diff -Nru bogofilter-0.15.8.orig/src/configfile.c bogofilter-0.15.8/src/configfile.c
--- bogofilter-0.15.8.orig/src/configfile.c	2003-10-06 00:01:40.000000000 +0200
+++ bogofilter-0.15.8/src/configfile.c	2003-11-12 18:12:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -195,8 +195,14 @@
     FILE *fp;
     char *filename;
     char *arg = NULL, *val = NULL;
+    char *home_etc = getenv("HOME_ETC");		
 
-    filename = tildeexpand(fname, tilde_expand);
+    if (home_etc && fname[0] == '~') {
+      char buffer[1024];
+      
+      snprintf(buffer, 1024, "%s%s", home_etc, fname + 1);
+      filename = xstrdup(buffer);
+    } else filename = tildeexpand(fname, tilde_expand);
 
     fp = fopen(filename, "r");
 
--- bogofilter-0.15.8.orig/src/paths.c	2003-09-30 00:31:20.000000000 +0200
+++ bogofilter-0.15.8/src/paths.c	2003-11-12 18:27:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #ifndef __riscos__
     { PR_ENV_BOGO, "BOGOFILTER_DIR", NULL },
     { PR_ENV_BOGO, "BOGODIR",	     NULL },
-    { PR_ENV_HOME, "HOME",	     BOGODIR }
+    { PR_ENV_HOME, "HOME_ETC",	     BOGODIR }
 #else
     { PR_ENV_HOME, "Choices$Write",  BOGODIR },
     { PR_ENV_HOME, "Bogofilter$Dir", NULL },
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     size_t path_size, env_size;
 
     env = getenv(var);
+    if (env == NULL && strcmp(var, "HOME_ETC") == 0) env = getenv("HOME"); 
     if (env == NULL || strlen(env) == 0) return NULL;
 
     env_size = strlen(env);