config clarification

For configuration options listed in perldoc Mail::SpamAssassin can I put the settings into local.cf?

Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf says yes, but it doesn't say it applies to args for Mail::SpamAssassin->new();

And what does 'save_pattern_hits' get me that I otherwise wouldn't have? Received on Sat Jun 30 07:07:45 2007