I don't know why either. Here are a couple of simple rules I have that, while now a little out of date, worked really well, so I know they hit:
header LW_SUB_200 Subject =~ /^Get \$200 bonus at our Casino!\s*$/ score LW_SUB_200 1 body LW_300K /\$300,000[^\d,]/ All I can think of is that ancient perl is somehow giving you problems. It was technically too old even for 2.63, as best I recall. Is there any chance that you can install a newer perl as a second installation for SA to use, and keep the antique for the system to use? I'm pretty sure that other people that had 5.005 shipped with their systems have been able to do this. Loren