[SAtalk] DB_File slowness on Perl 5.8/Windows

I recently started testing SA 2.62 with ActiveState Perl 5.8.2-808 on Windows XP. When training Bayes on an mbox file with 323 messages in it, I found it took about 135 seconds longer than the same test with Perl 5.6 on Windows. Looking further, I discovered that BayesStore::tok_get() calls D

[SAtalk] What's up with OPT_HEADER rule?

The OPT_HEADER (in 2.5x and 2.6x) rule does not make much sense to me: header __OPT_HEADER_SUBJ ALL =~ /^(?:Resent-)?Subject:.*opt.?(in|out|oem|ed|ion-in|[EMAIL PROTECTED])(?:\b|\d|\@)/im header __OPT_HEADER_ALL ALL =~ /opt.?(?:in|out|oem|ed|ion-in|[EMAIL PROTECTED])(?:\b|\d|\@)/i meta OPT_HEADE

[SAtalk] 2.53 bug in untaint_file_path

Mail::SpamAssassin::Util::untaint_file_path contains the following bugs: - If the regexp doesn't match, $1 (from some previous match) is returned anyway with no warning. - The empty string ("") is a safe path but does not match the regexp. - The tilde character ("~") is rejected although it is

[SAtalk] NAI did not buy SpamAssassin!

Everyone, please calm down! The amount of confusion on this list is staggering. One very important point that many people seem to be missing: Network Associates did *not* buy SpamAssassin! NAI bought Deersoft, Inc. Deersoft develops and sells some products, and NAI now owns those. Deersoft'