SOCKET=/var/run/spamass.sock EXTRA_FLAGS="-m -r 8"
We need to patch the init file to fix the permissions of the socket created such that postfix is able to use the socket.
# wget http://www.topdog-software.com/files/spamass-milter.patch # patch /etc/rc.d/init.d/spamass-milter < spamass-milter.patch