Do any of your custom rules contain a "#"? "#" starts a comment in local .cf files unless backslash-escaped.
Even if it's within quotes or a slash-delimited regex. The error will usually point to some place unrelated to the location of the #. (This nearly drove me nuts before I figured out what was causing the problem.) On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 02:49:38PM -0500, Matt Kettler wrote: > run spamassassin --lint, and spamasssassin -tD <sample-nonspam.txt. > > It looks like one of your custom rules has a typo in it and spamassassin is > barfing trying to read your rule files. In particular I'd look for a rule > that's missing the ending / or /i, or anything containing ") ~" (minus the > quotes). > > spamassassin -tD <sample-nonspam.txt will also tell you where the rule > files are being read from. > > The rule typo is going to be what causes those error messages, and is > likely causing the custom rule you included in your email to be ignored. In > general when SA encounters a typo it might wind up ignoring a LARGE number > of rules before it can begin to parse again. This is particularly true for > regex rules that "don't end" :) > > > > At 11:08 AM 11/4/2002 -0800, Chris wrote: > >Hello, > > > > Im getting the following error message when running spamd, > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > >(chris)(ralph|.spamassassin)$ Failed to run header SpamAssassin tests, > >skipping > >some: syntax error at (eval 15) line 59, near ") ~" > >syntax error at (eval 15) line 67, near ") ~" > >syntax error at (eval 15) line 552, near "; > > }" > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > I have no idea where to fix this. Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Also, I cannot tell if what is wrong with my test rules, I never get any > >matches > > no matter where I put them. How can I tell where the rules are being > >read from?? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > header THIS_IS_A_TEST Subject =~ /this is a test/i > > score THIS_IS_A_TEST 28 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Thanks, Chris > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in > >Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be > >fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com > >_______________________________________________ > >Spamassassin-talk mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in > Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be > fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk -- Mike Van Pelt email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 408-433-4282 Pager: 800-533-4559 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or web www.skytel.com, pin 5334559 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
