How can I fix the error: Unit is masked. when trying to start SpamAssassin?

You should not try to start the SpamAssassin service. Warden disables (masks) the SpamAssassin service as Amavis does not use the SpamAssassin daemon directly so starting the service would be a waste of memory and server resources.

If you accidentally enabled the old legacy spam filter settings you can disable them again using the commands below:

systemctl unmask spamassassin
/usr/local/psa/bin/spamassassin --update-server -status false
/usr/local/psa/bin/spamassassin --update-server -status false -personal-conf false
/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/spammng --disable
systemctl mask spamassassin
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