.service.conf-r2 b/mail-filter/spamassassin/files/spamassassin.service.conf-r2
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+[Service]
+Environment="SPAMD_OPTS=--username=spamd --groupname=spamd --max-children=5 --create-prefs --helper-home-dir"