--On Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:43 AM -0800 Kenneth Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are there any rules to catch the salutation-in-subject pattern? > > This looks like something requiring an eval rule. It would check if the > subject starts with "name,", where "name" is the first word in the To > header. For instance, I get a lot of false negatives with "Kenneth," at > the beginning of the subject line. Another common variation is "shiva,", > taking my username (part before the "@") as the salutation. I looked in Bugzilla and find the following entries dealing with this: <http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1525> <http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1828> <http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2638> There seems to be some concern that a more aggressive version of this rule would cause too many false positives, but I've *never* seen a legitimate message with my name in the subject line. Are there really people who do this? If so, I'd suggest having a separate eval rule for a pattern like "Kenneth, " or just "Kenneth ". In fact, the best thing would be to allow end-user eval tests, by having SA check for and use a user-supplied .pm module. What arguments are there against this? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
